First off, this petition goes beyond Avery Moss being allowed to play football again at the University of Nebraska. And secondly, we do not condone the initial actions by Avery that caused him to be placed on probation. However, Avery has sat out for what has collectively been an entire academic year from January 2014 to January 2015. When Avery was made aware of his initial suspension last January, he was given hope and reassured that as long as he stayed clean and stayed in Lincoln, he would be given an opportunity to redeem himself and come back to school. To begin with, the bases for his suspension was a misunderstanding between Avery and the administration. He was given a false sense of hope by numerous people within the UNL administration. Avery did everything that was asked of him. Avery worked a job at a car dealership the whole duration of his suspension, for about 40+ hours a week. Avery stayed in the confines of his home, almost every night, to guarantee that he would not be confronted by a similar situation as before or any other problems. Again, everything that was asked of him he has done. As a requirement of his reinstatement, Avery was in constant contact with Dr. Mary Paine, who works for a counseling affiliate of the University of Nebraska. According to her reports, she had nothing but excellent things to say about Avery and truly believed he had not made light of his situation and Avery had displayed the appropriate signs of one who is deserving of a second chance. Avery, who also had consist contact with the Dean of Students, was assured that he had a great chance of coming back to school this January. On top of being unable to continue his education at UNL, the school administration showed a lack respect towards the process in numerous dealings with Avery's case. For instance, Avery was told that he would be hear back from the those who have the final say about a decision, before Christmas break. After waiting nearly two weeks after Christmas and not hearing any word back from the school's administration or anyone else involved, Avery called to see what the hold up was and when he called, he was told that the UNL administration and Title XI coordinator Arturo Perez, were on vacation and Avery must wait until they returned for a ruling. We believe this shows negligence and disrespect towards the process, as well as Avery's time. As the second semester begins, Avery is now not allowed to enroll at another school because deadlines have passed. Consequently, Avery will now miss another semester of school. We believe Avery deserves a chance to go back to school at the University of Nebraska. We would like an appeal of the bar and ban from the university given to Avery Moss. We believe that given this second chance, Avery is fully prepared to make the most out of this opportunity and prove that the process does work when there is a true intention of rehabilitation and reconciliation, from both sides. We thank you and we hope you consider our petition and those who sign it, as our public display of our faith in Avery Moss and th University of Nebraska.