Baylor’s Griner suspended 2 games for punch

[joeybee12]

DALLAS (AP)—Brittney Griner, the dunking freshman sensation for No. 14 Baylor, has been suspended for two games after throwing a punch that broke an opposing player’s nose in a Big 12 game.

Lady Bears coach Kim Mulkey said in a statement issued late Thursday that Griner will be suspended for one game in addition to a one-game suspension mandated by NCAA rules.

Griner was automatically suspended for Baylor’s next contest, Sunday against No. 18 Texas in Waco. Mulkey’s additional one-game suspension will force Griner to miss Baylor’s Big 12 Championship tournament opener on March 11 or 12.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug=ap-t25-grinerspunch&prov=ap&type=lgns

Throw her out of school...how convenient they only do two games so she'll still be in the tournament...yet another Christian school shows its hypocrisy.

[TZ]

1. Yeah. Thats fucking lightweight.

Look at what the Oregon player did and he got waaay more.

[JonLP24]

2. One thing

He did it after the game was over which is looked at differently than if it happens during the game. If you recall the game there was a few scuffles but they were separated and went on to the next play. Plus he was suspended 8 games (not kicked out of school which is what joey is advocating) which if you include the Rose Bowl that's 62% of the games Oregon played.

Not saying she got what she deserved, more games makes more sense. Just saying the situations are not entirely comparable considering Blount did this after a game ended(which is looked at differently than fights that occur during a game), he fought his own teammate after punching the BSU player, and charged after fans but was restrained.

[joeybee12]

4. See my number 3..not a suckerpunch, but she did go out of her

way to hit the other player, it wasn't like she was right next to her...Griner has issues and is a danger to other players.

[joeybee12]

3. I know...it wasn't a suckerpunch, but she went out of her way to

hit the other young lady...she wasn't right next to her.

[HughBeaumont]

5. I thought for sure her season would be done.

That was a wound-up blast to the nose; the Texas Tech player's head flew back from the force. Prior to the hit, Griner just got jostled out of position, nothing out of the ordinary for a game.

[joeybee12]

6. But if Baylor did that, they could kiss their season good-bye...

...it's about priorities, not about doing what is right.