# Michigan State Linebacker Issue **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 5, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977 "2014-01-05T22:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/1 "2014-01-05T22:05:10Z")
Why did MSU leave behind their All-American middle linebacker? All I ever heard is that he violated some team rule/policy. Anyone know the offense? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/2 "2014-01-05T22:56:21Z")
Playing college football, especially a bowl game, is a privilege, not a right. ---
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/3 "2014-01-05T23:43:47Z")
I’m trying to find out what the player’s offense was. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/4 "2014-01-05T23:46:31Z")
Google is your friend. ---
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/5 "2014-01-05T23:58:48Z")
Not this time. No info available. Apparently MSU is being very tight-lipped. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/6 "2014-01-06T00:00:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Google is your friend. Google is my frenemy because all it turns up with is articles saying that MSU hasn’t announced what reason he was suspended for. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/7 "2014-01-06T00:00:36Z")
If Google doesn’t know, why would any of us? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/8 "2014-01-06T00:03:13Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > If Google doesn’t know, why would any of us? Google probably doesn’t know why you’re being so weirdly hostile about this, but hey, maybe you do! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/9 "2014-01-06T00:05:20Z")
I was unaware I was being hostile. I thought sending people to Google was SOP here. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/10 "2014-01-06T00:09:11Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > If Google doesn’t know, why would any of us? Good grief, lighten up Francis. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/11 "2014-01-06T00:28:46Z")
Purely a guess, but if there is nothing publicly discussed and no cops involved, I would GUESS that it is an academic problem (dishonesty or just flat out failing to maintain eligibility). In such cases, Universities are not allowed to say much, if anything. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/12 "2014-01-06T00:40:30Z")
Maybe he’s got midterms coming up… ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/13 "2014-01-06T00:55:01Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > If Google doesn’t know, why would any of us? Oh I don’t know, maybe someone interested in the topic might know of some sports forums where someone screenshotted a now-deleted tweet by one of his friends and it just hasn’t been spread around that much yet? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/14 "2014-01-06T01:00:54Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > Purely a guess, but if there is nothing publicly discussed and no cops involved, I would GUESS that it is an academic problem (dishonesty or just flat out failing to maintain eligibility). In such cases, Universities are not allowed to say much, if anything. That was my theory. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/15 "2014-01-06T01:09:34Z")
I do wonder why you’re posting so much when you have no helpful information. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/16 "2014-01-06T01:34:20Z")
Because I wondered why the poster wasn’t going to places that would have the info he wants. ---
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/17 "2014-01-06T01:41:15Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Because I wondered why the poster wasn’t going to places that would have the info he wants. And how would you know where I did or did not search? Take a nap. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/18 "2014-01-06T04:36:37Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > Purely a guess, but if there is nothing publicly discussed and no cops involved, I would GUESS that it is an academic problem (dishonesty or just flat out failing to maintain eligibility). In such cases, Universities are not allowed to say much, if anything. He was a second team academic All-American last year, entered this year with a 3.56 GPA in finance. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/19 "2014-01-06T18:15:44Z")
> [@SanDiegoTim](#): > > I’m trying to find out what the player’s offense was. As Ann Landers used to say MYOB. Moderator, I respectfully request that you lock this thread. All such threads that are started on the Spartantailgate board are locked and I would gratefully appreciate if this one would be as well. **Go GREEN!** ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977/20 "2014-01-06T18:27:32Z")
Geez, between etv78’s caustic unhelpfulness and Kitten Mitten’s odd demand that another board rules should apply here, I’m surprised this isn’t in the Pit. For what it’s worth, I’m curious about what happened too. Other schools announce academic eligibility problems, so I guess it isn’t that. A legal issue would show up in the police blotter, so I don’t think it’s that either. I wonder if he got mouthy with a coach? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-state-linebacker-issue/677977.md?page=2)