Iowafarmgirl
Banned
While scholarship athletes are held to a higher standard, I feel that many posting these "holier than thou" sentiments forget how immature many of us were at age 18-23 years old. Add to that the fact that most of these athletes (walk-ons included) have been accustomed to a good amount of adulation from kids and adults for their athletics ability prior to coming to Iowa and continue to as BCS level athletes. For those that were not Division I athletes, you need to realize they are not like you. It won't be until well after their playing days are over that they will appreciate and truly know what a special thing they have. Hell, alot of non-high profile, non-athletes are cocky and feel invincible away from home for the first time in their lives in college. Add to that playing in front of 70,000 people every Saturday and you would have a hard time not feeling invincible.
DJK probably though he was untouchable. He is finding out the hard way is wasn't. He will learn from it.
And yet, 99.9% of them don't turn to pot, coke, and illegally prescribed pain pills. There is no rationalizing what he did. Getting drunk, yes, you can rationalize that. Shacking up with a dealer? No, you use living in the spot light to explain that away.