Poison - you make it seem like sharing an article is advocating for the man.
For me personally, I hope Jayson has learned from his terrible mistakes and arrogance because he has a lot to offer.
That being said, I will gladly make a friendly wager that nothing like this ever happens with him again.
Sometimes life takes us all down a bad path and we have to deal with the consequewnces of going down those roads; Jayson has done that and is moving forward with his life. You are ceretainly entitled to judge him all you like but I wonder if someone you cared about was in the exact same position you would be so critical and unforgiving.
Your empathy for Jayson is duely noted. However, I think it's distasteful to publicly show him unconditional love. I would like to see him turn his life around. I've said it before. We all have. And why are we focusing more on Jayson Williams and not the family that lost someone? Why is there no thread on their behalf. How would you feel if your brother was killed, the killer tried to cover it up, and wound up only getting 5 years in prison? If anything, Jayson Williams is one of the luckiest men alive.
He was given a second chance, and he promptly blew it. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
I find this support concerning, because I feel that former players like Williams and Artest do not represent the character that St.John's is trying to display for NY and the rest of the nation to see. Yet, these are our last two basketball stars in the NBA. The University has distanced themselves from Artest for obvious reasons. We rip on Jarvis every chance we get, but this these guys are "victims" of circumstance?
In regards to your wager, I'm going to decline. I have no interest in rooting for him to fail. Just because I do not believe that he is reformed, it doesn't mean that I don't want him to be.