25 year old poses as 17 to play HS basketball
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Jesus Fetus said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndic...as-17-to-play-high-school-basketball.amp.html
A coach described him as an “average” player
lol. On a more serious note, allegedly he was involved in relationships with underage girls. What a scum bag. He’s been arrested.
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Huh? From your article:
Gilstrap-Portley, who officials say was operating under the alias Rashun Richardson, was named the District 11-5A Offensive Player of the Year during the 2017-18 season.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2776308-25-year-old-man-arrested-after-posing-as-17-to-play-high-school-basketball
The fact that he was actually pretty good is seemingly the only reason why he was called out (because school officials are utterly incompetent). An opposing coach at a tournament remembered playing against him 5-6 years back and that's how it was brought to the schools attention. Had he been "average" or a benchwarmer, no one probably would have remembered or brought it up.
What an insane person though... all dude had to do was enroll in a community college or D-3 school and he could have been paid to sit in class (grants/entitlement scholarships) and played basketball against people his own age.
kickboxing said:
A 14yr old girl at that
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I don't know about all of that. It doesn't seem like hooking up with 14 year olds was his goal.. since he didn't even seal the deal with the one that was hanging all over him.
From a better article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ally-25/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a0a7e03496f0
The mother of the 14-year-old classmate Gilstrap-Portley allegedly dated told the Morning News her daughter said
she did not have a sexual relationship with him
. The mother said she never approved of someone she thought was 17 dating her daughter and even addressed her concerns directly to him, and while she said he was “respectful” to her, he claimed he “didn’t see a problem” with the relationship.
“I’m upset, frustrated, angry and sad at the same time,” the mother said. “If it’s happening at Hillcrest, then it could be happening somewhere else.
People need to know. It could have gone differently
if he had other intentions to hurt her or to traffic her
.”
^^So yea... momma might be a little on the dramatic side?
Going from, "they kissed... but what if he was trying to SEX TRAFFIC her!!!!??!?!?!?!"
Eh....
Also, from another article:
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/2...-Posing-as-High-School-Student-482727051.html
He said he's since learned from police that the suspect has a child and girlfriend. Bayer says they came to basketball games, but staff believed the woman and child were a sister and nephew of the suspect.
Based off what's been reported (and of course other news could drop and throw it all out the window), dude seems like he needs mental help more than to be tossed in jail and locked up forever. Seems like he just wanted a re-do at high school basketball, and go from "ok" to "all-conference"... which is insane, and again seems more like a mental health issue than the actions of a hardened criminal who was looking to bang a bunch of underage chicks and commit other crimes under the guise of a juvenile.
Maybe the coach meant average for a 25 year old playing against high school kids idk. And idc if he sealed the deal or not, a 25 year old kissing a 14 year old in any type of sexual way is f---ing scum bag s---.
I do agree that his main goal was to try to live out his dreams as a star basketball player, and not to f--- kids, let alone traffic them. But he still has (allegedly) tried to take things past plutonic with at least one girl, who is a 14 year old CHILD. I’m all for rehabilitation and putting people in the right places if that means a mental health facility instead of jail, but f--- this dude.
Jesus Fetus said:
Maybe the coach meant average for a 25 year old playing against high school kids idk. And idc if he sealed the deal or not, a 25 year old kissing a 14 year old in any type of sexual way is f---ing scum bag s---.
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Who said that he kissed her, and who said it was sexual? Entirely possible she kissed him and he ran with it because he didn't want to be exposed and sent to prison for lying on official documents.
(also possible he was trying to hook-up with this chick and she was having none of it... but from everything that is being reported, that doesn't sound like the case)
Jesus Fetus said:
I do agree that his main goal was to try to live out his dreams as a star basketball player, and not to f--- kids, let alone traffic them. But he still has (allegedly) tried to take things past plutonic with at least one girl, who is a 14 year old CHILD. I’m all for rehabilitation and putting people in the right places if that means a mental health facility instead of jail, but f--- this dude.
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I would think that if he intended on taking things further, he probably could have... or, he could have set his sights on 16-18 year olds at the school where he could have made that happen. Sounds like that wasn't his goal at all, he was just trying to blend in and act like a "normal" varsity basketball player would act. If some chick kisses him he can't exactly tell her, "please stop, this is illegal because I'm actually 25 and have a girlfriend and child waiting for me at home".
Dude sounds more like someone who needs mental health treatment, than a pedo or hardened criminal who was doing this for felonious reasons. (I know, lying on enrollment documents is a felony... I mean more violent/sexual felony level)
Also... his "girlfriend" should probably be charged with something (aiding and abetting a felon?), sounds like she was putting him up and providing him a place to life while he carried out this nonsense. Shame on him, but also shame on her for allowing him to do this when he should have been working and providing for the kid he brought into this world.
osubuckeye4 said:
Who said that he kissed her, and who said it was sexual? Entirely possible she kissed him and he ran with it because he didn't want to be exposed and sent to prison for lying on official documents.
(also possible he was trying to hook-up with this chick and she was having none of it... but from everything that is being reported, that doesn't sound like the case)
I would think that if he intended on taking things further, he probably could have... or, he could have set his sights on 16-18 year olds at the school where he could have made that happen. Sounds like that wasn't his goal at all, he was just trying to blend in and act like a "normal" varsity basketball player would act. If some chick kisses him he can't exactly tell her, "please stop, this is illegal because I'm actually 25 and have a girlfriend and child waiting for me at home".
Dude sounds more like someone who needs mental health treatment, than a pedo or hardened criminal who was doing this for felonious reasons. (I know, lying on enrollment documents is a felony... I mean more violent/sexual felony level)
Also... his "girlfriend" should probably be charged with something (aiding and abetting a felon?), sounds like she was putting him up and providing him a place to life while he carried out this nonsense. Shame on him, but also shame on her for allowing him to do this when he should have been working and providing for the kid he brought into this world.
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Don’t get me wrong, I agree with a lot of what you’re saying, ESPECIALLY the last paragraph. I just think if you want to get around kissing a 14 year old, there are plenty of ways to do so while still fitting into a high school norm. f---, he could have technically told the truth and said “sorry, I have a gf, she just doesn’t go to this school”
Again, I agree that any type of predator activity was absolutely not his goal. But a grown man kissing a kid doesn’t sit well with me. If he actually did it, that is. Because imo, you can argue that ANY and ALL child molesters do what they do because of mental health reasons. Doesn’t mean they don’t need to go to prison. Obviously, if he in fact did do something in any sexual manner with any high school kid.
Jesus Fetus said:
Don’t get me wrong, I agree with a lot of what you’re saying, ESPECIALLY the last paragraph. I just think if you want to get around kissing a 14 year old, there are plenty of ways to do so while still fitting into a high school norm. f---, he could have technically told the truth and said “sorry, I have a gf, she just doesn’t go to this school”
Again, I agree that any type of predator activity was absolutely not his goal. But a grown man kissing a kid doesn’t sit well with me. If he actually did it, that is. Because imo, you can argue that ANY and ALL child molesters do what they do because of mental health reasons. Doesn’t mean they don’t need to go to prison. Obviously, if he in fact did do something in any sexual manner with any high school kid.
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Agreed. I'm not really all that passionate one way or another on this, just more or less just playing devil's advocate and killing time
The really weird thing to me is... why didn't he bang any of the teachers?
If I snuck back into high school and posed as a 14 year old boy... it would be to bang all those hot, lonely, desperate 24 year old teachers that everyone on Junkie keeps posting about:
http://forum.mmajunkie.com/forum/th...ave-to-register-as-sex-offender.70719/page-18
rhino78 said:
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That's an excellent point...
If I'm this poor disenfranchised young man, I'm filing a lawsuit against the producers, actors, and everyone and anyone associated with 21 Jump Street.
They glamorized this type of behavior and never demonstrated any of the potential negative consequences.
It's entirely their fault.
osubuckeye4 said:
That's an excellent point...
If I'm this poor disenfranchised young man, I'm filing a lawsuit against the producers, actors, and everyone and anyone associated with 21 Jump Street.
They glamorized this type of behavior and never demonstrated any of the potential negative consequences.
It's entirely their fault.
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osubuckeye4 said:
Huh? From your article:
Gilstrap-Portley, who officials say was operating under the alias Rashun Richardson, was named the District 11-5A Offensive Player of the Year during the 2017-18 season.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2776308-25-year-old-man-arrested-after-posing-as-17-to-play-high-school-basketball
The fact that he was actually pretty good is seemingly the only reason why he was called out (because school officials are utterly incompetent). An opposing coach at a tournament remembered playing against him 5-6 years back and that's how it was brought to the schools attention. Had he been "average" or a benchwarmer, no one probably would have remembered or brought it up.
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If the coach tried to play down his skills, it could mean he was complicit and didn't mind using a ringer.
What an insane person though... all dude had to do was enroll in a community college or D-3 school and he could have been paid to sit in class (grants/entitlement scholarships) and played basketball against people his own age.
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Got greedy. Easier to ball on 15 year olds.
I met this guy in college who was in his mid-late 40s but didn't look it. He was active in lots of clubs and even won some kind of school pimp award.
opti said:
Got greedy. Easier to ball on 15 year olds.
I met this guy in college who was in his mid-late 40s but didn't look it. He was active in lots of clubs and even won some kind of school pimp award.
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That's why I think this, while still criminal, is more of a mental health thing than anything else (assuming the reports about his intentions are accurate).
He didn't use up any of his NCAA eligilbity, so it would be perfectly legal for him to enroll in community college (dude already had a H.S. diploma) and play on club sports and dominate there and bang as many 18+ year old chicks as he wanted. Decent number of military guys go that route (not really D-1 level... but D-2/D-3/community college level) and get paid to do it by utilizing their Ch 33 benefits along with Pell grant if they qualify.
The only real downside is that you have to find time to attend (and pass) classes and practices... and you have to figure out a way to support yourself while doing it.
Sounds like that wasn't an issue for this kid... he attended classes/practices.
Anyone who would choose high school over college when the goal is just to play competitive basketball is complete insane.
It would make more sense if his goal was to infiltrate high school to bang underage chicks (as despicable/criminal as that would be). The fact that his only goal was to play basketball, and that he attended/participated in classes, is straight up insane.
osubuckeye4 said:
Anyone who would choose high school over college when the goal is just to play competitive basketball is complete insane.
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Just a guess on my end, but I doubt his goal was to play competetive basketball. It was to play organized basketball and be the best player on the court to the point where he receives recognition and awards for it. If he enrolls in even a D3 school, even at 25, he might not be good enough to start/get an abundance of playing time, and very likely not good enough to be the best player on the court a large percentage of the time. He definitely wouldn’t be able to out-physical 20-21 year old collegiate athletes the way he could 15-16 year olds. I’m starting to think that over anything else, this was an ego thing.
And I’ve been working all day so I haven’t got a chance to look into it, but was the coach that called him “an average player” the same coach that busted him when he saw and recognized him at a tournament? If so he could have been referring to his skill set 8-10 years ago when he coached him in high school.
Jesus Fetus said:
Just a guess on my end, but I doubt his goal was to play competetive basketball. It was to play organized basketball and be the best player on the court to the point where he receives recognition and awards for it. If he enrolls in even a D3 school, even at 25, he might not be good enough to start/get an abundance of playing time, and very likely not good enough to be the best player on the court a large percentage of the time. He definitely wouldn’t be able to out-physical 20-21 year old collegiate athletes the way he could 15-16 year olds. I’m starting to think that over anything else, this was an ego thing.
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With a few powerhouse exceptions, D3 is pretty damn soft overall.
I played in the gold league at Ohio State (club/IM basketball, obviously not the D-1 university team) and we would scrimmage and routinely beat Capital University (D-3 athletics, located down the street from us).
Granted my team was composed of guys that were "all-conference" level in high school and turned down the opportunity to play at D-2 and low end D-1 schools as walk-on's, but it's not exactly an elite level of competition at the D-3 level. Most of the kids playing at that level are doing it just to stay in shape.
If this guy was able to be conference player of the year at his school, he absolutely could have competed and started at the majority of D-3 schools/players.
Put it this way... I played against better competition in high school than I did against Capital's players. (nothing against them personally... they weren't trying to make it to the NBA or anything, just burn some calories and continue their basketball "career" while getting a degree... more power to them.)
osubuckeye4 said:
With a few powerhouse exceptions, D3 is pretty damn soft overall.
I played in the gold league at Ohio State (club/IM basketball, obviously not the D-1 university team) and we would scrimmage and routinely beat Capital University (D-3 athletics, located down the street from us).
Granted my team was composed of guys that were "all-conference" level in high school and turned down the opportunity to play at D-2 and low end D-1 schools as walk-on's, but it's not exactly an elite level of competition at the D-3 level. Most of the kids playing at that level are doing it just to stay in shape.
If this guy was able to be conference player of the year at his school, he absolutely could have competed and started at the majority of D-3 schools/players.
Put it this way... I played against better competition in high school than I did against Capital's players. (nothing against them personally... they weren't trying to make it to the NBA or anything, just burn some calories and continue their basketball "career" while getting a degree... more power to them.)
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You were the worst player on that team. I have seen you dribble.