But that was because his name was Enes
Kofi Cockburn to miss first 3 games of season
Would have been ideal if it could have been the two exhibition games and the first regular season, but oh well.
Not deserved, but could have been worse. The first two are going to end up with heavy bench minutes anyway....not sure what Marquette has. Serve the 3, win the games and move on.
Silver Sniper
- East Central IL
I thought this to be the case as well.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Not thrilled, but I can live with it.
So they punish a student athlete who choose to return to play NCAA BBall for something that is now legal. While coaches and institutions break the rules which still exist with little or no punishment?????
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
The point of enforcing a rule is to provide a deterrent for the same thing happening again. So what behavior is the NCAA looking to deter here? This makes no sense whatsoever.
sacraig
- The desert
Best guess: fighting it delays the start of the suspension, so if we lose the appeal, Kofi serves it in the middle of B1G season instead of a couple of cupcakes and a probably-not-good Marquette team.
If it were 10 games or something, there's more incentive to fight it.
The Illinois law on this makes it clear that the NCAA can't make any rules or punish an athlete for this. I would think a university lawyer could get an injunction for the season.
I don't think it's legal for the players to sell their jerseys that they've been given by the university and used in a game. That is, until they leave. That was the issue with Kofi I believe.
I'm relieved it was this light. That said, I'm guessing that we'll get a a team wide four game suspension with a bad call in our round of 32 game.
Epsilon
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- Pdx
If you reread the original post, it states that it would have been okay after July 1st, just days after he did it.
Payne and Hawkins....time to shine and find your way.
Swamp rules
NCAA doesn’t come into play in this or shouldn’t. Not an eligibility issue, just a University issue so probably a slap on the wrist.
Epsilon
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- Pdx
Agreed. The last thing we need is for the NCAA to start litigating criminal acts. Not saying I endorse the behavior, but there are all kinds of issues with the NCAA getting involved with this kind of stuff, not the least of which includes social justice issues.
Let's face it, that would be true. Hell we are still waiting on other "shoe" to drop on punishments from the investigations into the big wallet programs. But let's hit Illinois right away/You do realize if it had been a KY player and he got suspended for 3 games that Illini fans would be saying, “if that was an Illinois player, he would have been suspended for 8 games.”
I doubt that. Brady Morningstar was out a semester for this last time one of their guys got it. Self in the past has been tough on this.
Since it is now legal, can he sell a pair of shoes to a booster for $XX to cover the fine? This is silly.
An appeal to the NCAA could hurt the team. I'm saying they should go to court. The NCAA appears to be violating state law. A judge could grant an injunction and the NCAA would probably back off, since they aren't actually enforcing an actual rule. Either way, it wouldn't play out quickly.