Ya'll see that Nick Spoon tweet? [Archive]

Cowbell

03-12-2019, 10:11 PM

He had to have impregnated someone?s daughter or something.... this has been covered up better than the ole miss violations (well, until Steve got involved, that is)

Speaking of Steve, what has been his take?

HoopsDawg

03-12-2019, 10:12 PM

He had to have impregnated someone’s daughter or something.... this has been covered up better than the ole miss violations (well, until Steve got involved, that is)

I had resigned to the fact that he wouldn't be back this year, but I was hoping he would be back next season. He and Carter would have made for a hell of a backcourt.

Hambone

03-12-2019, 10:16 PM

He’s stated that no one is speaking on this. If Steve doesn’t know, then no one knows.

Homedawg

03-12-2019, 10:26 PM

Spoon had a hearing last week w university..... how's that

Big4Dawg

03-12-2019, 10:29 PM

I read on SPS that "he" took a online test during one of our games...

RocketDawg

03-12-2019, 10:35 PM

Can someone just please say what the guy did? It's ridiculous that this has gone on as long as it has.

It must've been a really serious violation.

HoopsDawg

03-12-2019, 10:40 PM

I read on SPS that "he" took a online test during one of our games...

I mean that's bad but it's not kick you off the team and out of school bad if it's your first offense.

Dawg61

03-12-2019, 10:48 PM

Certainly isn't a great sign from that tweet but I'll hold out some glimmer of hope till the bitter end damn it

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Cooterpoot

03-12-2019, 11:11 PM

I mean that's bad but it's not kick you off the team and out of school bad if it's your first offense.

It is if the person taking said test is a school tutor

Hambone

03-13-2019, 12:26 AM

MarketingBully

03-13-2019, 06:11 AM

If someone was stupid enough to take the damn test during.a game then he should be gone. Hoewever, if he had a hearing the school makes that shit official if he’s been removed from the university, ALA Fred Brown. The fact that an announcement hasn’t been made makes me think he had positive outcome.

He’s still going to school and practicing. Paul doesn’t think it’s a basketball related tweet and he will be back next year.

somebodyshotmypaw

03-13-2019, 06:50 AM

I mean that's bad but it's not kick you off the team and out of school bad if it's your first offense.

If someone took a test for him and he was complicit, then he should be escorted off campus and told to never return. I don't know what happened however.

Quaoarsking

03-13-2019, 07:14 AM

I mean that's bad but it's not kick you off the team and out of school bad if it's your first offense.

It is though. If he did that (and there would be no question of his guilt if the timestamp matched up to a game he was playing in), he would have been expelled very quickly, and we wouldn't have had him practicing, sitting on the bench, or travelling with the team. The university (all universities really) are very strict about cheating.

So we know he did something pretty bad, but not bad enough to be expelled or kicked off the team. Something NCAA-related makes the most sense to me, and it could still be related to academics somehow, just not to blatant cheating.

ETA: I'm going to walk this back a little bit and say that it was just a routine homework assignment and not a test, maybe the punishment wouldn't be as harsh as expulsion, especially if the professor were sympathetic and/or a basketball fan. I still don't think it would drag out for weeks like this though.

BhamDawg205

03-13-2019, 07:18 AM

He’s still going to school and practicing. Paul doesn’t think it’s a basketball related tweet and he will be back next year.

He just could be venting... He lost someone close to him

Ifyouonlyknew

03-13-2019, 07:52 AM

I'm not saying he didn't get a verdict on his situation but it's spring break & school is out. Seems unlikely he'd get that info when the decision makers are on vacation but I guess it's possible.

basedog

03-13-2019, 08:00 AM

I was told it was bad news. I doubt he will be back in school next year from what took place. It was pretty obvious and not very smart.

Ifyouonlyknew

03-13-2019, 08:02 AM

I was told it was bad news. I doubt he will be back in school next year from what took place. It was pretty obvious and not very smart.

I've heard different but I guess we'll know sometime.

Liverpooldawg

03-13-2019, 08:02 AM

I'm not saying he didn't get a verdict on his situation but it's spring break & school is out. Seems unlikely he'd get that info when the decision makers are on vacation but I guess it's possible.

The university is still open.

Political Hack

03-13-2019, 08:13 AM

He?s stated that no one is speaking on this. If Steve doesn?t know, then no one knows.

I'm sure Steve knows and isn't saying. We know what happened. Lots of people on this board seem to know what happened.

mstatefan91

03-13-2019, 08:26 AM

Example 10,001: stop reading into athlete's tweets.

GoDawgz

03-13-2019, 08:46 AM

....trying to decipher a millennial's tweet....... uh ok.......carry on.

Dawg61

03-13-2019, 09:00 AM

Tweet is probably nothing

msstate7

03-13-2019, 09:07 AM

No idea what that tweet means, but the idea that nick plays this year is far fetched at best imo

Ifyouonlyknew

03-13-2019, 09:19 AM

No idea what that tweet means, but the idea that nick plays this year is far fetched at best imo

I think most have come to the realization he's likely done for the year.

mstatefan91

03-13-2019, 09:36 AM

....trying to decipher a millennial's tweet....... uh ok.......carry on.

Nick is not a millennial but carry on

Tbonewannabe

03-13-2019, 09:57 AM

I think most have come to the realization he's likely done for the year.

It very well could be he didn't get expelled but is suspended for the semester and coming back next year. Hopefully that is the case.

Johnson85

03-13-2019, 10:27 AM

It is though. If he did that (and there would be no question of his guilt if the timestamp matched up to a game he was playing in), he would have been expelled very quickly, and we wouldn't have had him practicing, sitting on the bench, or travelling with the team. The university (all universities really) are very strict about cheating.

So we know he did something pretty bad, but not bad enough to be expelled or kicked off the team. Something NCAA-related makes the most sense to me, and it could still be related to academics somehow, just not to blatant cheating.

ETA: I'm going to walk this back a little bit and say that it was just a routine homework assignment and not a test, maybe the punishment wouldn't be as harsh as expulsion, especially if the professor were sympathetic and/or a basketball fan. I still don't think it would drag out for weeks like this though.

That would be new. Or maybe not new, but different from when I was in school. When I was in school, a first offense cheating would get you an F in class pretty much automatically, but not kicked out of school.

msstate7

03-13-2019, 10:33 AM

That would be new. Or maybe not new, but different from when I was in school. When I was in school, a first offense cheating would get you an F in class pretty much automatically, but not kicked out of school.

Friend of mine got suspended a semester for plagiarism

mstatefan91

03-13-2019, 10:34 AM

Friend of mine got suspended a semester for plagiarism

Largely depends on how the Professor wants to handle it.. If it gets sent to the Honor Council then it is anybody's guess how they are going to handle it. Just best not to cheat.

skadoosh14

03-13-2019, 12:02 PM

Nick is not a millennial but carry on

Anyone who uses social media is a millennial to the old farts.

shannondawg

03-13-2019, 12:23 PM

Who you calling a old fart?

Quaoarsking

03-13-2019, 12:30 PM

Nick is not a millennial but carry on

Was going to post this. These days most complaints about millenials (usually 1983-1997) are actually complaints about Generation Z (1998-2012).

mstatefan91

03-13-2019, 01:09 PM

Anyone who uses social media is a millennial to the old farts.

So, everybody?

AROB44

03-13-2019, 02:07 PM

Who you calling a old fart?

I believe you and basedog both qualify....

StarkVegasSteve

03-13-2019, 02:22 PM

Largely depends on how the Professor wants to handle it.. If it gets sent to the Honor Council then it is anybody's guess how they are going to handle it. Just best not to cheat.

This is true. Had a buddy get caught cheating in a class and the teacher basically just said you're going to fail the class, but they didn't really want to go through the honor council part so they told him if he promised not to just drop and take another teacher the next semester, he could use academic forgiveness, take that teacher again, and they wouldn't report it. But I heard plenty of stories of other students not being nearly as lucky and getting sent to The Honor Council. If someone ever got sent there, you basically could guarantee they were getting suspended or outright expelled. Almost never saw anybody come out of one of those hearings with less than that.

skadoosh14

03-13-2019, 03:28 PM

So, everybody?

That was my point, yes.

fishwater99

03-13-2019, 04:46 PM

If someone took a test for him and he was complicit, then he should be escorted off campus and told to never return. I don't know what happened however.

I took several test for people in college, made some damn good money too...

mstatefan91

03-13-2019, 04:48 PM

I took several test for people in college, made some damn good money too...

Yeah cheating is very common. Getting caught usually means you did something very obvious or very dumb.

somebodyshotmypaw

03-13-2019, 06:32 PM

I took several test for people in college, made some damn good money too...

And if caught you should have been expelled.

Dawg2003

03-13-2019, 06:38 PM

Everyone has cheated to some degree, but you can't put the school in a bad spot. The school can't look complicit, especially when it comes to an athlete.

msbulldog

03-13-2019, 06:47 PM

Who you calling a old fart?

Don't worry about them Shannon, we're paying for their Social Security, their Medicare, some of us payed for their MSU education, we payed for their $hitty Pampers and pretty much fed them for most of their lives! I think some Thanks are owed!

RocketDawg

03-13-2019, 07:01 PM

Friend of mine got suspended a semester for plagiarism

My son teaches some courses part time in college, and they require the student to write an essay. Professors are well-read, and can recognize something they've read before. Plus, there's a computer search available for plagiarism, and he's had papers turned in that were not only plagiarized, but copied word for word.