College athletes' honesty caught on security camera
 

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Steroid scandals, murder charges and accusations of autograph peddling. Now how about a good news story from the world of sports?

Four football players from William Paterson University went shopping at a general store in Wayne, N.J., on Sunday afternoon. After spending several minutes trying to locate the store clerk, two of the players who needed sunglasses and batteries were captured on store security cameras leaving money at the register.

Buddy?s Small Lots store manager, Marci Lederman, was taken by their honesty.

?They picked up a few items, and they left cash on the counter and waved to the cameras,? Lederman told Yahoo News. ?Who does that??

Thomas James, Kell?E Gallimore, Jelani Bruce and Anthony Biondi do that.

The NCAA Division-III Pioneers haven?t had a winning season in nearly 20 years, but life?s rewards are sometimes sweeter than those earned on a football field.

?It doesn?t surprise me that they did what they did,? said Jerry Flora, the Pioneers? head coach. ?That?s the kind of kids we try and recruit in here so we can obviously deal with a lot less headaches if you know what I mean.?

As it turns out, the players had unknowingly entered a closed store. Lederman said a lock on the front door had malfunctioned and a half-lit store made it look like Buddy?s was open. Police phoned her to say an alarm had been tripped, but she found nothing amiss.

?They could have ransacked the store. They could have really done anything,? Lederman said. ?They were perfect gentlemen. They were looking to see if anyone was here. They looked in the back to make sure no one was lying on the floor dead.?

Lederman was so impressed that she called a local TV station to share the surveillance video, which helped her identify the four young men. On Tuesday, she rewarded each of them with $50 shopping sprees.

?They were just very thankful and grateful,? she said. ?They?re nice kids.?

A Heisman candidate might not emerge from Flora's small-school roster, but he has four on the squad who already earned preseason praise off the field.

?For me it?s the total product,? Flora said. ?I?m looking for guys that will come in, be here for four years, learn, develop, graduate, become good alums, give back to the university, give back to the program and along the way hopefully have some fun and set a good example.?

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WTF?

Refreshing stories don't belong on GFY. :1orglaugh

Sounds like they're defense.

If they'd been offense they would definitely have ransacked the store.

So we should be amazed because they didn't steal?

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My alma mater! Well done Pioneers!

that's funny coming from you :1orglaugh

Did you lip read that video ?????.. ?

"Dude where da towel-head mutha fucka work here"

"Fuck I know"

"Check the back for cough syrup I'll get the Mountain Dew and Skittles"

"Ahh Sheeit! bitch got 5-O cameras"

(white kid) "I can't do no time bro my ass to pretty for Jersey jails"

"Throw some monies from the gas station we hit on the counter and beat feet"


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Where are Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and President Obama, and why aren't they saying anything about this?!? :mad:

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Dayum! :1orglaugh

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"Kell’E"

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

That's what I was thinking. :1orglaughSo if these guys were white, it wouldn't be a story at all.

we know white people don't steal land,money,gold, etc... :2 cents:

I saw that this morning. Imagine that, there are still good people out there. Kids no less.

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I had a boss year ago,who said locks keep honest people honest.

Very surprised they didn't get life in prison without parole and Al Sharpton got on tv

Guess the race. I am reminded of a study done a few years back where wallets were dropped in various parts of the world to see if they would be returned to the owners.

Scandinavian countries had the people who where the most honest by not only returning the wallets but also returning all of the cash inside. I doubt most of those people would even accept a reward since you would should not be rewarded for simply returning someone's property unless you incurred expenses such as driving a long distance.

I saw someone pay for stuff they bought just yesterday.. Who can I call about a news story??

are they some visible minority that everyone has deluded themselves into thinking said visible minority only steals?

Ok I just watched the video. How pathetic that such a big deal is being made as if these kids are heroes for NOT robbing the store. LOL!!!!!!!!

Had these kids been all white it would have been a non story.