What happened at Rice?

by **shrekjr** on Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:26 pm

Who can give us the scoop on what happened to the Rice team? Heard they are out for the year???

**Sponsor**

by **jmazz** on Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:00 pm

this is the rumour i heard...rookies got hazed...police got called...dean of school got contacted and made the decision to ban the team. anyone have a more detailed or exact story?

by **Sonny** on Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:06 pm

From the Message Board Rules:
http://forums.uslia.com/viewtopic.php?t=27

6. EXERCISE GOOD JUDGMENT
Avoid posting what might be called private, personal information. Just because you know something doesn't mean you have the right to tell the world. Recognize that some information should only be communicated by the source or someone close to him/her/it.

by **shrekjr** on Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:27 am

Sorry Sonny, wasn't looking for personal details, just trying to get the facts. It's not everyday an entire team no longer exists (okay, maybe it happens occasionally in club lacrosse for various reasons). I hate to see this happen to any team, mainly because it potentially messes up the schedule for other teams, as well as for those kids on the team that had nothing to do with whatever happened.

by **bobcatlacrosse13** on Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:34 am

Wait, so are all games with Rice now cancelled?

by **Sonny** on Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:03 am

jmazz wrote:this is the rumour i heard...

bobcatlacrosse13 wrote:Wait, so are all games with Rice now cancelled?

Before anyone jumps to any conclusions based on rumors, why don't we all wait until someone from Rice and/or the LSA leadership posts something official?

by **Brent Burns** on Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:17 am

I agree with Sonny that the LSA community will need to exercise forbearance until the LSA Commissioner announces something through his email.

by **RiceSean** on Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:49 am

I'm a freshman at Rice, and all I'm going to say is that punishments were handed down from the administration in what we feel was an extremely harsh and unnecessary way. We're in the appeals process right now, so things aren't certain really.
As far as hazing, some small things were blown way out of proportion. Things we as a team did voluntarily are being taken as something the captains forced us to do, which is untrue.
Just keep our captains in your thoughts as we try to get them off the hook.

by **Karl Lynch** on Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:12 am

Rice has informed the LSA that it will not compete for the remainder of the season.

Please refrain from discussing this issue further. The scheduling problems will be handled by the LSA officers. Captains and team officers will be contacted by email.