Oh dear GOD.
Not even in the same ballpark.
Two guys fighting? I don't have a problem with that.
Choking and slamming a girl? Yeah. That's a problem.
How were the two issues handled?
Upshaw is a "fine young man" and her daddy said she probably deserved it.
Smith was suspended. And now out.
Hmmm.
I was more so saying "Our guys fuck up too" than actually comparing situations. It's not like our guys haven't had their share of run ins with the law. Like I've said before, is it really that big of a surprise that we want these guys to be violent on the field and play in a violent sport, and low and behold......they're violent people?
But, if you're going to compare, being arrested 3 times for domestic violence and once for assault makes a pattern. Getting the shit knocked out of you by your girlfriend for talking to some other woman and then giving back, while still inexcusable, is a little different and does not show a pattern. For that matter, your claim of a choke slam isn't even accurate either.
Of course, only you and a few others would point out how swiftly AU acted for booting Smith after being arrested 4 times, and how irresponsible Alabama is for keeping Upshaw for 1 arrest.