Player Suspended!

[DrewDog]

Hopefully this is not too much of a distraction for the team.

http://www.wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_46cd08f2-d6a3-11de-babe-001cc4c002e0.html

[JayJ79]

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would rather not have had one of our DBs getting into trouble a couple nights prior to us playing against a pass-happy team (even if it wasn't one of the starters).

from the article, it sounds like just stupid college kid stuff, so hopefully the one-game suspension will suffice. (of course, there has been previous stupid college kid stuff that hadn't hurt anyone else, that has gotten kids kicked off the team in the past)

[TH1974]

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Awful.

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[DomeRanger Posse]

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Not piling on, not being judgemental, but did anyone read the charge? Assault without the intent to injure? Seriously? "Ima hit you with my fist and you will not be hurt." I know it's a descriptor of the varying degrees of assault, but I just thought it was kinda funny.

[JayJ79]

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Not piling on, not being judgemental, but did anyone read the charge? Assault without the intent to injure? Seriously? "Ima hit you with my fist and you will not be hurt." I know it's a descriptor of the varying degrees of assault, but I just thought it was kinda funny.

you're not always intent on injuring them when you hit someone.
like when you're smacking someone upside the head. it's more about sending a message than trying to injure.

heck, the whole game of football is about hitting without the intent to injure (well, 99% of it). Granted, it's not usually hitting with the fist, but still.

(not defending his actions, just philosophizing on the "assault w/o intent to injure" concept)

[D Panther]

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Why was he out at the bars at 12:30AM? This is just another in a seris of events where the players are out at the bars late in the evening with a huge game coming up. It is time for Farley and the coaching staff to crack down on this type of behavior. It certainly makes you wonder if this has been one of the reasons why this has underacheved this year.

[SpanishMoon]

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I have no idea if it was true, but I have heard a LOT of the UNI fb players are out at the bars during the week. (Game week) If it is true then it has to stop. Do your drinking after the season to celebrate your championship, not before.

[9YRPLAN]

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I have no idea if it was true, but I have heard a LOT of the UNI fb players are out at the bars during the week. (Game week) If it is true then it has to stop. Do your drinking after the season to celebrate your championship, not before.

yeah, good luck with that.

[ryan19]

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yeah, good luck with that.

If UNI paid me to go to school there, I would agree not to drink during the week. Hell, if UNI paid me to go to school I would agree to not drink the whole time I am there.

[georgeW]

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If UNI paid me to go to school there, I would agree not to drink during the week. Hell, if UNI paid me to go to school I would agree to not drink the whole time I am there.

We need players who want to win more than they want to drink. Is it unrealistic to think that there are athletes who can commit to a season or maybe career without drink? Is this something a coach can dictate? Is it too deeply set in our country's culture? It is just very frustrating to think that the unhealthy consumption of alcohol would cost this team a playoff birth.

[ryan19]

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We need players who want to win more than they want to drink. Is it unrealistic to think that there are athletes who can commit to a season or maybe career without drink? Is this something a coach can dictate? Is it too deeply set in our country's culture? It is just very frustrating to think that the unhealthy consumption of alcohol would cost this team a playoff birth.

I would disagree with your assumption that "the unhealthy consumption of alcohol" cost us a playoff birth...

[JayJ79]

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We need players who want to win more than they want to drink. Is it unrealistic to think that there are athletes who can commit to a season or maybe career without drink? Is this something a coach can dictate? Is it too deeply set in our country's culture? It is just very frustrating to think that the unhealthy consumption of alcohol would cost this team a playoff birth.

Do players sign a "contract" when they accept a scholarship, or do they sign a "code of conduct" to even be on the team (scholarship or walk-on"?

I imagine a coach COULD include such a clause in that.
It might hurt recruiting, though.

[TH1974]

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I imagine a coach COULD include such a clause in that.
It might hurt recruiting, though.

This.

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[Big_Al]

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BYU does this and look where they're at -- 3rd in the MWC behind Utah & TCU. Their glory days of the 80s were when the administration used to look the other way when it came to honor code violations.

Do players sign a "contract" when they accept a scholarship, or do they sign a "code of conduct" to even be on the team (scholarship or walk-on"?

I imagine a coach COULD include such a clause in that.
It might hurt recruiting, though.

[MediaPanther]

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We need players who want to win more than they want to drink. Is it unrealistic to think that there are athletes who can commit to a season or maybe career without drink? Is this something a coach can dictate? Is it too deeply set in our country's culture? It is just very frustrating to think that the unhealthy consumption of alcohol would cost this team a playoff birth.

WOW!!! Assume much?? I would highly doubt any player on the team would rather get drunk than win a national championship. Alcohol did not cost this team a playoff berth. That's just an absurdly stupid comment. I dare you to find me one college football team in America where no one on the team goes to the bar during the season.

There have been some crazy excuses as to why the Panthers didn't succeed this year, but this one takes the cake. Absolutely no one *****ed about players at the bar in '05 or '07. It happened though. I can promise you that.