So, any idea what Vandy's Turner ...

[BiscuitEater]

did to get tossed from the CWS? Only thing I can think of that would keep Vandy in NCAA compliance but still impact a player is 'contact' with an agent. Any other ideas?


Turner violated NCAA regulations and will not participate in the remainder of the tournament, according to Vanderbilt.

Corbin said he told the team about Turner's absence on Thursday night. He declined to reveal at what point he was made aware of the situation or the nature of the violation.

When asked about Turner's future with the program, Corbin said: "I just can't. I think I'm going to leave that completely alone."
Vanderbilt said in a statement that the baseball program and athletics department are in NCAA compliance.

 

[57stratdawg]

I don't know, but that's a strange situation. My guess, like yours, is contact with an agent, but even that seems like odd timing. One of the strangest situations I can recall.

 

[Shamoan]

i thought it was the chronic. failed random drug test is what i heard

 

[BiscuitEater]

Still may be the case ...

i thought it was the chronic. failed random drug test is what i heard

but the paper said Turner violated NCAA regulations. Failed drug tests are school violations not NCAA violations.

And, they vary from school to school. The presidents, athletic directors and coaches in the SEC discussed the possibility of the conference implementing a conference-wide substance-abuse policy.

Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State require student-athletes to miss 10 percent of their regular-season contests after a first positive test, while the remaining 11 SEC schools don't suspend a student-athlete for a first offense.
Punishment for a second positive test also varies greatly among league members. At Missouri, a second positive test results in only a seven-day suspension, compared to Auburn and Kentucky (suspended for 50 percent of the season) or Vanderbilt (a one-year suspension).

 

[Shamoan]

maybe vandy being a private school has something to do with it....i dunno as they seem to do just about everything differently.

 

[57stratdawg]

Good info.

 

[Statedog101]

It almost certainly was a failed drug test. The ncaa conducts random drug test at their sanctioned events. Their bylaws say a failed test is a one year suspension.

The school year was over for weeks, so it wasn't an academic issue, and the suspension was not from vandy or the sec, so that doesn't leave many things to consider.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Statedog may be actually be right ...

Apparently, schools administer punishment for failed drug tests during the season BUT the NCAA conducts random tests during NCAA championship events and a failed drug test there gets you a minimum one-year suspension from all competition.

It happened to Mitch McGary at the NCAA Basketball tournament right after the Tennessee game and he didn't even play in the game.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mitch-...im-shocking-year-long-ncaa-ban-073833742.html

Amid the post-victory celebration, an NCAA representative told McGary that he, of all people, had been selected to undergo a random drug test, even though he hadn't played in months.

That's when he was called into a meeting with Beilein and athletic director Dave Brandon. They told him he failed the drug test during the NCAA tournament. Then they informed him of the NCAA's harsh penalty for a first failed test: a minimum one-year suspension from all competition.

 

[patdog]

Wow. Smoke weed during the regular season or offseason, usually no penalty for a first offense and just a couple of games for a 2nd. Smoke weed during an NCAA tournament, 1-year ban. Seems a little inequitable.