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DJ Death
02-20-2007, 03:15 PM
yay, more negative publicity for lacrosse...
A Syracuse University men's lacrosse player was arrested and charged with assault Thursday, said a spokesman from the Syracuse Police Department. Immediately after, he was suspended from the team for an undetermined amount of time, said Sue Edson, assistant director of athletics for communications.
Lacrosse player Sean McGonigle was arrested for the alleged assault of a 19-year-old male SU sophomore after a party on the 1000 block of Harrison Street on Saturday, Jan. 20, said Sgt. Tom Connellan. Connellan said three lacrosse players stayed at the house when the party ended at 1 a.m. because they knew the hosts.
SU Public Safety had a report of the assault on Jan. 20, which was given to the Syracuse Police, Connellan said. But the arrest was delayed because investigators had a difficult time identifying McGonigle because the victim had left Syracuse to seek additional medical treatment, he said.
Several of the guests returned an hour later and were told to leave, Connellan said. When they refused, "words were exchanged" between the two groups and "a fight broke out," he said.
McGonigle allegedly punched the victim in the face several times and the victim suffered a broken nose and facial fractures, Connellan said. The victim declined to comment and McGonigle could not be reached.
Edson said she did not know if there would be any academic repercussions for McGonigle. She also said she did not know when he last practiced with the team or whether he will still practice with them during the suspension.
SU Athletic Department typically does not announce arrests or suspensions of team members, Edson said. Lacrosse head coach John Desko requested all questions be directed to Edson's office, she said.
Edson said she did not know when the lacrosse team found out about the fight.
As of Sunday afternoon, Syracuse police had not completed the report.
McGonigle came to Syracuse from Encintas, Calif., in 2004. He redshirted the 2005 season and appeared in six games last season. The defenseman played in SU's three NCAA tournament games against Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Virginia. He scooped a groundball against Harvard, his only statistic of the season.
http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2007/02/20/News/Mens-Lacrosse.Player.Charged.With.Assault-2729187.shtml
ekajsk8er
02-20-2007, 03:21 PM
Bad news for lacrosse? A little. It isn't exactly a rape case, but it's no gold star for the game either. It just feeds the lacrosse player stereotype, that we are all drunken party boys who like to fight.
Good news, however, for 'Cuse fans that it wasn't a starter.
homeskillet313
02-20-2007, 03:33 PM
you'd have to be pretty ignorant to think that lacrosse players are the only sports players who get into fights. its not even like it was a bar fight. it was just a fight. technically, its not good publicity, but hopefully for mankind, people dont freak out and think all lacrosse players are hooligans because of it.
HdGLaxWarrior
02-20-2007, 03:36 PM
It just feeds the lacrosse player stereotype, that we are all drunken party boys who like to fight.
that's not a stereotype, that's reality.
and it's not good news for cuse fans, it never is when players are arrested.
ekajsk8er
02-20-2007, 03:44 PM
that's not a stereotype, that's reality.
and it's not good news for cuse fans, it never is when players are arrested.
Of course it isn't good news, whether it be for Syracuse fans or lacrosse fans in general, but I guess what I meant was it could have been a lot worse. Say Leveille, Panarelli or Rommel get caught for fighting, with the amount of talent in D1 now, Syracuse doesn't even make the final four. It's good for Syracuse fans it wasn't any one of them or else the season would be pretty much shot unless a miracle happened.
BwineLAX42
02-20-2007, 03:51 PM
If he needs some advice just call Vince Giordanno.
LvIlLeLaX5
02-20-2007, 04:00 PM
he got pushed around and talking crap to so he pushed back and beat the crap outta some guy. its not his fault some dude was busting his balls and he couldnt take what he had to give him
DJ Death
02-20-2007, 04:02 PM
you'd have to be pretty ignorant to think that lacrosse players are the only sports players who get into fights. its not even like it was a bar fight. it was just a fight. technically, its not good publicity, but hopefully for mankind, people dont freak out and think all lacrosse players are hooligans because of it.
is that directed at me? i'm well aware that lacrosse players are not the only players involved in fights. it's just that the average person will look at this and shake his head long before he even bothers to look at any of the fights that involve players from another sport. lacrosse has been cast in the media as a rich, white man's sport where the players are rowdy and reckless, so basically any news of this kind is bad for the sport, even if much worse things happen with players from other sports.
centenniallax81
02-20-2007, 04:02 PM
great, this is just what the sport needs now, just when we think that were in the clear after the Duke scandal last year, and now this. when are these guys gonna start being responsible and stop making lacrosse look bad?
faceofflax15
02-20-2007, 08:44 PM
that's not a stereotype, that's reality.
and it's not good news for cuse fans, it never is when players are arrested.
Yes its a stereotype. Because Dukes team got themselves in a predictament where they could have been charged for kidnapping and assault.
Becuase this Cuse guy was stupid and got himself in trouble.
Doesn't mean I'm going to do the same thing.
But Really, before you do somthing bad, remember this, Media doesn't like us yet, or most sports, especially us.
So remember, they aren't going to say ''Tyler Corcoran ate babies for fun'', They are going to say ''Tyler Corcoran, the lacrosse player, ate babies for fun''. Its sad really, but its the truth.
HdGLaxWarrior
02-21-2007, 06:03 AM
Yes its a stereotype. Because Dukes team got themselves in a predictament where they could have been charged for kidnapping and assault.
Becuase this Cuse guy was stupid and got himself in trouble.
Doesn't mean I'm going to do the same thing.
But Really, before you do somthing bad, remember this, Media doesn't like us yet, or most sports, especially us.
So remember, they aren't going to say ''Tyler Corcoran ate babies for fun'', They are going to say ''Tyler Corcoran, the lacrosse player, ate babies for fun''. Its sad really, but its the truth.
ok, but that's you.
most every lax player at my school drinks on the weekend, it's just what we do. and i'm sure my school isnt alone.
RIT37FO
02-21-2007, 09:59 AM
had this been football or basketball even hockey. we wouldnt have heard a damn thing
pantherLax
02-21-2007, 10:10 AM
ok, but that's you.
most every lax player at my school drinks on the weekend, it's just what we do. and i'm sure my school isnt alone.
If you're gonna make such a generalized statement, you could pretty much say every highschool, college kid drinks on the weekend.
had this been football or basketball even hockey. we wouldnt have heard a damn thing
Exactly....how many times do you see something about a football/hockey/basketball/soccer even baseball player being charged with something or other...hardly at all....you know why, cos u dont care...you only notice the lax cos ur drawn to the "lacrosse" in the titile or the article
people really dont care
apathy is the main force at work in the world, or would be if it could be bothered
HdGLaxWarrior
02-22-2007, 03:00 PM
Exactly....how many times do you see something about a football/hockey/basketball/soccer even baseball player being charged with something or other...hardly at all....you know why, cos u dont care...you only notice the lax cos ur drawn to the "lacrosse" in the titile or the article
people really dont care
apathy is the main force at work in the world, or would be if it could be bothered
wrong again.
dominick rhodes was just recently pulled over for drunk driving. it's all sports they report.
i didnt hear about this on sportscenter, so if i didnt see it here, i wouldnt know. the website was a syracuse news station. not some station in a random city.
laxmonkey1
02-22-2007, 03:21 PM
Apparently he got into a fight and broke the kids nose and beat the crap out of him last thursday.
that right there is first hand info
faceofflax15
02-22-2007, 03:39 PM
ok, but that's you.
most every lax player at my school drinks on the weekend, it's just what we do. and i'm sure my school isnt alone.
No, I do drink, Whoopdie doo.
Doesn't mean all lacrosse players are drunks, I'm not a drunk, my team aren't drunks, we drink, but we aren't drunk.
Don't make such a generalized statement with no background facts.
SweetLou
02-22-2007, 03:43 PM
Most teams aren't ALL drunks, there are usually a conservative or two on each team...
Nigel_Tufnel
02-22-2007, 04:57 PM
There's probably not a sports team at any college, anywhere, aside from maybe Liberty University or Bob Jones, that don't have drinkers. At big schools like Syracuse, it's probably a good majority.
The problem is this Duke case. Nobody would notice this Cuse thing if it wasn't for that.
MadLaxPlaya16
02-22-2007, 05:04 PM
no there are plenty of drinkers at liberty haha but back to this i mean there are people who will say o lacrosse players are just big trouble makers and only drink and pick fights and etc but thats only b.c they dont kno the sport very well. everyone knows every other sport has people who do the same thing. they just pick lax cuz its new to them and people hate sumthin different(as a whole that is(usually))
laxmonkey1
02-22-2007, 06:21 PM
Most teams aren't ALL drunks, there are usually a conservative or two on each team...
yea my brothers is on the team and he said most of the players didnt know about till he was arrested becuase he was one of the only kids on the team that was there. Most of the team was just chillen and wasnt even drinking
stupid freshman
LeKKeR
02-22-2007, 06:31 PM
the fact that there is a thread about this is making it more news than it needs to be. it was a fight. people drink in college, people fight in college. whether it would've been a football player, soccer player, whatever it would've been on the campus newspaper/website.
you guys aren't seeing anything about other sports cause you're just looking at lacrosse news that is obviously going to be highlighted on lax sites
lax4life011
02-22-2007, 07:12 PM
Of course it isn't good news, whether it be for Syracuse fans or lacrosse fans in general, but I guess what I meant was it could have been a lot worse. Say Leveille, Panarelli or Rommel get caught for fighting, with the amount of talent in D1 now, Syracuse doesn't even make the final four. It's good for Syracuse fans it wasn't any one of them or else the season would be pretty much shot unless a miracle happened.
u realize that it would never be someone like levelle , pano , or rommel, right. THey care about the game to much, and i think that they truely have too much respect for the fans, the coaches, and most of all the game in general
ekajsk8er
02-22-2007, 08:57 PM
u realize that it would never be someone like levelle , pano , or rommel, right. THey care about the game to much, and i think that they truely have too much respect for the fans, the coaches, and most of all the game in general
I know that, it was just a hypothetical situation.
Do you play varsity for Clinton? We play you this year.