Road block
Denied information hurts university

For head men’s basketball coach Billy Tubbs, the dismissal of junior guard Greedy Daniels and senior forward Myron Anthony for the rest of the season is a dead issue.

Tubbs said the dismissal is a team issue and shouldn’t be discussed with the media.

But as word spread across campus that Daniels and Anthony would no longer be playing for the team, people quickly started discussing it.

While Tubbs and the athletic department staff may want to keep the actions of these athletes behind closed doors, the fans who cheered them on game after game are knocking down those very doors wanting to know more.

No matter what Tubbs might say, the removal of the team’s top two players is not just a team issue.

And it is certainly not a dead issue.

It is more importantly a TCU issue.

The repercussions of this incident will not only be felt on the basketball court.

They will be felt in the stands at basketball games as fans look for something to cheer about. They will be felt in the pocketbooks of the TCU athletics department as fewer and fewer fans show up for each game. They will also be felt in the locker room as the team searches for answers.

We should, however, commend Tubbs for taking such a drastic measure to reprimand these players for their actions.

Some sources close to the team reported however that this was not the first time either of these players had failed a drug screening this season.

If this is true, maybe Tubbs shouldn’t receive as much positive recognition. Maybe he should instead be reprimanded, like his players, for not correcting the problem the first time around.

Now it is not only the players actions that are reflecting a poor light on the TCU campus. It is the coach’s actions too.

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