With the plea deal, its possible he took so he wouldnt have to mess with the charge. He would have to pay a lawyer, miss collage for court, and possibly be convicted and sentanced to a harsher penalty then probation. Unfortunately by admitting an assault occurred when he pled guilty, he probably just hurt himself if he intends to fight the civil litigation. I wasnt there so I wont say anything about the crime, I do think however that if it was a player with less of an agressive history that this would have gotten nowhere.