[SpacegrassParticipant]

I feel bad for the kid because he blew a great oppurtunity to play college ball.  Hope the best for him and maybe he will get a chance to play ball again.

Top recruit collapses in court after receiving three-year prison sentence By Jeff Eisenberg PostsWebsiteEmailRSSBy Jeff Eisenberg | The Dagger – 8 hours agoInstead of sifting through scholarship offers, selecting a school and launching his college basketball career as he originally planned, an Ohio high school standout will have to put his dreams on hold. Tony Farmer, an 18-year-old senior at Garfield Heights High School, received a three-year prison sentence on Tuesday as a result of pleading guilty to kidnapping, felonious assault and other crimes. The 6-foot-7 forward had been hoping to receive probation after teachers, coaches and family members testified on his behalf. When he learned he’d be going to prison as the judge read his sentence, he crumpled into the arms of a sheriff’s deputy and collapsed to the ground in anguish. In an odd twist, among those in the gallery sobbing in reaction to the judge’s decision was the victim herself, Farmer’s ex-girlfriend Andrea Lane. Even though the two remain separated since Farmer attacked Lane last April after she didn’t want to reconcile their relationship, Lane had previously asked Judge Pamela Barker not to put Farmer in prison. "I know he was a good person," she said, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I hope he still is." The entire courtroom scene is depressing and hard to watch because Farmer had such a bright future prior to this incident. Before video cameras caught his altercation with Lane on tape last April in the lobby and parking lot of her apartment complex, Farmer was a consensus top 100 prospect who had drawn interest from the likes of Ohio State, Xavier, Dayton and Michigan State. What Farmer did was unequivocally wrong and the punishment he received from Barker is appropriate. But unless Barker reduces Farmer’s sentence when she reviews it in 180 days, his hopes of playing major college basketball are likely now over.

[SpacegrassParticipant]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/top-recruit-collapses-court-receiving-three-prison-sentence-141153269–ncaab.html

Sorry but the video did not want to embed.  Still really sad but the young man needs to be accountable for not thinking before he acted out.

[ChewyParticipant]

Im assuming thats why your getting the negs. Recap of the other thread: one guy said he knew him and felt bad… everyone else felt "Screw him. He got what he deserved." Also it seemed kind of unanomous that if you should feel sorry for anyone it’s the girlfriend.

[SpacegrassParticipant]

Did not see the other thread so my bad.  Why can’t I feel bad for the kid?  He was a top 100 prospect that squandered numerous D-I offers because he couldn’t act right.  All that oppurtunity and ability wasted is why I feel bad even though he did something dispicable.  He deserves what he gets but it sucks someone with so much talent can fudge everything up so bad.  I just hope the kid gets a second chance if he serves his time and truly commits himself to fixing his issues.

[ChewyParticipant]

I know what it’s like to create a topic and then all of a sudden have a ton of negative points and not know why. So I wanted to give you a heads up

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