This little nugget part of his speech at Pro Football Hall of Fame luncheon in Canton.

Cautiously optimistic??  C'mon, Napoleon knows he's coming back...

I'll give the kid the benefit of the doubt that he's rehabilitated and doesn't do the same stuff and has remorse for what he did.  But there are doubts. 

For basketball reasons, of course KD wants him back.  The Akron PG's weren't exactly stellar last year. 

This is why Akron will always be in the top 2-3 in the MAC.

I'm cautiously optimistic that if Abreu comes back he'll waddle around like an out of shape penguin. He was barely in shape when he was playing, no way does he get back in shape after 2 years out.

Convicted Drug Felon.

We seem to support second chances when they are OU kids, so I don't see how we can rip Akron for this. Drug crimes are obnoxious in America anyway.

Good player, but it'll be interesting to see how he fits into the lineup and locker room.

SBH makes a good point that this would be Abreu's third chance.  I guess the question becomes, in rehabilitating someone with a criminal record, what constitutes an appropriate "second chance" or "third chance"?  I'm all for giving sincere people a chance to make things right.  But there are some roles, jobs, etc., where the damage to a person's reputation is so great that allowing that person to hold the job would harm the public testimony of an institution. 

For example, let's say someone is a CEO and has an affair with an intern, and is dismissed...that person may change their ways and feel genuine remorse...but should that person be permitted to serve as a CEO again in that company?   Another example would be in a church...let's say a pastor committed adultery with a member of the congregation...that pastor might genuinely change and commit to never let that happen again, but is it appropriate for the pastor to return to serving as pastor of that church?

Tough questions.  When someone is guilty of a crime like Abreu's, should he be allowed back on the team he was playing on when the infractions were committed?  Or would his high profile role as a player on a basketball team bring derision on the school, even if he's genuinely changed for the better? 

what is the NCAA stance on third chances? I forgot how Conseling , testing and failures/convictions are treated . 

In this scenario, if they were both consenting adults, then it's no ones damn business what they did. If either has a spouse, then they have a right to know. If it crosses over to harassment, that's a whole different story. In and of itself, this is a non-issue as far as the CEO's ability to run the company.

Even if you believe in making excuses for the sake of winning -- I don't feel like the scales tip in his favor on the "talent level" vs. "criminal offense" front.

I'd imagine a Heisman Trophy on the mantel would mandate extra second chances. No?

Youre telling me there are no companies out there with policies banning that type of relationship between an executive and a subordinate?