re: DGB Vote (Update: Most of you say keep him)

If he's allowed to stay and play, what happens to GP's tough enforcement policies? Do they change for everyone else from here on out as well? Too late to go back and have kids like Dalton come back and re-offer them their scholarships, but going forward, I don't see how GP can enforce his same rules with a straight face.

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If he's allowed to stay and play, what happens to GP's tough enforcement policies? Do they change for everyone else from here on out as well? Too late to go back and have kids like Dalton come back and re-offer them their scholarships, but going forward, I don't see how GP can enforce his same rules with a straight face.

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You could have used to the same logic on the Dalton thing once Pinkel got a DWI. It was probably more valid. If there's an issue with GP's ability to discipline there's been an issue for a while.

I like a clean program, it's awesome to me. It just seems like there's not a whole ton here. DGB in Springfield riding alone with a ton of weed? Done deal, charges filed, he's all but guilty. Kick him off the team, but that didn't happen. There was a few other dudes who could have been in possession.

Issue with a girlfriend or whoever in Springfield and the only thing coming out is rumors? I don't know, man. Seems like a lot of discipline for an issue that may or may not have happened. Again, I'm in the dark on what has happened since the announcement that charges wouldn't be filed, but I'm catching up.

You just don't fire someone for something that may have happened. If the cops and legal prosecutors can't get him for what supposedly happened, I don't see why he needs to be prosecuted by the team above and beyond. Especially if there's no real proof or complaint.

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Or was he kicked out of school for being a dickhead to girls?

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He voluntarily withdrew because he realized he was a tPOS.

I don't pretend like I have anywhere near to enough info to make a good decision based on biased media reports. I'll happily roll with whatever Coach Pinkel decides. He's earned my trust.

I just read the Matter article. frick DGB.

I can't see Mizzou having the ability to do much outside of charges being brought or a victim of the incident coming to someone of authority in the athletic department/football program though.

I can't see making a move like the move that should be made based only on media reports. It just doesn't work that way.

ETA: At least it shouldn't work that way.

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But if he is released without any charges being filed against him, doesn't that make Mizzou liable for "Hurting his draft stock?" without official cause?

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I would say no since it is a year to year scholarship. NFL has moral clauses. I am sure so does NCAA and the University of Missouri.

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I just read the Matter article. frick DGB.

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This is really out of character for me, I usually don't buy into anything the media sensationalizes.

But after reading that article, I said the same thing.

Just as someone stated before he's on extremely thin ice. The first time he got caught smoking bud(and yes he was smoking right along with the others, I was like" ok a lil weed smoking by a young man in college". The second time in the jeep cherokee with expired tags on it I was like" Dude you really either so arrogent that you think you're above the law or you are just extremely dense or naive. There's no way you can be in any vehicle with an LB of bud and not smell it. I would have suspended him for the first four OOC games to send a message that you are a leader of this team and the younger players or potential recruits(Darnell) are looking at you. You can't let him get away with doing what he wants to do and still maintain your authority over the rest of the team. You better believe that there are players on the team that are looking/ and thinking that I should be able to do shite like this and get away with it too. Coach needs to make a decision soon and stick to it and move on. 6 games minimum.

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So there is really no reason for the school to continue with DGB then. I just didn't want to see the school end up in some crappy lawsuit.

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Like I said before, I don't see how the school could take action against a player above and beyond the suspension based only on media reports.

If there are charges brought forth or if a victim informs the school or someone in authority (the victims were apparently Mizzou students) I can see them starting the process of kicking him off the team.

I don't think it happens without that though, nor should it. You can't make huge decisions like this as a coach/employer/authority figure based only on rumor and media reports. Not saying it won't happen, just that it absolutely shouldn't.

I'd be in the camp of wanting the scumbag off the team but being pissed if they did it without more evidence or proof. Everyone will assume I'm against it because he's DGB, but I'd be against it if it was any other person that supposedly choked out his girlfriend and battered another person as well. There has to be some presumption of innocence and without something or someone coming forward to show his guilt, even if he is obviously pretty likely guilty, the move shouldn't be made.

Again, frick him, but I need something other than media reports and a police investigation that couldn't get the info required to kick him or anyone else off the team.

He gone.

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Missouri announces that Dorial Green-Beckham has been dismissed from the team.

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Gary Pinkel: "Dorial’s priority going forward needs to be focusing on getting the help he needs."

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AD Mike Alden: "We have a high standard of conduct for our student-athletes...we are also responsible to the community at large...

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Strong action by Missouri, dismissing DGB, who led Tigers with 59 receptions, 12 receiving TDs.