On the same night that Notre Dame saw their promising college basketball season come to an unexpectedly early and unceremonious end, their upcoming college football season suffered a possible serious setback.
Star wide receiver Michael Floyd, who passed up on the NFL draft to return for his senior season was pulled over by campus police before dawn Sunday after running a stop sign. The cops claim he failed three sobriety tests and a breathalyzer showed a blood-alcohol concentration more than twice the legal driving limit!
This is his third alcohol related in the last two years.
Coach Brian Kelly has suspended Floyd indefinitely
Here are excerpts from statements made by both Kelly and Floyd on the matter
“Football needs to take a backseat at the moment while Michael gets his life in order, and while I don’t know when Michael will be reinstated, it will not happen until Michael demonstrates he has successfully modified his behavior and the legal and university disciplinary matters have run their respective courses. What’s most important right now is Michael focusing on maturing and developing more as a person while working to improve his decision-making processes.”
“I understand the gravity of the decision I made and how it could have had catastrophic effects on myself and others. I’ve talked to Coach Kelly and I accept the decision he made. I absolutely recognize that I have many things to work on to become abetter person and will need to regain the trust of all whom I have hurt within my immediate family and the Notre Dame family. I fully intend to spend the immediate future improving myself to become a better member of our community.”
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