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Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:38 am
by mcveyrl
Didn't see this posted on here. Could have a big impact on a Top 25 game this weekend.
http://www2.newsadvance.com/sports/2011 ... r-1322135/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Liberty nose guard Asa Chapman, suspended since Aug. 30 after being charged with two counts of drug possession — one felony, one misdemeanor — has been reinstated to the Flames’ football team, coach Danny Rocco announced Monday.
Chapman was originally scheduled to appear in Lynchburg General District Court for an arraignment hearing on Sept. 12, but that hearing was postponed until Dec. 7. He’ll be on the field Saturday when the Flames face Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa.
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:03 am
by Skinswizdukes
I mean it's not like he had possession of cocaine or anything. Just win baby
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:06 am
by Go Lehigh TU Owl
Very interesting. I still can't see him having a big impact on the game until his conditioning gets in order.
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:24 pm
by BDKJMU
I didn't want to start another thread on this, which would seem like piling on, but since mcveryl did, I would have said on here what I said on the JMU @ Liberty thread:
BDKJMU wrote:
Huh
That quick. This guy isn't exactly a poster child:
"....He originally committed to Virginia in 2006 but had to attend Fork Union Military Academy to improve academically to gain admittance.
He failed to do so, and the Cavaliers rescinded their scholarship offer. Chapman then accepted a scholarship offer from West Virginia University in January 2007. But an arrest for felony malicious wounding in June of that year resulted in the Mountaineers cutting ties with the defensive lineman.....
....The (Lynchburg) News & Advance reported that Chapman was arrested Friday night after a traffic stop. Police charged him with one count of misdemeanor marijuana possession and one count of felony possession of cocaine. The charges were filed yesterday, and his arraignment hearing in Lynchburg General District Court will be Sept. 12, the newspaper reported......."
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011 ... 011/648775" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
So the charges were dropped I assume? I can't imagine LU would let him back on the team with charges pending.....
Yeah, JMU had their get 4 get arrested & charged with felonies last Dec. One, a would have been 3 year rSr starter at safety, later got a drunk in public and Mickey kicked him off the team. The other 3 had to go 9 months suspended from the team indefinitely until the case wound its way slowly through the justice system, and the charges were eventually dropped about a week & a half ago, and only them were they reinstated.
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:26 pm
by youngterrier
we kick off our potential felons
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:33 pm
by Rob Iola
youngterrier wrote:we kick off with our potential felons
FIFY
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:39 pm
by ∞∞∞
Come on people, why would God create cocaine if we couldn't use it?
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:47 pm
by BDKJMU
youngterrier wrote:we kick off our potential felons
Doesn't sound like there is much "potential" about him.....
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:40 pm
by dbackjon
How very forgiving of Liberty.
Do coke, stay in school.
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:41 pm
by youngterrier
BDKJMU wrote:youngterrier wrote:we kick off our potential felons
Doesn't sound like there is much "potential" about him.....
well there's the whole innocent until proven guilty thing, I guess the better phrase would be "those charged with felonies"
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:31 pm
by SeoulFlame
If you read
http://www.flamefans.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; most of us are not happy about this either. I hope the details that are being withheld make a big difference. At this point
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:46 pm
by elcid83
Shame on the powers that be at LU. I expected more from that school.
Go Runnin' Bulldogs!
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:14 am
by CID1990
I am pretty sure they would not have reinstated the guy without say so from Jesus.
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:16 am
by native
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:28 am
by g-webb1994
The LU powers that be must know a heckuva lot more than what has been released. I can't see a school like LU with their faith-based structure and history letting some thug with a straw even back on campus, much less on the field representing the school.
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:03 pm
by CAA Flagship
It's the turning of the cheek
or
It's we just got beat and I don't want to lose again.
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:26 pm
by JMUpurplehazed
Chapman have a chance at NFL? Leave the guy alone, a little weed never hurt anything...
Legalize the weed, tax the weed... bigger problems in the world IMO
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:30 pm
by mcveyrl
JMUpurplehazed wrote:Chapman have a chance at NFL? Leave the guy alone, a little weed never hurt anything...
Legalize the weed, tax the weed... bigger problems in the world IMO
Um...you might've missed the possession of coke charge (not the "a-cola" kind). A felony, by the by...
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:12 pm
by CSUBUCDAD
Amazing. A university founded on Christian principles suspends a guy on charges pending outcome of the trial and then reinstates him when the trial date gets moved.......Why did they suspend him to begin with then? If they suspended him because he was charged, what has changed? He is still charged.
Re: Liberty Reinstates Asa Chapman
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:08 pm
by Seawolf97
He is innocent until proven otherwise. But I would let him complete his studies but not play , It would or will be mess if he is convicted of a felony while on the active roster. Almost sounds like an NFL approach to discipline.
