Exactly. That much should be pretty clear. If Ben Howland (who has repeatedly said he doesn’t know if/when Spoon will be back) doesn’t know, then I can guarantee you nobody in Starkville knows. That means that MSU isn’t running the investigation, they are merely a participant in said investigation. Anyone can then do the math to figure out who is running the investigation, because there is only one other option.
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Exactly. That much should be pretty clear. If Ben Howland (who has repeatedly said he doesn’t know if/when Spoon will be back) doesn’t know, then I can guarantee you nobody in Starkville knows. That means that MSU isn’t running the investigation, they are merely a participant in said investigation. Anyone can then do the math to figure out who is running the investigation, because there is only one other option.
You need to know what happened in order to have a legitimate reason for not liking how it was handled. Everything is not the public’s business.
Not an NCAA issue. A student’s academic integrity at stake. The school has to tread lightly.
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I assumed that as well, but according to my wife, who works on campus as an advisor, that’s not the case. She said it’s an F for that class that doesn’t qualify for academic forgiveness but that’s it. That’s only if it’s a first offense though.
She was referring to “cheating” in general though. Maybe egregious cheating is different.
DUDE this investigation has been going on for years ...perhaps you should look at the transcripts from the Gatto trial....facts and all
I don’t even think it is that. It is the Pall that is cast over the program because a star player has been suspended with no conclusion settled in 4 weeks. Why still suspended? Why not dismissed? Why not released from scholarship, so that he can go ahead and seek another place to play ball? Or try to earn his way back this fall?
Get a resolution so all parties can move on. Yes, we have won some games without him, but you have to admit that both Aric and Lamar have been in a pretty bad funk since his suspension. Even Perry has played sporadically over the past few games.
Don’t penalize the team if Nick screwed up and it is not NCAA violation related. Cut him loose, or suspend him for the rest of the season. It is not hard to make that announcement. Unless he is already committed to transferring out at season’s end.
Get a resolution so all parties can move on. Yes, we have won some games without him, but you have to admit that both Aric and Lamar have been in a pretty bad funk since his suspension. Even Perry has played sporadically over the past few games.
Don’t penalize the team if Nick screwed up and it is not NCAA violation related. Cut him loose, or suspend him for the rest of the season. It is not hard to make that announcement. Unless he is already committed to transferring out at season’s end.
Well first off, the university has changed its policy in the past 10 years then, because I personally know of several guys who got kicked out for a year for cheating. Secondly, if what you say is true, this goes way beyond just cheating on a test or else it would already be resolved and Howland would be in full control of the length of suspension.
Unless there is a deeper ongoing internal investigation taking place throughout the athletics department and no final penalties or sanctions will be announced until the administration is comfortable that the investigation is complete.
I’d fully agree if this was a straight forward situation, and I have zero inside knowledge about it. However, I think it’s fairly clear at this point that this isn’t a simple violation of team rules or even anything that the NCAA is involve with.
I’m afraid that one of two things is going on
1) it’s an academic issue, and while the school obviously has something on Nick, they’re still trying to understand just how deep it runs
2) there’s a woman involved
I really don’t see how it’s possibly anything other than one of the above scenarios
I’m afraid that one of two things is going on
1) it’s an academic issue, and while the school obviously has something on Nick, they’re still trying to understand just how deep it runs
2) there’s a woman involved
I really don’t see how it’s possibly anything other than one of the above scenarios
Nick thought he was calculating his off the court decisions but he forgot everybody keeps tabs on student athletes. It will all come out after the season and it’s not a woman.
This was the policy when I left school a few years ago. I think it was Fred Brown who got caught cheating twice and that is why he was expelled.
It just doesn't seem like academic cheating to me unless the university changed their policy and feels like they need to punish athletes for their first offense. I'm sure he isn't the first basketball player who has gotten caught cheating.