UNC Suspends Rugby Team Indefinitely

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UNC Suspends Rugby Team Indefinitely

Sep 6, 2007

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Chapel Hill, N.C. — The University of North Carolina has indefinitely suspended the men’s rugby team from participating in team-related events because members have been accused of unlawful acts of hazing, club actions that violate the university's alcohol policy and misrepresentation of the university and club locally and abroad, the school confirmed Thursday.

The team is a club team, not a varsity sport.

Team President Rufaro Sikipa told The Daily Tar Heel: "There's absolutely no hazing with initiation into or continued membership of UNC rugby.” He told the DTH the team does not condone underage drinking. The team is suspended from practicing, playing games and using university facilities under the team name.

Winston Crisp, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, and Jason Halsey, director of sports clubs, met Tuesday with the team of about 50 players to discuss the allegations and the suspension.

Senior Jose Estrada told the DTH, "As a team, we were just incredibly upset with what we'd been told, especially the indefinite suspension," Estrada said. "We just want to play rugby.”

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Typical academia, testosterone is bad (unless there's money to be made); estrogen is good.

I wonder when government will remember Prohibition didn't work before, and has no chance in heck of working now.

I thought this stuff only happend at ECU...What do you have to say for yourself now UNC?

Lonevoice - check the facts before wandering off into left wing speculation. You are in over your head. If you think something happened, tell us what you know. The AG would like to know. Nifong would like to know. Don't withhold the facts. Share. We are waiting. And I might add, Crystal's youngest does favor you.

And look at all the UNC folks that snubbed ECU

Lone voice no dna match , no one positively id, no one ran to the da to protect themselves, all we have is some durham human debris causing a magnitude of trouble and the only one punished is nifong. not to mention the left wing nazi acedemic gang of 88.

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