Manziel pleads guilty to 2012 misdemeanor charge, other charges dismissed

[TexasTowelie]

Texas A&M football quarterback Johnny Manziel early Monday pleaded guilty to failing to identify himself to police after a fight at Northgate, putting to rest a court case that followed him on his road to winning the Heisman Trophy.

The plea agreement called for Manziel to pay the maximum fine of $2,000, spend two days in jail and pay $232 in court costs. He won't have to spend any time behind bars, however, because the judge considered it time served since he was jailed following the June 2012 arrest by College Station police.

He faced up to 180 days in jail for the Class B misdemeanor charge.

Brazos County Attorney Rod Anderson said that as part of the plea agreement, the other Class B misdemeanor charge filed against Manziel — possessing a fake driver's license — was dismissed. Too, the 20-year-old's Class C misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct by fighting was dismissed by the city in municipal court.

More at http://www.theeagle.com/news/crime/article_9e8eb910-ed5a-11e2-95af-001a4bcf887a.html .

Cross-posted in Texas Group.

[a kennedy]

1. I think this boy is gonna be trouble.....he's a sophomore right??

Red flags for sure......

[TexasTowelie]

2. The optics of this situation

along with a bit of difficulty distinguishing various hues could mean that it's maroon flags instead.

[NewThinkingChance40]

3. If he was a Buckeye

this would be a huge story and he would have the Heisman stripped from him and suspended for this year.

[TexasTowelie]

4. Ohio State doesn't have the authority to strip anybody of the Heisman Trophy.

The only ones that can do that are the Heisman Trophy Trust like what happened with Reggie Bush when he violated NCAA rules.

We are also talking about a Class B misdemeanor that relates to an incident where Manziel intervened in a fight between a local and another football player. Manziel actually was trying to stop a fight and things escalated from there. The coaching staff weighed the circumstances and made a decision to keep him on the team--there weren't any NCAA rules violations and they may have decided that some other form of discipline was more appropriate than a suspension. If universities suspended every athlete that was involved in a off-campus brawl, then I doubt any school would ever be able to field of roster of players.

[NewThinkingChance40]

5. I was making a point that

Ohio State is not liked by the NCAA, which would mean that he would be under more scrutiny. The Buckeyes have been disliked for a long time by the media, which hurts them on a national stage when it comes to scandals.

[TexasTowelie]

6. It looks like the NCAA might be interested in some of Manziel's other activities.

NCAA investigating Johnny Manziel; QB could be ruled ineligible
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107810938

[a kennedy]

7. Oh yah, this is just the start of things with this one......

he's gonna be in the headlines for a long time.

[theHandpuppet]

9. Well then I guess it IS a good thing he doesn't play for Ohio State

He might have been tempted to get a tattoo and then he'd really be in trouble with the NCAA.

[theHandpuppet]

8. Yep. He'd already been gone and disgraced

But because Manziel's the darling of the media the NCAA will simply debate the issue until "Johnny Football" graduates or leaves of his own accord.