Alvin Kamara pleads no contest to lesser misdemeanor charge, jury trial is cancelled; civil suit also settled on confidential terms

I keep reading these comments about how AK let people down and they will never look at him the same way again. I just don't get it. He beat a guy up. He didn't drug and rape women. He didn't torture and execute a bunch of animals. He didn't have his wife murdered or actually do the deed himself. He didn't kill somebody while driving drunk. Some guy was running off at the mouth and he caught a beatdown over it. This is hardly the first time an athlete got into a dust up. Hell Charles Barkley is a national treasure and he once flung a dude through a plate glass window.

Chuck was right when he said that athletes aren't role models. They are held up to this absurd standard and people act shocked when they turn out to be human beings. AK made a mistake. I'm sure if he had it to do all over again he would've kept his hands in his pockets. But life doesn't have rewind. In that moment he acted on emotion and that's something that every single person here is guilty of in some form or fashion. Just think about the worst mistake you've ever made. Now imagine that it was recorded for the world to see. What would the world think of you? Would it be fair if you were judged solely by that one mistake? Would it be fair if you were labeled as a thug or creep or low life because of that one bad decision?

I've made enough mistakes in my life that it's hard for me to fault others when they make theirs.