dawgfan77 said:
I belevie Geno had an article on him stating he was working on completeing his course work via on line. I know nothing about how the rules apply, but if he is
academically cleared and the university admitts him back in, I would think he could play this year.
If nothing else this is a hell of a rumor on a slow July day.
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I could see that as long as there is no SEC rule about spring semester like lawdog is talking about.
However, the one stumbling block I see is that I believe Brown was expelled from MSU for possessing a firearm on campus. I don't know how that rule works, but given the Va. Tech incident and other on campus weapons incidents, I'd bet that the MSU policy on weapons on campus is pretty strict, as I'm sure it is everywhere. This begs the question that if Brown wanted to come back, would the university rules on this type of thing allow him to come back?
I bring that up, because I'm thinking about the average student that fires a gun on campus and whether or not the university would allow that student to be expelled in the spring and re-enroll in the fall. To me, I'd think that would be the biggest obstacle to getting back on the team. The criminal charges and the academics are things that can be overcome in order to play. University expulsion may be more difficult.