I am hoping they just purchased their product from the wrong person. But I am not very comfortable that is as far as it goes. Time will tell though.
Banks,Laing, Hamlin (REAL Thread)
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I am hoping they just purchased their product from the wrong person. But I am not very comfortable that is as far as it goes. Time will tell though.
That NEVER happens here, that's what is wrong with it! The way to spread breaking news to other boards is by making it up on your own!
Straight from the updated DMR story:
"Central Iowa Drug Task Force officials said they received information Sept. 9 about possible drug activity around Building 41 at Frederickson Court in Ames.
On Sept. 11, a search warrant was executed and a small amount of marijuana was found in an apartment, according to the task force. The specific apartment was not listed and it was not immediately clear if the Iowa State players lived together."
Maybe not for you. For me, they DO excuse bad behavior. I'm tired of losing and clinging to moral high ground. I mean, we all looked the other way when Kenny Pratt was thugging it up. But now that FB and MBB have been losing a lot in these past few years, all Clone fans can say is "Well, at least we don't have a bunch of thugs on our teams". Screw that, bring on the thugs.
Misdemeanor + first offense = 1 game suspension. Good enough.
And from the Ames Tribune:
"Investigators from the task force were called in to investigate. According to officials, the witness told investigators they thought they recognized one of the two men and that he was an ISU football player.
Acting on information received in the initial investigation, task force members served a search warrant on an apartment at 4115 Frederickson Court and recovered residual amounts of marijuana.
When investigators searched the residence, they found a small glass jar containing marijuana residue in Banks’ bedroom. Banks admitted to owning the jar. Marijuana residue was also found in Laing’s bedroom and task force officers found several marijuana seeds in Hamlin’s bedroom. Hamlin reportedly admitted responsibility for the seeds, according to court documents."
"Investigators from the task force were called in to investigate. According to officials, the witness told investigators they thought they recognized one of the two men and that he was an ISU football player.
Acting on information received in the initial investigation, task force members served a search warrant on an apartment at 4115 Frederickson Court and recovered residual amounts of marijuana.
When investigators searched the residence, they found a small glass jar containing marijuana residue in Banks’ bedroom. Banks admitted to owning the jar. Marijuana residue was also found in Laing’s bedroom and task force officers found several marijuana seeds in Hamlin’s bedroom. Hamlin reportedly admitted responsibility for the seeds, according to court documents."
This confuses me. It seems as though they were taken into custody then, rather than turning themselves in...
Because at the school to our east in a certain rape incident, players weren't living in the apartments/dorms they were assigned to. ISU directory may or may not be 100% accurate.
And that is exactly why you cite the ISU Directory if you mention they live together.
Fact is Petersen and Logue are just bad beat reporters.
When considering punishment for possession of a small amount of dope in their apartment, you need to keep it in perspective with what our friends from Lincoln recently experienced. Everyone was quick to praise Pellini for kicking a player off the team only to later find out he had failed 5 drug tests. So by my simple math the player failed 4 test without any public punishment - ie missed game time.
As far as we know this is a first incident. I am not advocating letting it slide like other programs and some form of punishment needs to occur. But kicking them off the team is a bit extreme.
As far as we know this is a first incident. I am not advocating letting it slide like other programs and some form of punishment needs to occur. But kicking them off the team is a bit extreme.
