Kansas basketball star injured in fight between basketball & football players

[tornado]

from a local source...

"(one of the local news stations...) is claiming that something is wrong with the
institution and that the coaches and AD have lost control of the players. ...this
is the 5th incident between the two squads, and the feud has been ongoing for
over a year. He says "bar owners know it, students know it, everyone knows it."

[jasonpeoria911]

Technically, the KUPD can't do anything about the fights unless someone gets injured, then they are forced to make an arrest. If it's just arguing or someone gets punched and no victim is around to talk or witnesses won't say who the victim is, then nothing can be done.

The University itself can do something about the feud though, the President and the board can get together and come up with a resolution/punishment. They can bring the players in and have a meeting, they can force the coaches to do something, etc.

Jason

if not then why did police continue to pursue charges against Daniel Ruffin even when the so called victim desired not to press charges?
The authorities are within their rights to arrest anyone they want if they feel a violation has occurred or to file charges if a law has been broken....
and why do cops barge into parties and arrest any who are underage even when "nobody came forward" or nobody complained?? They can give you a speeding ticket when nobody comes forward and they can arrest you for public drunkeness and a million other things -- even without a complaint and if nobody "comes forward".

[Da Coach]

The athletes at Kansas have released a joint statement (yeah, right).

http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/09/23/kansas-athletes-issue-statement/

???We realize that over the past couple of days we??™ve let a disagreement between a few guys grow bigger than it ever should have. We??™re embarrassed about that.
???Now we want everyone know that we have met and talked it out. We realize we??™re all Jayhawks. We??™re proud of what both teams have accomplished.
???We appreciate the support these teams give each other. We??™ll be in the stands rooting for each other like we always have.
???We all wear KANSAS on our uniforms, and we??™re proud of that. We need to act like it. We??™ve met; we??™re all on the same page, and we will move forward together. The football team is ready to get back to work, focused on Saturday??™s game against Southern Mississippi, and the basketball team will continue to prepare for another great season.???


This "joint statement" is clearly written by someone in the athletic department, and if anyone believes a single word came from any athlete, they are delusional. But the officials at KU have been embarrassed enough by this series of "skirmishes", they want this to just go away.

[tornado]

....Among them were the Morris twins...

Marcus Morris & Markieff Morris (both playing currently for the Phoenix Suns) are reportedly involved in yet another assault...

http://deadspin.com/report-markieff-and-marcus-morris-under-investigation-1682483180

Recall from above in this thread that they were involved in the campus brawl between basketball & football players...
but they were also involved at Kansas in another assault incident where guns were fired at other students from their dorm window...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3545569

btw - for a real laugh - read the reader-response by "davyb" at the bottom of that Deadspin page!

[BUspartan]

Marcus Morris & Markieff Morris (both playing currently for the Phoenix Suns) are reportedly involved in yet another assault...

http://deadspin.com/report-markieff-and-marcus-morris-under-investigation-1682483180

Recall from above in this thread that they were involved in the campus brawl between basketball & football players...
but they were also involved at Kansas in another assault incident where guns were fired at other students from their dorm window...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3545569

btw - for a real laugh - read the reader-response by "davyb" at the bottom of that Deadspin page!

The Deadspin commenters are the best.

But when i first saw this thread i thought Perry Ellis/Cliff Alexander from the current squad were in trouble. Was about to get my popcorn ready.