if guilty of team/society rules …………………………kick him off the team……………….
i am all for extra chances……..he had a rough life etc…………..
BUT MIZZOU BASKETBALL ……..NEEDS INTEGRITY…………………

One question: Why hasn’t the kid been in class?

True…why hasn’t he been in class???? He is an athlete, but also a student; especially being a senior…..does NOT make sense…..

Not that it really matters or is important or anything. He hasn’t been to class in two weeks either.

Does anyone really think this thug is going to get a degree from Mizzou??? Let him go back to Chicago for good. There is no upside for him being in Columbia. He is another Ricky Clemons in waiting.

Good question. Why has he not been in class? One would think that Coach Anderson would be upset about that as well, not just the fact that he has not been able to do his extra punishment.

You ask why he isn’t going to class and why his coach isn’t upset about it? Are you people serious? This is big time college basketball. It’s a developmental league for the pros. Class attendance is optional. You don’t really believe the nonsense about STUDENT-athletes spewed by the NCAA, athletic directors and coaches, do you?

Scott’s comment notwithstanding, I can affirm, as an academic (I teach English at Georgia Tech), that the severity of his injury would likely earn him a pass with his instructors (typically, universities don’t give faculty much room to bitch if someone has a well-documented medical impairment to class attendance). Some of my colleagues might argue that if he’s well enough to turn himself in, etc. then he should be in class. But, it should also be remembered that in larger, lecture, courses, attendance is not necessarily taken, so some of his instructors might not even know (or care) that he’s been absent, were it not for the media coverage. Personally, I consider attendance policies rather pointless (though I have sometimes been required to impose them by the institutions that have employed me)–I’d rather that uninterested students not attend classes as they do nothing for themselves or their classmates by being there (if they want to waste their money, or their parents, or some bank’s, then that’s their lookout).

I think the class issue is a valid point. Hannah was what? 25 hours short of graduating (I think I read that somewhere) so missing class isn’t exactly ideal at this stage. Honestly, I don’t think Hannah cares. Missouri will probably honor his scholarship through the rest of the year, but he won’t be back with the team.

If Hannah’s smart, he takes the deal because a scholarship check means free money. Players are given stipends for off-campus living and eating. I don’t know how much that is for basketball per month, maybe $700 - $800 (maybe more), but it sure beats not having any scratch in your pocket.

And at least with that extra money, he could pay for his meals out

This brings up a larger issue. I just moved to Columbia to get away from the high crime in North St Louis County. The incident with Grimes is typical of the stuff that happens dozens of times a day in that area.

I remember hearing about the shooting in Columbia where 30 people were involved and my first thought was that I just moved to a place as bad as where I came from. The Tribune just ran an article saying crime is up significantly in the past year. Now it turns out that these scholarship athletes were involved in the shooting and who knows how many other incidents.

This whole thing is troubling on a number of levels and if the University and the city of Columbia don’t get a handle on it soon, I can attest to the fact that this will become a place where people don’t want to live.