🏈 Four Vandy football players suspended after sex crime allegation

[TerryP]

This sounds ominous >> Four Vanderbilt University football players suspended | News | Vanderbilt University: http://t.co/XX2xCCEN6H
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) June 28, 2013​

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Four Vanderbilt University football players suspended

<small> by Elizabeth Latt | Posted on Friday, Jun. 28, 2013 — 5:21 PM</small>

Vanderbilt University today announced that four members of its football team were suspended earlier this week for violation of team rules. As additional facts become known, Vanderbilt will take further action, if and as warranted.


Because of Vanderbilt’s ongoing investigation, the university will offer further comment when appropriate.

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Does this strike you as odd? Odd, as in the last place I expected to see this kind of news story breaking is at Vandy?

The first thing that crosses my mind:

In light of the Hernadez story there's been reports of some 27/28 NFL players arrested since the Super Bowl. There are different conclusions people have drawn from those numbers but most point to a correlation between star football players and criminal activity.

In recent years we've seen kids commit to major schools and then we've seen switches to Vandy. Hearing a 4* player announce he's planning on attending Vandy doesn't come as a shock they way it did a year and a half ago.

Is there a correlation here?

 

[planomateo]

First thing that came to mind...remember James Franklin's comments about not hiring an assistant until he see's the wife.

 

[PhillyGirl]

ESPN reporting that the players have been dismissed as Nashville police investigate alleged sex crime.

 

[mhardiman]

Not often you here of Vandy players getting arrested; I figured the mentality of a Vandy student was "don't let sex (which is over raided) gets in the way of studying."

 

[TerryP]

Has anyone seen the names of the players?

I'm curious if they're some of those kids "stolen from Florida," etc.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Not often you here of Vandy players getting arrested; I figured the mentality of a Vandy student was "don't let sex (which is over raided) gets in the way of studying."

Not often that Vandy is competitive against other schools for talent, either. Perhaps they're moving down the character scale in trying to get better athletes, but I shall not generalize given the missteps of four of our players. The dismissal came quickly, so it must have traction.

RTR,

Tim

 

[planomateo]

4 names are out there, but nothing officially released at this point.

Interesting read on some of the issues Vandy has been facing recently.

 

[planomateo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Vanderbilt releases names of the four recently dismissed players: Brandon Banks, Cory Batey, Jaborian “Tip” McKenzie and Brandon Vandenburg.</p>&mdash; Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/slmandel/statuses/356872707092135936">July 15, 2013</a></blockquote>
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