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TexasTowelie

(111,313 posts)
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 08:16 PM Jun 2014

Texas Tech Football Prospect Punches Female Basketball Player in Pickup Game

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 Tech’s 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 .

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Texas Tech Football Prospect Punches Female Basketball Player in Pickup Game (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2014 OP
And the basketball player has been suspended after issuing this statement: alp227 Jul 2014 #1
Yes, things are going really sweet at Texas Tech lately. TexasTowelie Jul 2014 #2

alp227

(31,962 posts)
1. And the basketball player has been suspended after issuing this statement:
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 10:31 PM
Jul 2014
During a pickup basketball game on June 28, I was involved in an incident with Texas Tech football player Nigel Bethel. I initiated the first contact and I take full responsibility for my actions. I want to take this time to apologize to Nigel, the Texas Tech community, my teammates, coaches and fans. Nothing I can say can truly repair the harm I have already caused. I did not represent the Double T like I am supposed to and I promise to hold myself to a higher standard from here on.


Wow. Texas Tech is full of crap...(edit) A local TV station interviewed a witness who said:

"They were playing, and all of a sudden, one guy was guarding her, they go for a rebound," he explains. "Well, when they came back down, (Battle) got upset, I guess because (Bethel) pushed her, and she kind of pushed him back."

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)
2. Yes, things are going really sweet at Texas Tech lately.
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 11:20 PM
Jul 2014

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.

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