[NU Sports] McGee Fire or Not

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While I agree with the sentiments expressed by Harry (and others), I would  
much prefer that the University and Fitz try to turn a "negative" into a  
positive.  In the event that McGee is ultimately convicted or pleads  guilty--and 
let's not forget, my friends on the list, that our criminal justice  system is 
founded on the presumption of innocence (We have not yet heard Coach  McGee's 
side of the story.)--I would hope that his sentence would include  Community 
Service whereby he goes to high schools and perhaps around NU and  speaks to 
the youth about his "mistake" and the need to avoid ever getting  behind the 
wheel while "under the influence".  I would also suggest that  President Bienen, 
AD Murphy and Coach Fitz convene a meeting of the team in  which McGee would 
give a strong mea culpa and thereby illustrate to the team  (and parents and 
fellow Coaches) his remorse and determination not to ever let  this happen again.
 
I am thinking of a case I handled in the past, which got some publicity in  
the NY area, in which I represented Savion Glover, the brilliant tap dancer and 
 choreographer, who had gotten busted at a "checkpoint" outside the Holland  
Tunnel in Manhattan for possession of marijuana.  Ultimately, I was able to  
negotiate a plea bargain for Savion in which he agreed to do 100 hours of  
Community Service, lecturing at schools and other organizations in the NY area  
about the "evils" of drugs, etc.   Savion happens to be wonderful with  kids, so 
I think the deal was a "win-win" for him and for the People of the  State of 
New York.  Why not a similar type of conclusion to the McGee  Saga?
 
Paul Levinson