From the Minot Daily News: Eight North Dakota State University football players, including four
starters, will remain on the roster while criminal charges against them
for forging signatures on ballot initiative petitions are resolved,
their coach said Tuesday.
The players were hired to gather
signatures for two citizen initiatives, one to set up a state
conservation fund and the other to make marijuana legal for medical
treatments.
North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger said the
alleged fraud made both initiatives ineligible for a statewide vote in
November.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said 11 people have been charged in
the case, including the eight players for the defending Football
Championship Subdivision champions. Four are starters - running back
Samuel Ojuri, defensive backs Marcus Williams and Brendin Pierre, and
offensive lineman Josh Colville. Backup defensive backs Bryan Shepherd
and Aireal Boyd, reserve middle linebacker Antonio Rodgers and Demitrius
Gray, a freshman wide receiver, also face charges. Gray is a redshirt
and does not travel with the team.
Bison coach Craig Bohl said
the players will be eligible to play this weekend against Colorado State
and he didn't expect the charges to be a distraction to the team. http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/568740/8-NDSU-football-players-charged-in-petition-fraud.html?nav=5583
Sound like ACORN a few years ago in Nevada.
If they do go to prison, they will have almost an entire football team.
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