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It is every year with this program...
With the success of the Vols? basketball program this year, news of problems within the football team have been kicked to the back by local and national media.
Since Jan. 11, six members of UT?s football team have been charged by police, another three have been disciplined for off field issues.
?They?re representing not only the name on the back of the jersey, but more so the name on the front of the jersey, and that?s Tennessee,? Hamilton said Monday.
Really, Mike? No kidding. When did Tennessee become the Florida State Criminals?
Jamal Lewis served time in federal prison for his involvement in a drug deal, an issue that never surfaced in his time at UT but undoubtedly was present. Travis Henry has had multiple legal disputes after fathering nine children with nine different women, and often skipping out on child support, another issue that wasn?t heavily publicized when he was a Vol but has received media now that he?s in the NFL.
As if that due isn?t embarrassing enough to the program, two former Vols have killed people in the past decade. Shouldn?t that be enough to bring about change with internal punishments? Guess not.
Dwayne Goodrich, who starred in UT?s national championship game victory over Florida State, is in prison for running over two people on a Dallas freeway in 2003. Police estimates show that his car was moving approximately 110 miles per hour when he struck and killed two motorists who were trying to rescue a man from a burning car.
Leonard Little, another star player for the Orange, crashed into and killed another motorist while heavily intoxicated. He served only 90 days in jail.
Now back to the current problems, what if Britton Colquitt wasn?t fortunate enough to just hit a parked car and a tree stump? What if he found himself on a crowded sidewalk on Jackson Avenue?
The point of the matter is, Coach Fulmer can?t stop players from getting arrested or in legal trouble. But he can stop them from doing it again.
It?s time to draw the line and cut ties with players that don?t respect the program.
With the success of the Vols? basketball program this year, news of problems within the football team have been kicked to the back by local and national media.
Since Jan. 11, six members of UT?s football team have been charged by police, another three have been disciplined for off field issues.
- On Jan. 11, freshman receivers Gerald Jones and Ahmad Paige were issued misdemeanor citations for marijuana possession. William Brimfield was in the car but not disciplined. Jones, Paige and Brimfield all punished with community service at a drug rehab center. They all have semester-long curfews.
- On Jan. 21, Daryl Vereen was arrested and charged with public intoxication and underage consumption on campus. His punishment was similar to that of Jones, Paige and Brimfield. He was also given a semester-long curfew.
- On Jan. 26, offensive lineman Anthony Parker was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Fulmer said that he would punish Parker internally.
- On Feb. 2, Vince Faison, a walk-on defensive back, was arrested and charged with DUI. He was suspended for the first two games of the 2008 season.
- On Feb. 13, linebacker Dorian Davis and defensive back Antonio Wardlow were dismissed from the team for unspecified violations of team rules.
- On Feb. 17, Britton Colquitt was charged with DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. He was suspended five games and lost his scholarship.
?They?re representing not only the name on the back of the jersey, but more so the name on the front of the jersey, and that?s Tennessee,? Hamilton said Monday.
Really, Mike? No kidding. When did Tennessee become the Florida State Criminals?
Jamal Lewis served time in federal prison for his involvement in a drug deal, an issue that never surfaced in his time at UT but undoubtedly was present. Travis Henry has had multiple legal disputes after fathering nine children with nine different women, and often skipping out on child support, another issue that wasn?t heavily publicized when he was a Vol but has received media now that he?s in the NFL.
As if that due isn?t embarrassing enough to the program, two former Vols have killed people in the past decade. Shouldn?t that be enough to bring about change with internal punishments? Guess not.
Dwayne Goodrich, who starred in UT?s national championship game victory over Florida State, is in prison for running over two people on a Dallas freeway in 2003. Police estimates show that his car was moving approximately 110 miles per hour when he struck and killed two motorists who were trying to rescue a man from a burning car.
Leonard Little, another star player for the Orange, crashed into and killed another motorist while heavily intoxicated. He served only 90 days in jail.
Now back to the current problems, what if Britton Colquitt wasn?t fortunate enough to just hit a parked car and a tree stump? What if he found himself on a crowded sidewalk on Jackson Avenue?
The point of the matter is, Coach Fulmer can?t stop players from getting arrested or in legal trouble. But he can stop them from doing it again.
It?s time to draw the line and cut ties with players that don?t respect the program.
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