Thornwell Suspended

Man, being a Gamecock fan is like living in the Puritan days of old: you can't act too crazy, or they'll think you're a witch and burn you at the stake; you can't get too excited about the prospects of your Gamecock teams, or they will punish you with stuff like this happening.

I was really looking forward to today with the WBB and MBB teams extending their records. The WBB team plays like shite, and the men's team wins but with this now hanging over it's collective heads. I hope Sin can return soon - the Seton Hall game is next but will be a pretty tough game to win on the road....

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he won't be back until the start of SEC play.

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I guess that would be better than the alternative. I don't like spreading rumors but all signs point to an academic issue. I don't see him shooting out car windows or being into drugs so this makes the most sense.


My wife teaches at USC and she tells me how rough it is on the student athletes. Especially on the upperclassmen who are finishing up their degrees.


I'm sure we're all hoping for a speedy return to the team for Sin. Also I give a lot of credit to Coach Martin for making this decision even though is was a hard one to make. He's letting it be known to the rest of the guys that no one is above punishment with him in charge. I just hope that it doesn't cost us what I hoped to be a great season for us.


*I didn't think about impermissible benefits, which may be more plausible now that I think about it.

Basically they have a loaded schedule with very little down time.

True not all majors are as difficult as others. That's why I'm thinking it may be another issue like contact with an agent.

Good lord well whatever. I suppose they will eventually have to come out and say how long he will be suspended.

Post and Courier tweeting that it stemmed from an arrest back May.

I have no idea. Seems weird that it stayed silent for 7 months. I'm not sure how anything can stay quiet for that long anymore.

I was way off in what I thought happened to Sin. If he was arrested then there should have been a trail, like police report, mug shot, bond hearing, etc. Not sure how he was able to keep that from everybody for so long. I thought all of that was public record or was an exception made for him.