In the silly season that is the off season of college football I find it a little helpful to let my eyes wonder a bit around the rest of the sports world if just to keep everything fresh. I’m not a huge recruiting hawk because I don’t believe in anything until I see it in a set of pads. And with little to no drama boiling up I though I would pass along a story that I wouldn’t believe in a million yearsif it wasn’t true! (ht: deadspin)

If you’re too lazy to click on the link, and I’m kind of hoping you are so you’ll see what I have to say about it, a promising high school athlete and general decent kid was sent to jail for ten years for receiving oral. His name is Genarlow Wilson, and he was seventeen at the time one of his 15 year old classmates gave said pleasure. He’s now 20 years old in the second year of a ten year sentence. Due to an obscure Georgia law that punishes any teen-aged recipient to 10 years with no hope of parole, one of the most unbelievable stories I have ever come across is taking place as we speak. And in an even bigger Roger Foxtrot, the law was changed after he was incarcerated, but anyone convicted before the law change would have to finish their sentence as it was delivered. And on top of that, the classmate of Genarlow freely admitted that she instigated the contact. If I had any hair I would be pulling it out! NOW!

It’s very important for us as a society to protect our children, and to steer them away from being adults before they are ready. But this is just crazy! Would any of you allow your teen-aged child to serve a ten year sentence for something, admit it, we all hope for every day? If you agree with me, head over to the online petition to have Genarlow released from prison. He has more than paid for his “crime” and deserves to get on with the rest of his life.