Wrestling practice started this week and new Head Coach Brandon Eggum has the full team to work with as no wrestlers were expelled or suspended from the JRob Xanax scandal.
If you remember the details of the JRob / Xanax scandal, there was the main drug supplier, who had transferred to a Mid-Atlantic school about a year ago, there were 4 drug sellers - who sold Xanax to team members and to other students, and there were 10+ team members who had bought the drugs. The sellers were not charged by the police as there was "lack of evidence", but the University still had it's own investigation going on.
Many of us on this board had followed the investigation diligently and there were many strong opinions on this board about what should happen to the sellers and the users.
I and a few others were the minority opinion that thought that the 4 drug sellers should not be expelled, but should be suspended for a couple months. I also thought that the Xanax users should get a short suspension. I think the majority of the board thought the sellers should be expelled.
I know that around the time school started, the 4 drug sellers were in discussions with an internal Athletic Department "Ethics Board" and I kept waiting to see if the U would take its own actions against them. Now, this week wrestling practice started and all of the wrestlers are still on the roster...so there were no suspensions or expulsions. So the scandal is officially over.
JRob lost his job over this and almost every GR poster thought this was well deserved, as he took the policing matters into his own hands, destroyed evidence, and refused to cooperate with the police investigation and the "U" investigation. J's purpose in doing all of this was to protect his kids from getting a felony charge hung on them, which would drastically affect their lives.
Now that all of the wrestlers have been cleared and are back in action for Gopher Wrestling, I think we can say that J really did "fall on his sword" for his kids. And whether you approve of his actions or not, I commend him for doing this. These kids made a very bad mistake, but they are still good kids and diligent student athletes. They have learned from this, and because they got a second chance, they will likely never do anything wrong again.
I will do another thread shortly that goes into how the line-up looks and how the team looks (they look really good and have a good chance at being great!!). But, I wanted to put this issue out here separately so we could discuss it and get it out of the way.
So GR posters, what do you think about how this turned out?? And does it change your opinion of JRob?
This is your last chance...so have at it!!
If you remember the details of the JRob / Xanax scandal, there was the main drug supplier, who had transferred to a Mid-Atlantic school about a year ago, there were 4 drug sellers - who sold Xanax to team members and to other students, and there were 10+ team members who had bought the drugs. The sellers were not charged by the police as there was "lack of evidence", but the University still had it's own investigation going on.
Many of us on this board had followed the investigation diligently and there were many strong opinions on this board about what should happen to the sellers and the users.
I and a few others were the minority opinion that thought that the 4 drug sellers should not be expelled, but should be suspended for a couple months. I also thought that the Xanax users should get a short suspension. I think the majority of the board thought the sellers should be expelled.
I know that around the time school started, the 4 drug sellers were in discussions with an internal Athletic Department "Ethics Board" and I kept waiting to see if the U would take its own actions against them. Now, this week wrestling practice started and all of the wrestlers are still on the roster...so there were no suspensions or expulsions. So the scandal is officially over.
JRob lost his job over this and almost every GR poster thought this was well deserved, as he took the policing matters into his own hands, destroyed evidence, and refused to cooperate with the police investigation and the "U" investigation. J's purpose in doing all of this was to protect his kids from getting a felony charge hung on them, which would drastically affect their lives.
Now that all of the wrestlers have been cleared and are back in action for Gopher Wrestling, I think we can say that J really did "fall on his sword" for his kids. And whether you approve of his actions or not, I commend him for doing this. These kids made a very bad mistake, but they are still good kids and diligent student athletes. They have learned from this, and because they got a second chance, they will likely never do anything wrong again.
I will do another thread shortly that goes into how the line-up looks and how the team looks (they look really good and have a good chance at being great!!). But, I wanted to put this issue out here separately so we could discuss it and get it out of the way.
So GR posters, what do you think about how this turned out?? And does it change your opinion of JRob?
This is your last chance...so have at it!!
