Michigan State University is known to be quite a violent place, especially when it comes to football. Continuing with this tradition, three Michigan State football players were arraigned on Wednesday for felony charges of robbery. This incident supposedly took place in April of 2007 when allegedly the players attacked and robbed somebody in a grocery store parking lot. The three players, SirDarean Adams, T.J. Williams, and Jeremy Ware, have since maintained their innocence.

According to Michigan State head coach, Mark Dantonio, the players will remain on the roster free from suspension and will even compete in games. I’m sure this was much to the contentment of MSU fans. The thing about this case that I feel is off is that the incident happened in April and was sent to the prosecutors but was sent back to police a few times for further investigation before charges were finally placed. I really don’t see this case going anywhere, any evidence of the incident is probably either long gone, or doesn’t hold much credibility anymore. I also feel that if the players were really in danger of being found guilty, they would be suspended by Michigan State or at least the football team.

If found guilty of unarmed robbery, the players could face a maximum of 15 years in jail, but would this sentence would probably never touch these players. T.J. Williams was also convicted of assault and battery but he would only face a maximum of 93 days in jail.