Ruffin out?

[tornado]

If there are no charges, and if DRuff is released, then by what and for what reason would the school impose any further actions?
If this happens, then DRuff is deemed innocent and I have heard nothing to indicate he violated any school or team rules.

He was in his own apartment and no drugs nor alcohol were mentioned at any time.

[amckillip]

If there are no charges, and if DRuff is released, then by what and for what reason would the school impose any further actions?
If this happens, then DRuff is deemed innocent and I have heard nothing to indicate he violated any school or team rules.

He was in his own apartment and no drugs nor alcohol were mentioned at any time.

I hope your right T, but, while I really like our new president, She is quick to make an example and will leave NO doubt that BU is taking action. She is a huge Basketball fan and says Hi to me every game before tipoff. But she will not let that get in the way of assuring BU is perceived as a class-act organization. The approach is a double-edged one. She takes very appropriate action and quick to make BU look good, but it also may mean she will be unrealistically tough in some cases.

[VromanFan]

I'm sitting here having no idea about what really happened prior to the arrest...that said:

Hypothetically the school could punish DR regardless of what the State's Attorney decides to do. They have their own set of rules and if, for whatever reason, they believe either the school's code of conduct or the athletic department's have been violated why couldn't they take action and punish him?

I'm not at all saying they should or will suspend him...I'm just saying Bradley is not bound by what the State's Attorney decides to do.

[Lakeview Brave]

I just telling from my personal experience with the school judicial system that it doesnt necessarily matter what the "law" does when it comes to school disipline. Just because the chareges are dropped doesnt mean that everyone involved is completely innocent in the eyes of the school. The arrest itself warrants action. Hopefully the time in jail plus the one game missed is enough if the charges are dropped but it is up to President Glasser to decide.

[tornado]

I just hope if this happens, that the people who (mostly on another board) are ripping into DRuff and calling him thug and presuming he's guilty,
haev the common decency to apologize and resign their moderator position on the board that would allow them to take such rips at presumably innocent people.
You simply will not see such wild, irresponsible, and unwarranted slams against potentially innocent people on message boards anywhere except, that one which is kinda getting known for it, and if their moderators are taking the lead, it is worse than shameful.

[real fan]

I have heard some rumors recently that would lead me to believe like Jason that all the charges will be dropped as he was most likely only defending himself.

[jasonpeoria911]

Hopefully the media has more than 1 reporter working on a sunday in case Ruff news breaks. Large media turnout at a SWAT situation near Northwoods Mall. Guy barricaded in his house after domestic dispute. Has long rifle and says he can snipe at up to 200 yards, yikes.

Jason

[tornado]

Here is yet another report that actually quotes police spokepeople, and doesn't just call the alleged victim and print a few things she says.....



"A Peoria police spokesman said ......... a 20-year-old woman accused Ruffin of cutting her lip as he tried to get her out of his apartment. She was treated at a hospital and released."

http://www.sj-r.com/Sports/stories/25816.asp

So the story changes yet again....."using hands and feet" -->> "choking her" -->> "cutting her lip as he tried to get her out of his apartment" -->> so what's next??
Could it be she was asked to leave.....she was uninvited...trespassing......does he not have a right to get trespassers off his property....could she have been a threat to him and he found it necessary to get her off his porperty?

[Guinness]

Here is yet another report that actually quotes police spokepeople, and doesn't just call the alleged victim and print a few things she says.....



"A Peoria police spokesman said ......... a 20-year-old woman accused Ruffin of cutting her lip as he tried to get her out of his apartment. She was treated at a hospital and released."

http://www.sj-r.com/Sports/stories/25816.asp

So the story changes yet again....."using hands and feet" -->> "choking her" -->> "cutting her lip as he tried to get her out of his apartment" -->> so what's next??
Could it be she was asked to leave.....she was uninvited...trespassing......does he not have a right to get trespassers off his property....could she have been a threat to him and he found it necessary to get her off his porperty?

I think thats exactly how the story will play out. And hopefully it will do so soon so he can get out and deal with this outside of jail.

[jasonpeoria911]

It's pretty funny that this report came from SPRINGFIELD. As I posted in another thread, the PJ Star is Anti-BU sports. Only publishes the negatives, never the positives. Week and the other sites havn't been updated yet though.

Jason

[TRIMAN]

Here is yet another report that actually quotes police spokepeople, and doesn't just call the alleged victim and print a few things she says.....



"A Peoria police spokesman said ......... a 20-year-old woman accused Ruffin of cutting her lip as he tried to get her out of his apartment. She was treated at a hospital and released."

http://www.sj-r.com/Sports/stories/25816.asp

So the story changes yet again....."using hands and feet" -->> "choking her" -->> "cutting her lip as he tried to get her out of his apartment" -->> so what's next??
Could it be she was asked to leave.....she was uninvited...trespassing......does he not have a right to get trespassers off his property....could she have been a threat to him and he found it necessary to get her off his porperty?

Hopefully you are right (and that's what it sounds like) but let's not speculate too much on what happened. I don't want to condemn him or clear him. I hope for everyone's sake that it's not true, but I think that the situation will be resolved from a basketball and legal standpoint in a day or two. I also don't want Bradley to suspend someone if charges get dropped, particularly when it's a first-time offense/accusation.

I really hope that it's just some crazy girl (like the Duke case)... plenty of those out there.

[Da Coach]

I believe the Springfield Journal Register is owned by the same owners as the PJ Star. If that is so, then likely the Springfield story came from the stories in the PJ Star, and therefore I would not consider it an update or higher authority.

[Stryker]

This is a complete rumor, so I probably should not be posting it, but there was a reputable witness at the scene with Ruffin when it happened, and this witness claims that Ruffin is innocent. We'll see how this pans out though.

[amckillip]

This is a complete rumor, so I probably should not be posting it, but there was a reputable witness at the scene with Ruffin when it happened, and this witness claims that Ruffin is innocent. We'll see how this pans out though.

Probably shouldn't be posting this, but this is the same thing I am hearing...

[Da Coach]

Let's not speculate more than these generalizations.
But I heard the same reports from multiple sources last night. Now well just have to trust our legal system to do the right thing.