Via B1G press release:
Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference office announced that it will impose a one-game suspension on Michigan State University football student-athlete William Gholston for violating the Big Ten Sportslike Conduct Agreement during Michigan State’s game against Michigan on Oct. 15, 2011.We told you how we felt about Gholston, and his antics, earlier this week. I have to admit, any suspension for Gholston is actually a surprise to me. I really felt like this issue would get swept under the rug.
The Big Ten determined that Gholston’s actions at the end of the third quarter of the Michigan contest violated Big Ten Conference Agreement 10.01.1.A.1 - “Striking or attempting to strike or otherwise physically abusing an official, opposing coach, spectator or athlete.” The conference office also publicly reprimanded Gholston for his actions.
The Big Ten Sportslike Conduct Agreement states that “It shall be the responsibility of each member university to ensure that all of its students and all individuals employed by or directly associated with it comport themselves in a sportslike manner when representing their university, especially at intercollegiate athletic contests.”
The Big Ten Conference considers this matter concluded and will have no further comment.
I also assume the action in question is the hit on Lewan, and not the late hit and helmet twist on Denard which I believe occurred earlier in the game.
But a one-game suspension is the best-case scenario, if you think about it. MSU will miss him this week when Wisconsin comes to town. But not as much as next week when they travel to Nebraska.
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