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Utah Utes football: U. may rescind Kaufusi's scholarship

Go to BYU they will let you play as long as you repent.

It doesn't look to me like "MAY" rescind it looked ALOT more like "HAS" rescinded (you know like past tense)

Choices! Sorry to hear this story. I hope it's a wake up call!

Sad to see a kid throw it all away for some short term thrills.

Hopefully this will be the thing that will snap him out of it and he can get back on track.

It's not too late to change your life around...

BYU fan here - but I hate to see somebody that has been trying to get his life in order have a setback like this. Hopefully he gets things worked out.

At least this coach has his Witts about him. Nice job coach.

Kyle didn't do this your friend with the gun did. Get some new friends that don't need guns! FYI No Division I school will tolerate this anymore!

Utah should have treated this kid with more class. At least wait to read the police report and the kid's response to it. This is a rush to judgement that is born out of Coach's desire to protect his own reputation. Classless.

Nice poke at your school's rival for having a belief in something bigger than themselves. I'm sure you have never had cause to admit a bad choice in your life. Wait a minute, you are a Utah fan. It's still not too late for you. Admit your mistake and find recovery right around the corner.

Kaufusi needs to stop the phony stories and get serious about his life while he still has one. His foster father also needs to teach him some responsibility (he's worse than the boy). Options are running out fast for this young man. Stop blaming everyone around him. Let's hope he gets things turned around!

It's too bad this boy has done a lot to qualify for college. But going to college is a priviledge not a right.

This kid needs football more than football needs him. Get to the bottom of the deal, then work it out. Football might save this guy from a long future of this type of thing.....OR he might continue to do it and cause a lot of problems.

I say work with him! There are other guys at all programs who just haven't gotten caught doing this kinda thing, so warn him, work with him, let him know if it happens again - goodbye!

Just another theory. I know everyone else is quick to cast those stones! Me, I screw up still as an old guy, let alone the dumb crap I did at 18!

The coach talked to the police. Did you read the story?

Question for Steve Martinez:
Did Kyle Whittingham hear of this issue first from you or Keni, or did he hear it from someone else first?

The reputation of the program is paramount. Kyle's job depends on a solid reputation for both him and the program. If a reporter calls him and asks about an issue like this he has no choice but to say what he did. This is not a legal issue. He cannot wait for the legal system to play out. It does not work that way.

it looks like the readers are rushing faster to judgement than the cop did on the scene...

run, don't walk, away from this situation

Kaufusi needs to take responsibility for his actions. In today's society, any one of us could have heard the term, "I got shotgun" and mistook the meaning of it. An arrest is an arrest no matter what the circumstances. There are others out there that have worked hard and would value this scholarship so if it is rescinded then another more deserving young man can have the opportunity that Kaufusi threw away. People need to stop making excuses for themselves and others and just get real. Own up to the foul ups you make in life and then turn it all around and pull yourself up by your boot straps and get going. No more whining!!! Kaufusi there will be another scholarship next year. Earn it!!!! Whittingham you are THE MAN>

Utah once again does not have the decency to talk to one of its recruits and fill them in the more I read about things they have done the more embarrassed I am that they are masking themselves as a classy program. Looked at the police report but did not talk to Kafusi how pathetic! It is an honor to play college football and colleges are recruiting the kid along with the athletic ability but come on Utah dealing with issues is also part of the game. Keni hope and pray you get your life together and make your dreams come true, but you need to figure out responsibility and along with actions come consequences. Your life is in "your" hands make it what you want. "Hanging" out can get you in trouble especially with a bad crowd you have more to lose than the people you were with.

This is too bad for the Utes. They are thin at DT and really could have used him. Hopefully they can get some other late qualififying JUCO transfer to take his place.

"Show me what kind of friends you have and I'll show you who you are...". The absolute facts haven't been determined and so reservation of end judgment should be withheld. If he has done what has been alleged then the U can keep its program respectable by dismissing this poor young man. The U is only withdrawing a privilege not a "right". I only hope that the Y would be so wise in such a situation. Too many times, athletes live above, around, and against the law. Even if he isn't guilty, he needs some counseling on basics like "how friends influence and harm/help you". "Pick your friends wisely" type of advice.