re: Felder suspended?

Kid has anger management issues, obviously.

Link to fb article about Felder's arrest and suspension

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Well, crap.

Today, news broke that Rakym Felder has been suspended indefinitely from the University of South Carolina Basketball team, and will not enroll in classes this fall. According to court documents, he is being charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. Unfortunately, this is not his firstbrush with the law since joining the Gamecocks.

Frank Martin was quoted, saying that he, “will continue to help Rakym grow as a young man even though basketball is not part of our relationship right now.” Felder has also released a statement through his attorney, apologizing to the University and Gamecock fans.

For Felder, a Sophomore Point Guard seemingly tailor-made to fill, or perhaps overflow, the shoes of freshly-departed-for-the-NBA P.J. Dozier, you’re often subject to more public exposure over the stupid things you do in college. However, a trend of violent behavior is something to be taken very seriously and if there’s a person whose opinion I trust in the realm of character development; it’s Frank Martin.

The basketball implications of this are irrelevant: if he needs help, we hope that he receives the help he needs. If he needs discipline, we hope that he gets the discipline he needs. If he never plays another minute for the Gamecocks, we just hope he comes out of this a better person.

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We needed him in a bad way. On a brighter note, a 5 star forward is heavily considering us. But we are up against some hefty competition for him.

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Saxtons River (Vt.) Vermont Academy forward and top-10 2018 prospect Simisola Shittu named his top 10 schools via Twitter Sunday.

The Canadian 5-star power forward listed Arizona, Arizona State, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oregon, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

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Yeah, he looks promising. Who was the other transfer we got here just recently...he was also immediately eligible to play. Can't remember his name or where he was transferring from. There was another recruit that released his top 3 within this past week and we were one of the three. Frank is recruiting his arse off.

Damn it...I'ma be honest with y'all. If that had been me I would not have even reported it. Wouldn't have said a word to anyone. Why? Because I (whether right or wrong) put my school first and winning is important to me. Very important. I realize that's a screwed up attitude to have, but it is what it is.

Either way its moot now, time to move on and hope the xfers and new guys are as good as advertised

No he won't I doubt he will ever suit up for us again

After hearing more about the story, its sort of sad that something like that can ruin a career. The girl pressed charges, and then retracted, but only after they had appeared in court. Basically, Felder spit on a girl (gf or acquaintance, I have heard both), and she filed an assault charge stating that he also threatened her.

They show up for court and go thru the proceedings, and THEN she decides she doesn't want to press any further charges and drop the initial ones. I am not an attorney, so not sure how all of this works, but was all of that really necessary for getting spit on?

Of course, Felder was in the wrong and has problems with his temper, but to bring that into the courts is a little much to me. Suspend him, sure, but kicking him off the team at this point would be a little much to me.

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After hearing more about the story, its sort of sad that something like that can ruin a career. The girl pressed charges, and then retracted, but only after they had appeared in court. Basically, Felder spit on a girl (gf or acquaintance, I have heard both), and she filed an assault charge stating that he also threatened her.

They show up for court and go thru the proceedings, and THEN she decides she doesn't want to press any further charges and drop the initial ones. I am not an attorney, so not sure how all of this works, but was all of that really necessary for getting spit on?

Of course, Felder was in the wrong and has problems with his temper, but to bring that into the courts is a little much to me. Suspend him, sure, but kicking him off the team at this point would be a little much to me.

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Yep, it has been proven that UNC and Duke would NOT have kicked him off their team, if all it was, was the above. They wouldn't do it for worse either...

But there's more to the story. Felder spit on the girl at a bar in Five Points, and several guys who saw it came to her defense which started a brawl that Felder was part of. So its not all just for spitting....