Washington State Award

[PowerOfDixieland 3,226]

According to a release from Washington State, linebacker Logan Tago recently became the recipient of the CCE Community Involvement Award as given by the Center for Civic Engagement. On the surface, this seems like the type of feel-good story you don't hear enough about in sports. "Tago was honored for his commitment to service around the City of Pullman and Palouse communities where he volunteered 240 civic engagement hours this past fall," the press release states.

Except, that's not really the whole story. Or anything close to it. 

The 240 hours of service were part of a plea agreement that Tago accepted last year, ridding himself of a felony robbery charge and pleading guilty to a reduced third-degree assault charge. Tago was arrested in 2016 following an investigation in which a man accused him of stealing a six-pack of beer and punching him in the head, resulting in a concussion for the victim. As a result, Tago was ordered to perform the aforementioned community service and spend 30 days in jail. He was also suspended from the team. 

Woops.

[AU64 10,122]

Well with any luck he might have seen the light ....I hate to see a guy blow it when he has been given a chance to turn his life around.   It's a shame how many seem not to get the message though. 

[Mikey 16,578]

Woops indeed! A guy that's forced by a plea agreement to do community service shouldn't get some award for doing it. I'd be really surprised if this happened anywhere except on the West Coast. Not so surprising out there, where killers with previous convictions and that have been deported five times walk away free after committing a murder but a waiter in a restaurant can be sentenced to six months in jail for serving someone a plastic straw.

[lionheartkc 6,150]

Gives a whole new meaning to "participation trophy".

[CleCoTiger 1,957]

6 hours ago, PowerOfDixieland said:

According to a release from Washington State, linebacker Logan Tago recently became the recipient of the CCE Community Involvement Award as given by the Center for Civic Engagement. On the surface, this seems like the type of feel-good story you don't hear enough about in sports. "Tago was honored for his commitment to service around the City of Pullman and Palouse communities where he volunteered 240 civic engagement hours this past fall," the press release states.

Except, that's not really the whole story. Or anything close to it. 

The 240 hours of service were part of a plea agreement that Tago accepted last year, ridding himself of a felony robbery charge and pleading guilty to a reduced third-degree assault charge. Tago was arrested in 2016 following an investigation in which a man accused him of stealing a six-pack of beer and punching him in the head, resulting in a concussion for the victim. As a result, Tago was ordered to perform the aforementioned community service and spend 30 days in jail. He was also suspended from the team. 

Woops.

 

Well, I guess the moral of the story here is that when you lead a horse to water, it doesn't matter that much why the horse drinks, all that matters is that the horse does drink.   

Here's hoping the kid learned from his experience.

[AUfan_UAgrad 230]

Looks like the site might need a little updating, last winner it shows was April 2017.

https://cce.wsu.edu/awards/community-involvement-award/

 

However football page obviously wanting to show it off:

http://wsucougars.com/news/2018/2/1/football-tago-named-community-involvement-award-winner.aspx

[gr82be 14,423]

On 2/4/2018 at 6:23 PM, PowerOfDixieland said:

Tago was arrested in 2016 following an investigation in which a man accused him of stealing a six-pack of beer and punching him in the head, resulting in a concussion for the victim. As a result, Tago was ordered to perform the aforementioned community service and spend 30 days in jail. He was also suspended from the team. 

Woops.

That will teach him to try and take beer from @augolf1716 . . Seriously though, while I don't agree with recognition for serving his sentence, if he continues to serve the community in some way on his own merit because of this then that would be admirable.