for delinquency. Admittedly, he got himself mixed up in a serious and pretty embarrassing situation shortly after signing his LOI. But remember, BYU does a ton of vetting of these kids before offering them scholarships. If there was a pattern of behavior, it likely would have come up during that process.

Reading CB, one gets the sense from some posters that West is a really screwed up kid that either should be nowhere near BYU or who really needs BYU.

Maybe he's a pretty good kid who just made a really dumb mistake.