Malik Simmons

[WoadBlue]

suspended

 

[uncboy10]

How can you only be charged with resisting arrest? There had to be an initial cause for arrest if he resisted...

 

[SeaHawk98]

I am sure WRAL and the N&O love this. . . . yet a RB in Raleigh continues to play despite assaulting a female.

 

[WoadBlue]

I am sure WRAL and the N&O love this. . . . yet a RB in Raleigh continues to play despite assaulting a female.

That's entirely different. Just ask any Wuffie.

 

[ChrisMPA]

wait a minute. the only thing I see him being charged with is resisting arrest. In my experience working in two police departments if that's the only charge it gets thrown out every time. what's he being suspended for?

 

[ACokeForRoy]

marijuana possession

 

[uncboy10]

Marijuana possession was the prior arrest. Sounds to me like the cop(s) tried to shake him down but he didn't have anything on him so they slapped him with a RI

 

[ole bowl guy]

Marijuana possession was the prior arrest. Sounds to me like the cop(s) tried to shake him down but he didn't have anything on him so they slapped him with a RI

They tried to arrest him for being under the influence and he resisted.

 

[uncboy10]

They tried to arrest him for being under the influence and he resisted.

If that were the case why wasn't he charged with being drunk in public or disorderly conduct?

 

[ole bowl guy]

If that were the case why wasn't he charged with being drunk in public or disorderly conduct?

I suppose at that time they couldn't prove that he was drunk because he resisted.

 

[HeelFan58]

He would probably fare much better if he stayed away from the "wildwood weed" and stopped resisting arrest.

 

[WoadBlue]

He would probably fare much better if he stayed away from the "wildwood weed" and stopped resisting arrest.

That's the kind of thinking that many players today just can't fathom or accept.

 

[ChrisMPA]

if we started kicking guys off the team for smoking weed, both football and basketball, we would not have a team left. i've been there.

 

[ChrisMPA]

the weed is good and the girls are great

 

[dgheel57]

if we started kicking guys off the team for smoking weed, both football and basketball, we would not have a team left. i've been there.

So that explains why our fball team was so nonconsitant last season.

 

[KOOL123]

Next Man up and his name is Mike Hughes....Get Ready....

 

[uncboy10]

Resisting arrest is stupid. However if more student athletes used marijuana instead of alcohol I bet we'd see a decrease in domestic violence, and the other absurd behaviors that get players suspended/dismissed. But that's an issue for another thread.

I'm sure Mike Hughes will get it done if Simmons doesn't make it back. This D doesn't need to lose anymore players though

 

[Tigertown_a_Rick]

Resisting arrest is stupid. However if more student athletes used marijuana instead of alcohol I bet we'd see a decrease in domestic violence, and the other absurd behaviors that get players suspended/dismissed. But that's an issue for another thread.

I'm sure Mike Hughes will get it done if Simmons doesn't make it back. This D doesn't need to lose anymore players though

Yeah, I like Hughes' upside too, but have to agree that losing Simmons right before camp gives me an uneasy feeling like I had last year when we lost a lot of defensive players to academics right before fall practice began which affected this team all season long, so I also hope that Simmons is the last off-the-field casualty that we have this year?

 

[bobby121567]

Y'all are acting like he is done for the year. I think everything will work out where he will be back before GT game. Could be wrong. But that's what happens most of the time.

 

[TarHeelNation11]

Keep this in mind -- Simmons was suspended for a game last year. He may have used up his last 'freebie' with this arrest.

Or, I could see him being suspended for ~2 games. It will hurt for the SCar game, but won't matter for the next game.