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[QUOTE="Cuse_MN, post: 228577, member: 1559"]
Thanks for interpreting someone else's post for me.  Do we really have thought police on this board?
 
Fab allegedly beat or physically intimidated a girl.  Maybe its just me, but given that backdrop one more chance to be a member of the program would have been sufficient in my book, but instead he got more.  Per the original poster, those in the know knew for "several months" that he was mocking the programs academic standards to the detriment of future teams based on the new rules.  Kick him off the team long ago if that was the case.  That's what I would have expected.  Coaches can set examples whether you believe it or not and take action before the school does.  I can give you plenty of examples where this has happened.  I don't know the facts, but I'll give JB more credit if it was he who kicked Fab off the team but I doubt it went down that way. 
 
There are 60 picks in the NBA draft and over 4000 kids playing D-1 basketball.  No I don't think the majority of players in D-1 think they are going to the NBA.  I doubt the majority of SU players think they are going to the NBA.  There isn't one team in the county - not one - that has an entire roster of kids who don't care about academics.  Since you bring up Kentucky, I am sure you are aware Brandon Knight had a 4.3 GPA in high school and maintained a 4.0 GPA during his one season there.  I am also sure you are aware Anthony Davis played at a school in Chicago little known for its athletic programs as it was an academic school where he maintained a 3.3 GPA.  As for UNC, their 2nd team All-American center is a first team Academic All-American with a 3.6 GPA.  But hey, in the name of deflecting the Fab issue and defending JB, lets paint every kid at every program with the same brush.
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