PR, I don't know why I waste my time with your stupidity. If a person is originally charged with three counts and two counts are dropped, yes, the charges have been "reduced" from three charges to one. Now, you can pat yourself on the back and say the charges were dropped because that is correct, they have to be dropped, how else would they go away. But in typical legal parlance, it is referred to as reducing the charges. As in this case, by plea agreement, the charges were reduced to disordery conduct. And yes, pleading no contest still requires an affirmation that the evidence was sufficient to convict on the charge. So in this instance, both players pled no contest to disorderly conduct and in doing so made an admission that the evidence was sufficient to convict on that charge. The conviction remains on their records.
Now back to the actual substance of this topic, Plu's handling of the situation was still pathetic. Even a cursory investigation demonstrated that the players were not acting appropriately, which should have been, "yes officer, we will turn our music down and we are sorry for causing a problem." There failure to do that, and the following actions, warranted the charges. The Players should have been publicly admonished by Plu and suspended a game. That would have been the appropriate way for the "adults" to handle the situation. Instead, the University took the same B.S. line (UM athletic director Jim O'Day said any discipline will be handled internally. "We are continuing our investigation into the allegations, and will let the judicial system run its course," he said Sunday. ) and damaged the reputation of the institution all because winning was more important. The sad part, they could have simply done the right thing and it would not have affected the outcome of any games and earned some respect in the process. Instead, they just came off looking like pathetic losers.