I don't expect any special treatment for football players (or any athlete) but this seems a bit much. Here's how I read what's happened according to the article:
- Exposure incident leads to residence hall ban
- Some "misunderstanding" on timing led to Moss being in a residence hall while still under ban
- Could be banned from campus for four years - pending appeal after one - for violating residence hall ban
Obviously we only have one side of the "misunderstanding" story so it's hard to know what really happened but if he didn't cause any additional trouble, a possible four-year ban seems excessive. Also, I didn't catch it the first time but apparently is was one of the campus police officers who "made the call" on the campus ban but it was rubber-stamped by the Chief. Really? It doesn't even have to be someone in administration to call for the ban - any officer can do it? That really seems like it's asking for controversy to me.