{"id":6557,"date":"2014-02-28T17:59:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T22:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6557"},"modified":"2014-02-28T18:04:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T23:04:05","slug":"coach-brady-suspends-andre-nation-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6557","title":{"rendered":"Coach Brady Suspends Andre Nation Indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just confirmed: JMU coach Matt Brady has suspended Andre Nation indefinitely. Academic reasons.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Sunderland (@NSunderland4) February 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It happened again. JMU sophomore guard Andre Nation has been suspended as reported above by the DNR’s Nick Sunderland<\/a>. Nation missed the first 15 games of this season for a “violation of athletic policy.” And just last month, Nation sat out of JMU’s loss to Drexel for undisclosed “personal reasons.” Coach Brady said the decision was his, and not the school. Without venturing too far into pure speculation, that probably means Nation is still academically eligible, but has failed to meet the academic standards set by Coach Brady and the basketball program.<\/p>\n

This is one of those situations where I could probably write thousands of words on the topic. Thousands of words filled with too many caveats to ensure that I don’t offend anyone or come across like an old man on a soap box. And I’d probably fail to make any cogent argument behind stating that this sucks. So let’s just go with that. This sucks. It sucks for Coach Brady. It sucks for the basketball team. It sucks for the school. It sucks for Andre. And it sucks for all of us who are JMU basketball fans. Yes, it’s only sports and there are more important things, and blah, blah, blah. There I go with the caveats. So let’s just bring it back to my main point, which is, this sucks.<\/p>\n