I did not think we were aloud to discuss this stuff on Blue Grass preps... Sure Mason COunty is smiling from ear to ear to here this, Poor Hicks

 

You got be kidding me,I assure you theres nobody in Mason County smiling at something like this,PLEASE.I just hope Mr. Mackey can put this criminal background behind him and move on to keep his scholarship at IU and play basketball still because he is good at it.This was big news in the sports world and thats why i posted it.:confused:

Both of the charges are very serious but I have a questions. Would the one trafficking within a 1000 yards of a school be the most serious one?

 

Actually not. The trafficking within 1000 yards is a way to make a misdemeanor, probably trafficking marijuana, a felony. The trafficking cocaine is a class B felony, the trafficking within 1000 yards is a class D felony.

Actually not. The trafficking within 1000 yards is a way to make a misdemeanor, probably trafficking marijuana, a felony. The trafficking cocaine is a class B felony, the trafficking within 1000 yards is a class D felony.

Thanks, I didn't know how it worked.

One bad decision? Unless this just happened to be the first day the kid ever had crack on him, its not "one bad decision." Its "a bad decision that he got busted for."

 

From what I have heard, this is not a one time deal...

Look at this way, Scott County officials had him arrested.

If a kid is skipping class, they are usually not punished until after a short period of time and do not go "looking" for him...so there is something that was a trigger to go and find him....why?...history?

From what I have heard, this is not a one time deal...

Look at this way, Scott County officials had him arrested.

If a kid is skipping class, they are usually not punished until after a short period of time and do not go "looking" for him...so there is something that was a trigger to go and find him....why?...history?

 

It was also reported Mackey smelled of marijuana, so apparently Rock isn't his only problem.

From what I have heard, this is not a one time deal...

Look at this way, Scott County officials had him arrested.

If a kid is skipping class, they are usually not punished until after a short period of time and do not go "looking" for him...so there is something that was a trigger to go and find him....why?...history?

 

Exactly. I can't believe the people that come on here and say they feel sorry for the kid.

Exactly. I can't believe the people that come on here and say they feel sorry for the kid.

 

There's a big difference in feeling sorry for someone and defending their actions. Anyone who knows anything about the toll that drugs can take on a persons life, or has ever had a close friend or family member go down that road would probably feel sorry for him. If he's guilty, he deserves to be punished...but it won't stop me from feeling sorry for him. Hopefully, this will be shock he needed to clean up his life, and if it does that, then this may be the best thing that ever happened to him.

 

I think comments along the lines that "his life is ruined" are a bit over the top. That all depends on how he responds to this situation...if he chooses to continue on this path, then his life was already ruined, but if he chooses to straighten up because of this, then this was exactly what he needed. So what if this derails his basketball career...there are more important things. If this gets him to straighten up, then his life will be far better off whether he plays basketball or not, as opposed to the alternative of playing basketball while being involved with drugs.

 

I won't defend his actions, but I certainly feel sorry for him. He's obviously made a poor decision by choosing to get involved with drugs...but I know other people who I'd have never dreamed that have done the same thing. I'm aware that people sometimes can get caught up in that life and be in too deep before they realize what a terrible mistake they've made...at that point, it's really hard to pull themselves out and unfortunately, it usually takes hitting rock bottom to get them out.

There's a big difference in feeling sorry for someone and defending their actions. Anyone who knows anything about the toll that drugs can take on a persons life, or has ever had a close friend or family member go down that road would probably feel sorry for him. If he's guilty, he deserves to be punished...but it won't stop me from feeling sorry for him. Hopefully, this will be shock he needed to clean up his life, and if it does that, then this may be the best thing that ever happened to him.

 

I think comments along the lines that "his life is ruined" are a bit over the top. That all depends on how he responds to this situation...if he chooses to continue on this path, then his life was already ruined, but if he chooses to straighten up because of this, then this was exactly what he needed. So what if this derails his basketball career...there are more important things. If this gets him to straighten up, then his life will be far better off whether he plays basketball or not, as opposed to the alternative of playing basketball while being involved with drugs.

 

I won't defend his actions, but I certainly feel sorry for him. He's obviously made a poor decision by choosing to get involved with drugs...but I know other people who I'd have never dreamed that have done the same thing. I'm aware that people sometimes can get caught up in that life and be in too deep before they realize what a terrible mistake they've made...at that point, it's really hard to pull themselves out and unfortunately, it usually takes hitting rock bottom to get them out.

 

 

 

Well said.......and will others watch and learn.

There's a big difference in feeling sorry for someone and defending their actions. Anyone who knows anything about the toll that drugs can take on a persons life, or has ever had a close friend or family member go down that road would probably feel sorry for him. If he's guilty, he deserves to be punished...but it won't stop me from feeling sorry for him. Hopefully, this will be shock he needed to clean up his life, and if it does that, then this may be the best thing that ever happened to him.

 

I think comments along the lines that "his life is ruined" are a bit over the top. That all depends on how he responds to this situation...if he chooses to continue on this path, then his life was already ruined, but if he chooses to straighten up because of this, then this was exactly what he needed. So what if this derails his basketball career...there are more important things. If this gets him to straighten up, then his life will be far better off whether he plays basketball or not, as opposed to the alternative of playing basketball while being involved with drugs.

 

I won't defend his actions, but I certainly feel sorry for him. He's obviously made a poor decision by choosing to get involved with drugs...but I know other people who I'd have never dreamed that have done the same thing. I'm aware that people sometimes can get caught up in that life and be in too deep before they realize what a terrible mistake they've made...at that point, it's really hard to pull themselves out and unfortunately, it usually takes hitting rock bottom to get them out.

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Well said.......and will others watch and learn.

 

"Others" being who?

"Others" being who?

 

HS athletes or kids in general I'm guessing. Watch & learn what not to do.

Well said.......and will others watch and learn.

 

No, some will get caught, most won't. Kinda of odd to hear of cocaine in high school, most high school kids go the presription drug abuse route(athletes included), the ones that do drugs that is.

I did not think we were aloud to discuss this stuff on Blue Grass preps... Sure Mason COunty is smiling from ear to ear to here this, Poor Hicks

 

What do you mean "Poor Hicks"? Give me a break.

First, like many on this site, I am sadden by the news of Bud's actions. But I am also sadden by some of the actions/comments towards his arrest, almost looks as some are happy this has happened, which sickens me! How much of this hatred is because he is a gifted player from Scott Co? And that he plays for Coach Hicks? One or both who many dislike anyway. Not a way to be an adult, nor is it a way to be a Christian!

 

Like many who know him, as well as it has been stated by others, Mackey has always been a yes sir/ma'am no sir/ma'am kind of kid. I don't think he has ever really been in any type of trouble before, which makes this even more shocking. It's not like he was a punk who never changed, or never tried to. I am sure Mackey was looked at as a good kid.

 

Like most on here and not knowing the full story, im going to take a wait and see approach and let this play out, and hopefully things will work out for Mackey, whatever that may be.

 

No one knows what really happened, but I am sure that will come out later, but to say he has been doing this for a while is pure speculation, as well as being rumors. Why did some at the school go out and "look" for Mackey when he didn't go to his 5th period class? No one knows for sure, you cannot be 100% sure that they knew they would find him doing something illegal.

 

Yes, drugs problems are a part of society, and to think it's not a part of most if not all schools is laughable, this happens everywhere! Not just intercity schools, but suburban and country schools, public and privates, poorer areas and richer areas, no one is excluded. And it's not just marijuana.

 

The first thing I would ask Mackey is why he did this? I am sure his response would be like almost 100% of others who got caught, because they saw it as a way to make easy money! sure, it's easy money, until you get caught, but that's why most all of the traffickers do this, MONEY! I just hope for his sake he didn't have a gun in his car, which would make this even more serious.

 

I just hope it all works out for Mackey and he gets things straighten out for himself, not for Scott Co or their basketball team, not for Hicks, but for Mackey himself, as that is the only person who matters now. This isn't about basketball, it's about a person. His life is not over as some have stated, changed? Yes, but not over, it will depend on how he does from here on out how much his life will change, and how long it will be changed. If he is able to get back on the right track and basketball is in his future then GREAT! He is a gifted athlete, if basketball is not in his future I wish him the best and hope he leaves this chapter of his life behind him.

Comments on an IU board...

 

--Don’t you guys realize that the credibility of IU’s program is at stake here. There are always warning signs in a case like this. No 17 or 18 year old kid can hide the fact he is heavily into marijuana or crack cocaine. All it would have taken is a good background check and/or an observant person regarding who his friends were, his speech patterns and language, and so on. Do be able to spot this kind of trouble is not rocket science, for goodness sakes. Whatever the cost to monitor a player’s behavior before signing them would have been cheap compared to what this incident is going to cost in terms of damaging IU’s and Sampson’s credibility. Do you think the parents of a Christian kid, for example, will want their kid coming to IU, which now obviously doesn’t even recognize the personality, attitudes, friends and habits of a possible crack cocaine dealer. Wake up fellows!!

 

--HA! There should be checks done, Bud isn’t the “all around kinda guy”. If you’ve been able to relate with him at school, you’d know that. He screwed up big time, and it serves him right. This isn’t a one time thing, it’s reoccurring. As a 2008 graduate, I’ve been with him for the past 3 years and it’s been all the same. He, frankly, isn’t the only one at SCHS with these types of problems.