| Show Bruin players suspended by Dana B. B Snow Contributing writer Judd Morgan vice president president president dent for student services confirmed that John Staggers Staggers Staggers Stag Stag- gers freshman guard for the Bruins and a second basketball player are under suspension from the National Junior College College College Col Col- lege Athletic Association The name of the second player has been withheld by bythe bythe bythe the Horizon pending a final ruling from the Regarding the first player Staggers Head Coach Dave Osborn said In the meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time I think his family is planning an appeal Morgan said that he initiated initiated initiated in in- an investigation in December when it came to his attention that Staggers had allegedly taken the identical identical identical iden iden- GED test both at and the University of Utah Testing Center Further investigation MOrgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan said confirmed that the second test at the U of U had hadnot hadnot hadnot not been taken by Staggers He said the two individuals had devised a plan that al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed them to go down to the recreation room and obtain obtain obtain ob ob- tain a falsified Student ID card Athletic Director Ron Gerber Gerber Gerber Ger- Ger ber said that Staggers is continuing continuing continuing con con- as a time full-time student with eligibility problems and that he was unable to comm ent further At the Dec Athletic Council Coun Coun- cil meeting Head Coach Dave Osborn said that Staggers Staggers Staggers Stag Stag- gers eligibility depended on his passing the GED Staggers Staggers Staggers Stag Stag- gers had taken the test Osborn Osborn Osborn Os- Os born said and they were waiting for the results Later during a Jan 6 interview Morgan said that Staggers had qualified under rules and no longer needed the GED Morgan also said that the information he has indicates that the two players came up with the scheme on their own and that there was no involvement on the part of other players or the athletic department Since the second individual individual individual in in- came forward voluntarily Morgan said that final resolution of his case will depend on the ruling Ir |
