Should Florida's Suspended Players Still Be Suspended?

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What about those suspended players?

Remember, Jay-nard Bostwick, Darious Cummings, and Demarcus Robinson were all set to serve suspensions last night and be eligible to play against Eastern Michigan, indicating that their suspensions were just one-game penalties. I've seen half-hearted arguments for them having served those suspensions on that one play last night, but I think Florida will require them to sit at some point this season.

Personally, I think those players should sit for this week's Eastern Michigan game, because that's what common sense tells me should be the resolution, but it's worth noting that there is precedent for creative discipline here: Channing Crowder was suspended for Florida's opener in 2004, and ended up serving that suspension against Middle Tennessee State in October, but playing in Florida's games up to that point.

I don't know if the rules that permitted that creativity are the same as those in effect today, but I thought (and still think) that was a mockery of what a suspension is supposed to do, and I hope Florida doesn't administer its punishment in that same way.