Obviously, it took time to secure evidence that could substantiate charges and now....here it is.
Terrence Shannon Jr. suspended
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frozenrope9190
- Aurora, IL
Damnit. 
This will take months to resolve, season ending I'd guess
I am the absolute farthest thing in the world from any type of self righteous, social justice warrior… but that’s what you take away from this?
TJ is a great kid.
Wonder if the insiders have/can say anything. This had to be known for awhile. Obviously the face of the team and posted so much on social media.. wonder if there’s way more to the story. Hoping for the best for TSJ and anyone else involved
illinifan31
Former Krush Cow
- South Bend, IN
What actually is the university policy mentioned in the release? Like this court case will be very long. I totally understand suspending at first until the University does some fact finding but would they actually suspend Shannon the entire season waiting for the court case when he very well could be found innocent?
I agree he seems like it. Innocent until proven guilty. Unfortunately I have personally known students have their lives turned upside-down by such unfounded allegations. The most recent was a jadded ex-girlfriend who had a kid expelled from their university.
Wasnt a kid on Alabama playing last year with murder charges?
No, Miller was never charged with a crime.
Fwiw the university seems to have known about it for a little while.
blackdog
- Champaign
From what I have read so far it seems like there wasn't anything actionable to go on before and the arrest automatically triggers the athlete conduct policy for the suspension.
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
Was this a blindside hit to the athletic dept? Hard to believe the Bball Program would have released that ‘Day in the Life’ video two weeks ago had they known this was brewing…
OnlyOrange
- Belleville, IL
This type of thing can take AGES to resolve. His season is over.
Just when everything was going so well this season too. Unreal.
Do you think they were surprised by the charges?
I can’t imagine the allegations are a surprise to the team/athletic department. For him to have been playing as well as he has been playing and not be distracted as remarkable. It makes me think that neither the team nor TSJ expected charges.
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
He even said in the statement they work with due process and presumption of innocence. I took that to mean It may not be a season-ending suspension, just until they get more information.
Regardless, this is a big black eye on our program whether true or not.
There’s also the court of public opinion too/optics.
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
He certainly not acting, playing, interviewing like a guy who knows a rape charge is about to come against him. But I guess people can surprise you with their demeanor.
Wasn’t Coleman with him on that trip to KU?
Hell Brad was there
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