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Nigel Bethel II, a Texas Tech football player, has been dismissed from the team due to his role in an incident at the Texas Tech Student Recreation Center on Saturday. Texas Tech Athletics said in a press release that it "has a zero tolerance policy on this type of behavior."
Lady Raider star Amber Battle is expected to have surgery after she was hit in the face by Bethel at Texas Techs recreation center, the Avalanche-Journal has learned.
During a basketball game, Bethel, a freshman cornerback reportedly punched Battle in the face, breaking a bone, the A-J has learned.
Blayne Beal, a Tech spokesman, confirmed there was an incident between two student athletes Saturday afternoon at the recreation center. Beal said campus officials are gathering information from both parties.
More at http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2014-06-28/battle-hit-face-tech-football-recruit#comment-339584 .
alp227
(31,962 posts)Wow. Texas Tech is full of crap...(edit) A local TV station interviewed a witness who said:
Hernandez watched as the two players continued to get heated.
"Then all of a sudden, I see him get back up," he continues. "And he just straight up punches her with his fist closed. In the face."
Hernandez says that after Battle was hit, another male player in the game attempted to go after Bethel, but others held him back. He also says that watching Battle get hit angered him, even as simply a spectator.
"I almost felt the reaction of going up to him, running up to him and punching him," Hernandez says. "What kind of guy does that, you know? You never punch a girl, you never touch a girl. That's not a real man, you know?"
TexasTowelie
(111,313 posts)First the incident mentioned above and then the story about the cheerleader shooting wild game animals in Africa and posting pictures on Facebook. I guess that Lubbock just might lose that "most boring city" in the country rating that they received last month.