Report: Noah Spence Suspended for 3 Games for Positive Ecstasy Test
The hits keep coming for the Buckaroos.
http://www.abc27.com/story/24385029/ohio-states-noah-spence-suspended-for-ecstasy-family-says
According to his father:
...the Big 10 originally suspended Spence for one year because they consider ecstasy a performance-enhancing drug. The NCAA considers ecstasy a street drug, which carries a lesser penalty. The family appealed and the suspension was dropped to three games. They appealed a second time, but the three-day suspension was upheld. The Spence family says they also plan to file a lawsuit against the Big 10.
January 7th, 2014 at 12:55 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 12:56 PM ^
His dream was to be on Dancing with the Stars, and he thought he could quicken the process with "performance enhancing drugs".
January 7th, 2014 at 12:58 PM ^
This paints a vastly different picture than the Columbus Dispatch did late last week when the suspension first came to light. As I recall, their sources had told them that Spence had used an unapproved dietary supplement. All the same, this definitely underscores the idea that accepting drinks of unknown origin at a party may not be the best idea.
January 7th, 2014 at 1:02 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:10 PM ^
Those are just the tracers.
January 7th, 2014 at 1:08 PM ^
He was using it for depression and other medical reasons. When on his meds he is the life of the party. You cannot take that away from him.
January 7th, 2014 at 1:11 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:12 PM ^
good luck with that lawsuit. on the one hand, i'd love to be the defense attorney on that case because it's an easy one. on the other, i probably wouldn't have to work on it for very long, so it wouldn't be a great billable.
January 7th, 2014 at 1:19 PM ^
I'm really surprised testing positive for ecstasy is only a three game suspension. I'd have a hard time keeping this guy on the team.
January 7th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
Fitz was suspended for less after being caught driving drunk. Should he have been kicked off the team?
January 7th, 2014 at 8:43 PM ^
no to Spence....
January 7th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
According to the article. They got it down to the three games on appeal. That may be in part to him being good at football, I'm not that naive. However, it may also be because he was Academic All B1G and, to my knowledge, has had no other discipline/team rule problems before and so it was a first offense.
As for his parents suing, if you had a kid who had never lied to you about something like this before and you believed had his head on straight, I would hope you would believe him. Yes, it sounds like a weak excuse and is going to be damn hard to prove unless someone comes forward to confess (and even then I know folks will think that the confessor is lying to help the Buckeye cause.) I'm not sure I would sue, I don't really see what that gets them, but maybe they know more than I do.
January 7th, 2014 at 1:21 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:43 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:42 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:43 PM ^
When I saw the title I laughed out loud. Ecstasy? Come on man, you are on track to be a first/second rounder and you're gonna do ecstasy? Urbz continuing to mold some quality men down there..
January 7th, 2014 at 2:46 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:48 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:52 PM ^
as the fan base. So, there must be something in the water supply in Columbus.
January 7th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^
So we get all the details on Spence, but no news source can figure out what Max Bullough did yet? How odd.
January 7th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^
Or when it leaks from the NFL that there were concerns about the nature of his positive test.
January 7th, 2014 at 2:39 PM ^
O-H
L-O-L
January 7th, 2014 at 2:53 PM ^
His father says "Noah had unknowingly been slipped a small amount of the drug ecstasy in a drink he had accepted at a party."
January 7th, 2014 at 2:56 PM ^
If true, hope he gets help he needs and shakes this. So we can beat his ass on the field...
Go Blue.
January 7th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 3:05 PM ^
Wow, let me know how that law suit goes...
January 7th, 2014 at 3:31 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 3:50 PM ^
Wasn't he suspended before the bowl game and miss it as part of his suspension?
January 8th, 2014 at 8:49 AM ^
You're ruining his narrative.
January 7th, 2014 at 3:31 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 3:56 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 6:19 PM ^
January 7th, 2014 at 8:45 PM ^
family kidnaps him and threatens something horrible if we don't lose our last two games but make it look like we try in one of them.
January 7th, 2014 at 3:53 PM ^
Mary Jane and liquor used to get me wasted. I guess people are searching for different highs.
January 7th, 2014 at 8:16 PM ^
What a dumbass.
January 7th, 2014 at 10:20 PM ^
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January 8th, 2014 at 10:43 AM ^
Nothing like this ever happened when the boys were all hanging at Rife's.
January 8th, 2014 at 10:55 AM ^
The family is going to sue the NCAA, what lawyer would even try that case? He must be a pro bone o lawyer!