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# | Report: Suspended Virginia Tech RB Shai McKenzie Expected Back with Hokies in August 
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# | Report: Suspended Virginia Tech RB Shai McKenzie Expected Back with Hokies in August 
Come along and take a ride on the Hokie Hype Train 2015!
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# | "Talented Fuller brothers aim to inspire at their first family football camp" (Baltimore Sun) Saw this on Face Book. A Fuller brothers football camp = a Hokie fans dream come true. This is epic on so many levels.
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# | Report: Suspended Virginia Tech RB Shai McKenzie Expected Back with Hokies in August I doubt it gets that specific, as to requiring that the same lawyer be available to everyone. From that article (emphasis mine):
Decker volunteered last week that he represented athletes as a "fan and a friend" without going through the university.
I don't know Turk's relationship with VT, but he's been representing our players for years. I suspect his involvement has passed the smell test, given our commitment to compliance. If absolute person-for-person equality were required, then I would want access to the players' tutors, their study facilities, and their nutritionists. If I were to demand that, I'd be told, "tough luck, go see the generic tutors, facilities, and whoever you can get a hold of at the gym about what to eat." In general, the same facilities and expertise are available, but not the exact same individuals. Otherwise, I would have been getting trained by Mike Goforth and I wouldn't have exited college as out-of-shape as I did.
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# | Report: Suspended Virginia Tech RB Shai McKenzie Expected Back with Hokies in August Yes, but regular students don't have free access to Turk. If Turk were representing athletes for free and didn't do that for regular students that would be a violation.
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/lawyer-bazemore-case-has-helped-many-mon...
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# | Report: Suspended Virginia Tech RB Shai McKenzie Expected Back with Hokies in August Sure, but the point is there is an out if anyone claims NCAA inequity. Students have access to a free lawyer.
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# | Report: Suspended Virginia Tech RB Shai McKenzie Expected Back with Hokies in August I'm going to trust the coaches on this one. Like people above have said, we don't know all the details. We weren't in that house that night and we didn't sit in on the court hearing. I have enough respect for Frank, Whit, and Co. that they feel like he has been justly punished, and if they feel that he is still deserving of a chance to play for Virginia Tech, then so be it. I hope the kid can get his life straightened out, I hope he can make a positive impact on the team over the next few years, and I hope that it turns out that the Administration made the right decision and showed their true integrity by re-instating Shai.
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# | Report: Suspended Virginia Tech RB Shai McKenzie Expected Back with Hokies in August I don't know the specifics (and will gladly be corrected if wrong), but I'm guessing Jimmy Turk isn't involved in that program. Also the SLS attorney won't go to court with you. I have a feeling that if you were charged with a crime and went to the school-appointed lawyer they'd tell you to seek private counsel.
I think those games show up on the ACC app or website.
Or get an antenna to get the over the air channels.
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# | Report: Suspended Virginia Tech RB Shai McKenzie Expected Back with Hokies in August All VT students have free legal counsel in criminal matters:
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# | Bitter blog - Safety C.J. Reavis not enrolled at VT, appealing student conduct decision Easy guy I'm just spitballing what the possibility is, and I've learned a lot more about this since. I was just trying to wrap my head around all of this
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# | Report: Suspended Virginia Tech RB Shai McKenzie Expected Back with Hokies in August If they got lawyers for free, that would be an NCAA violation as they'd be getting an extra benefit. A lawyer in the area got in trouble because he suggested he represented ODU athletes for free.
Frank's vocal optimism about this year's team dates all the way back to the Miami post-game presser last season. If he's hyped, then I'm hyped.
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# | Bitter blog - Safety C.J. Reavis not enrolled at VT, appealing student conduct decision Want to bet? ooops!
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Nice.
The team/fans can't control the recent downers, but winning will go a long way to fixing stuff.
Ok, it's been 24 hours. All better now.
Take me back! Take me back hype train!!!
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# | Bitter blog - Safety C.J. Reavis not enrolled at VT, appealing student conduct decision Need to cut the line or get a bigger boat. Cool gif!
Edit: Still trying to figure out if that's fishin' heaven, or fishin' hell.
That's quite the endorsement and frankness from Beamer, who is typically a specialist in coach speak and managing preseason expectations.
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# | Bitter blog - Safety C.J. Reavis not enrolled at VT, appealing student conduct decision One would think. I suppose it's possible that offense #2 occurred before the judicial process played out on offense #1. The football team generally does not speak publicly to such matters until the process plays out. I'm not suggesting that this is definitely what happened. Just that it's a possibility.
Now you're waterin' the patch!
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# | Bitter blog - Safety C.J. Reavis not enrolled at VT, appealing student conduct decision Compared to assaulting someone I guess.
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# | Bitter blog - Safety C.J. Reavis not enrolled at VT, appealing student conduct decision One would think a first offense would have resulted in some football punishment also?
It's not that the same lawyer be available for all students, but that the athletes would be getting something for free/cheap from outside of the university solely due to their status as athletes. If Turk or any lawyer were doing favors for athletes, that would be just as big a problem as a car dealership giving rides to players. It wouldn't matter that VT students could take the bus to places instead. One of the things UNC got dinged a couple years back for was free jewelry given to players because they were football players.
Decker's quote that you pulled up is what got him in trouble in the first place, which is why he clarified things later and said he does the same thing for non-athletes. I'm sure that there is some sort of arrangement worked out, and I'm sure Turk is smart enough to not tell a reporter he represents athletes for free. The "free" legal service the school provides is nothing at all- that lawyer won't go to court, negotiate a plea deal, or represent you in any meaningful way. Compare that to what Turk or any other private defense attorney does and it's night and day. I don't think that provides any sort of way out.