Penn State Players In Trouble

You may remember earlier this month when I told you about those Penn State football players who crashed a party and then started roughing people up. Well, I told you then that I would keep track of this story, and then after forgetting all about it, I now keep my word to you. The Foul Balls reader.

Charges have been filed against some of the players involved in the fight.

Six Penn State football players, including stars Anthony Scirrotto (pictured) and Justin King, turned themselves in to police on Friday to face charges following an off-campus apartment fight.

Scirrotto and Christopher Baker face the most serious counts, including burglary, felony trespassing, harassment and simple assault. King and three other players face charges of criminal trespassing, harassment and disorderly conduct.

So there's some good news for Penn State fans, because at least Justin King is only going to get a slap on the wrist. But I don't believe Anthony Scirrotto (a fine Irish name) will be playing for Joe Paterno next season.

Or, as my fellow Fanhouser and brains behind the mgoblog (which is a great blog, even if it is pro-Michigan), Brian Cook puts it,

This isn't as bad as Penn State fans feared it might have been. Harassment and disorderly conduct are probably stairs-running offenses; only Scirrotto and Baker appear to be in serious trouble. But in trouble those two are, charged with multiple felonies they were totally smart enough to commit in front of dozens of witnesses. They have to be gone, especially Scirrotto, who started the whole thing after a street confrontation with a female "friend." A few phone calls later he had assembled the Jets and gone looking for a tragic but strangely musical knife fight, endangering the careers of everyone dumb enough to turn up. Enjoy I-AA.

I would have paid to see that.