Samford player charged with bank robbery
Is it just that I’m new to the college football off-season, or does this blog feel like the neighborhood crime watch lately?
Samford defensive end Michael Hall, all of 20 years old, was arrested for bank robbery on Friday. Police found just over $18,000 when his vehicle was searched at the time of the arrest.
Even if he’s been dealing drugs for pocket change, that’s a crazy amount of money to have just lying around. Was he on his way to Samford to pay someone’s tuition when he got stopped?
Needless to say, he’s suspended from the football team. As he should be - bank robbery is a serious federal crime, and even the accusation must not be taken lightly. If he’s not guilty, then the justice system should bear that out; if he is. Whether he is or not, his life as he knew it is wrecked.
With college players recently being accused of serious crimes like murder and bank robbery, it makes one wonder if the NCAA will be forced to follow in the NFL’s footsteps and tighten up on personal conduct policies. Or will it be left to the individual colleges to determine punishment? It seems as if the time to act is now; otherwise, any reponse will be reactive, not proactive.
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June 28th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
you can get all of your up-to-date college crime news (for football anyway) over at Every Day Should Be Saturday’s “Fulmer Cup” - where “points” are awarded to each program based on the “level” of the offense - of course Samford doesn’t qualify due to their non D1A status.
**be forewarned - EDSBS is not always super work friendly**
Generally, it is not an NCAA violation to do (what society would categorize as) “bad” things. Each program and College/University is autonomous to discipline (in addition to the legal system) as they see fit.