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Should He Be On The Football Field?
by Paul on 08/14/09 at 08:20 AM ET
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from Shannon Shelton of the Detroit Free Press,
Michigan State hockey player A.J. Sturges released a statement Thursday to media members criticizing the football program’s decision to reinstate Glenn Winston, the sophomore running back who injured him during an off-campus altercation in October.
“In my opinion, the immediate reinstatement of Glenn Winston to the football team reflects very poorly on Michigan State athletics,” Sturges wrote. “This decision has established weak precedent for future athletes involved in violent crimes.”
Sturges said he suffered a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain and had to have five stitches inside his mouth after taking a punch to the side of the head from Winston. Sturges missed the 2008-09 season and said he was forced to drop academic courses because of memory issues and headaches resulting from the injuries.
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Rich Rod did do the right thing in both that case and the Michigan “hockey player assaulted by a football player” case—he kicked the offenders off the team permanently.
And that’s probably the first time Rodriguez has ever done the right thing in his whole life, judging by his track record. Meh.
Nice one, using that clown as an example .
Posted by Primis on 08/14/09 at 04:51 PM ET
I thought he was actually kicked out of school. I agree with Sturges, its really messed up. The man shouldn’t be playing football for MSU, let alone attending classes there. It reflects poorly not only on the football coach but the chancellor as well. I mean, were they not kicking out students that were rioting a few years back or were they just suspending them?
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 08/14/09 at 05:17 PM ET
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Winston should not have been reinstated...now or ever.
BTW—in the wake of all of the criticism Rich Rodriguez is taking for recruiting a player who recently confessed to brokering a cocaine deal at Michigan—it’s important to note that, unlike his counterparts at MSU, Rich Rod did do the right thing in both that case and the Michigan “hockey player assaulted by a football player” case—he kicked the offenders off the team permanently.
Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 08/14/09 at 12:17 PM ET