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The BYU Boys' Basketball team is currently on a roll. With a record of 27–1 (13–1 in their Mountain West Conference), the squad is poised to do some damage in the upcoming NCAA Basketball Tournament.While Jimmer Fredette is the leading scorer and star of the team, Brandon Davies (pictured) is the team's 6'9" center/forward and is their low-post inside scorer and top rebounder. Now that inside presence is gone, though, because Davies was suspended for violating BYU's Honor Code.
No, Davies wasn't arrested. He didn't get in any fights and he didn't fail a drug test. He showed up to practice on time and listened and respected his coach and team mates.
So what violation did he commit?
He had sex with his girlfriend. It wasn't rape. It wasn't sexual assault. It was legal consensual sex between a couple of 20 year olds. The violation?
They weren't married.
So what violation did he commit?
He had sex with his girlfriend. It wasn't rape. It wasn't sexual assault. It was legal consensual sex between a couple of 20 year olds. The violation?
They weren't married.
BYU's Honor Code asks its student athletes not to engage in premarital sex, asking them to "live a chaste and virtuous life" along with forbidding them from drinking coffee, tea, alcohol and using drugs. They must also attend church regularly.
The school is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, whose members are called "Mormons," in Provo, Utah.
In BYU's first game without Davies, the team lost to unranked New Mexico 82–64, which hurts their No. 3 ranking in the nation and their seeding in the upcoming tournament. Apparently, Davies, who hasn't spoken to the media, apologized to the team and is "heartbroken and remorseful" for what transpired.
"He told us everything," Fredette told the Salt Lake Tribune. "He told us he was sorry and that he let us down. We just held our heads high and told him it was OK, that it is life, and you make mistakes, and you just got to play through it."
"Brandon is one of our good players, and he is like a brother to us, family," Fredette continued. "It is tough to lose a guy like that. We just have to pull together."
In 2011, is it excessive to ask college kids to refrain from having premarital sex or get kicked off the team? Or should have Davies known better, since he already played for BYU his freshman year and agreed to live by their honor code?
BYU head coach Dave Rose answered those questions easily:
"Everybody who comes to BYU, every student if they're an athlete or not an athlete, they make a commitment when they come," Rose said of the school's honor code. "A lot of people try to judge if this is right or wrong, but it's a commitment they make. It's not about right or wrong. It's about commitment."
Looks like there will be a bunch of athletes turning down BYU offer sheets for years to come.
BYU head coach Dave Rose answered those questions easily:
"Everybody who comes to BYU, every student if they're an athlete or not an athlete, they make a commitment when they come," Rose said of the school's honor code. "A lot of people try to judge if this is right or wrong, but it's a commitment they make. It's not about right or wrong. It's about commitment."
Looks like there will be a bunch of athletes turning down BYU offer sheets for years to come.
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By: Kurt on 3/03/2011 5:26PM
I'm wondering how in the world did his coach or school officals find out about what he was doing in the privacy of his home or dorm.
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By: M. Alexander on 3/08/2011 3:33AM
Same thing I was wondering !
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By: teabaggeredgar on 3/05/2011 4:59PM
Somebody told on his azz. Besides, every student live by the CODE. Way to go B.Y.U.
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By: cole on 3/03/2011 6:53PM
Yea somebody told on him. Maybe everybody on that campus should take a "lie detector test," to see if they are celebate too.
No coffee? What's a person to do?
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By: B.P. on 3/03/2011 7:52PM
Personally, I think the reason why he got suspended is because he more than likely had sex with a white girl. It's very racist in Utah, and those people don't want their women having sex with black men.
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By: Vanessa on 3/03/2011 7:47PM
He KNEW what the code of conduct was and he AGREED to that code.
He KNEW what the consequences of breaking the code would be, and he AGREED to those consequences.
But now that he's broken the code, all of a sudden the consequences are everyone's fault but his own.
I know you people live to make excuses for each other, but Jesus...don't you ever get sick of listening to yourselves doing it??
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By: Randy on 3/04/2011 12:09PM
KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH ( YOU PEOPLE) PHRASE.
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By: Chocolate Thang... on 3/04/2011 7:46PM
No Bananna, he is what all you wheat girls long for...........LOL, Strong black man who is "HOLDING". Lol, you know what I mean... Sorry your men lack.
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By: Tek_Knowledge on 3/10/2011 3:09PM
Yeah Yeah, he broke the rules...but here's a question to black people that practice mormonism and/or Go to BYU??
Why?
I know white people are racist in general, but the fact that blacks are cursed and subhuman is in THEIR theology!
Why would you go to BYU??
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By: Derel on 3/03/2011 8:08PM
I believe davis was heard saying something a famouss ex politician said after he was caught: "S**T, that WHITE B***H set me UP!"
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