Sparty's Nix Arrested

[Upstate]

http://t.co/FnMg7VHJ

April 03, 2012

Nix arrested

MSU's Derrick Nix was arrested Monday night in East Lansing on charges of operating a vehicle with the presence of drugs and marijuana possession, according to East Lansing 54-B District Court records.

Operating with the presence of drugs is a 93-day misdemeanor, and marijuana possession is a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of a year in jail. Nix was still in the 54-B jail as of noon today and had not yet been arraigned, according to a court clerk.

Tom Izzo couldn't be reached immediately and we're waiting to hear official comment from MSU. Stay tuned.

 

[PauliePeppas]

Impossible...only cuse players smoke weed

 

[EastCoast2]

But, aren't head coaches supposed to control every second of every players' personal lives? A college student in the viscinity of marijuana? IZZO SHOULD BE FIRED!!!

 

[EastCoast2]

LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL!!!!! IZZO SHOULD RESIGN!!!!!

 

[ImperialOrange]

LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL!!!!! IZZO SHOULD RESIGN!!!!!

Someone get Westboro Baptist on the line!

 

[SU2NASA]

LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL!!!!! IZZO SHOULD RESIGN!!!!!

This is Sparty being Sparty.

This is the same school that had a player released from prison and back at football practice that afternoon.

 

[Upstate]

Izzo Speaks
http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2012/04/michigan_state_coach_tom_izzo_19.html

“You know, it's an interesting dynamic here because two years ago I didn't know if Nix would be here, to be honest with you,” Izzo said last week. “His philosophy and mine were white and black. They were just completely different. I don't mean white and black racially, I mean white and black color.