Friday, August 07, 2009

Letter to Gamecocks from Ben Axon

This blog post was posted on Joe Person's blog on thestate.com. Ben Axon is trying to get his side of the story out there so that Gamecock fans will except him as a football player and not a criminal.

Submitted on 2009/08/02 at 8:13pm

I THINK ITS TIME FOR ALL THE GAMECOCKS FAN TO KNOW THE REAL STORY LETS JUST SAY MY SISTER IS RIGHT I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE AND I WILL NEVER BE AGAIN I JUST WANNA TAKE EVERYONE BACK TO THAT NIGHT I NEVER SAID THE WEED WAS MINE AND IM NOT A DRUG DEALER PEOPLE JUST THINK IAM BEACUSE I HAVE DREADS AND TATS BUT BESIDES THAT I NEVER HAD ANYTHING ON ME BASICLY I WENT TO JAIL FOR NOTHING YEAH IT WAS WEED IN THE CAR BUT I DIDNT KNOW TO THE LAST MINUTE I WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME IN THE CAR WITH THREE FELONS BUT BUT I KNEW THEM SINCE THE THIRD GRADE ITS AMAZING WHAT PEOPLE SAY BUT I LOOKED PASTED THAT FOR YOU ALL THAT DONT KNOW ME PLEASE DONT LEAVE NASTY COMMENTS THE AREA THAT I LIVE IN IS TERRIBLE DRUG, GUNS, FIGHTS, EVERYDAY I HEARD ABOUT THE CORY BOYD STORY MY STORY IS TENS TIMES WORST ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD OR IN PRISON I NEVER WANTED TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION SO I STARTED PLAYING FOOTBALL IVE SEEN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU GUYS SEE ON TV BUT ONLY IN REAL LIFE I LIVE ON THE WORST STREET IN TOWN EVERY EVERY WERE I GO I SEE POLICE CAR I SEEN MY FRIEND GET KILLED I WATCHED HIM LAY THERE HELPLESS WITH A GUN SHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD ALL IM SAYN IS THAT I LEARNED MY LESSON AND ALL I WANNA DO IS PLAY BALL PLEASE EXCEPT ME I WONT MESS UP AGAIN EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOW THAT IM NOT A BAD GUY WELL I LEAVE FOR SCHOOL THIS WEDNESDAY IM READY TO START OVER AND IM NOT A BAD PERSON




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