Friday, August 14, 2009

More controversy in East Lansing

Courtesy ESPN

Michigan State hockey player A.J. Sturges is urging the university to have a clearer policy on how to handle athletes convicted of violent crimes after he suffered severe head injuries during an altercation with Spartans football players last October.

Michigan State reinstated football player Glenn Winston on Monday, hours after the sophomore running back was released from prison after serving about four months for his role in the Oct. 19 incident. Winston in March pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor assault and was sentenced to 180 days in jail, but he earned an early release by taking part in an inmate worker program.

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