What should the punishment be for Oregon's LeGarrette Blount for punching a player during the Boise State game?
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M$6 Answers
What he did was very serious and definitely deserves a severe consequence.
We'll have to wait and see what the University decides:
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Bellotti said after the game that Blount's future will be a university decision. That the athletic director and the university president will consult and make a decision on whether or not to suspend him or remove him permanently. But if you're (Head Coach) Kelly, can you really accept Blount as part of your program should the suits give him a pass?
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Note that Blount also had attitude problems during spring training:
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Blount was suspended in the spring by outgoing coach Mike Bellotti for failing to meet various undisclosed team obligations. He'd been reinstated by the new coach, Chip Kelly.
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M$My question is whether his coach/school will decide the punishment, or if the NCAA has any rules that supercede the school's authority in a situation like this.
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He should be suspended the entire season!
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M$He's suspended for the entire year. Which means his college football career is over. This keeps him off the field as a repercussion for his actions.
His scholarship stays intact. Schools have dropped scholarships for a lot less, but it allows him to continue and finish his education - which by all merits is the core reason why he's there to begin with.
He's allowed to practice with the team. This is going to give him some structure, clearly something that he needs.
Keeping in mind that this is still a kid, who went from a 3rd/4th round draft to being considered undraftable. Hopefully, the school's approach to not throw him on the street returns dividends down the road.
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Steve Smith punched NFL teammate Ken Lucas (Carolina Panthers) in August 2008. he was suspended for two games of a possible four.
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/08/02/steve-smith-suspended-two-games-for-punching-ken-lucas/
Change sports and wind back the clock. Way back, even before the bad boy Detroit Pistons, and you'll find Marvin "Bad News" Barnes playing basketball for Providence in 1974, who pled guilty to assaulting teammate Larry Ketvirtis with a tire iron, although it was in practice, not a game.
Fights between teammates are not uncommon, even in college. Here's a video of some famous teammate fights although they are mostly pros.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Phk4tX6EKg
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