STAFF: Suh issue should be dropped

Last Sunday, we here at the Daily Nebraskan were all abuzz with the prospect of some big breaking news. Some really BIG breaking news.
The rumor we heard was that NU's star defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh had been arrested for a DUI and had totaled three cars. The sports, photo and Web staffs immediately engaged frantic breaking news mode and began photographing, calling, writing and posting. When it turned out that almost none of what we had heard was true, we were both disappointed and relieved.
We were disappointed because we didn't have a story, but relieved because our best defender wasn't at all in the wrong. Now, three days after the false alarm, we still see discussion about the event on message boards and comment threads across the interblog, all of them suspicious and incriminating.
Let's get a few facts straight. Suh's BAC was well below the legal limit. He was not arrested, but merely cited for negligent driving. He hit three cars, but only totaled one of them. This all happened in an attempt to avoid hitting a small animal in the dark. No big deal. He got in a car wreck. It could have happened to anyone.
Yet, because of Suh's celebrity status in this state on account of being a star Husker athlete, people are willing to beat this dead horse even further into the muck. Husker fans love a good scandal, and are always quick to jump at a chance to incriminate an athlete.
However, had this happened to almost any other athlete, it wouldn't have been news. Had this happened to Christopher Aumueller or Brett Maher, no one would be talking about it and the event would have simply happened. But since it's an athlete people know, the whole state erupts.
This isn't the right way to go about things. Everyone makes mistakes, and in Suh's case it seems like a perfectly innocent mistake that could have happened to anyone. All of this needless conspiracy only hinders team unity and state pride.
Let the man be.