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August 2, 2005

More UT Court Cases Resolved

In what is quickly becoming a recurring theme this off-season, the University of Tennessee has had two off-the-field court cases involving players resolved. Jerod Mayo and Robert Ayers resolved their court cases yesterday and will be reinstated to the team.

Both players were accused of hitting UT student Shadiyah Murphy in a fight that broke out in March between football players and members of the Alpha Phi Psi fraternity. Murphy's jaw was broken in the fight, according to reports in this morning's Tennessean.

The charges against Mayo, a redshirt freshman were dropped when former UT player and witness for the prosectution Thomas Stallwroth failed to appear in court. Mayo was accused of a felony aggravated assult. Ayers pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the incident and will have pay court costs and restitution to the victim that will not exceed $3000. Should Ayers satisfy these requirements, the charge will be erased from his record, assuming he avoids further run-ins with he law.

Fulmer said he was particularly glad to see Mayo cleared. Fulmer was adamant when Mayo was arrested that it was a case of mistaken identity and that he was innocent. Fulmer even went as far as to say he told Stallworth he was wrong in fingering Mayo, who also denied hitting anyone.

"I am pleased to have this resolved," Fulmer said in a statement. "These off-the-field issues have been a distraction for our program and are embarrassing to the many young men in the program that are doing great things."

Posted by Big Orange Michael

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Comments:

  1. dogman said:

    posted on August 8, 2005 2:37 PM — 63.164.145.198 — link — abuse?



    Tennessee has now overtaken Miami as the NCAA bandit school in football. Did I read right, but it is true that the year after Manning left, that the senior class had a graduation rate of 0% ?

    Tennessee is not exactly an ivy league institution of higher learning.

    Maybe Bob Huggins should be hired as basketball coach at Tennessee in the future.

  2. Jeff said:

    posted on August 8, 2005 2:41 PM — 151.196.181.9 — link — abuse?



    A large portion of the whole SEC seems to be fighting for that honor.

  3. CumberlandAve said:

    posted on August 20, 2005 6:34 PM — 24.215.202.246 — link — abuse?



    Hey guys,

    I think Phil Fulmer has managed to get rid of all the bad apples. As for the graduation rates of UT's athletes, you can get accurate information at http://utsports.collegesports.com.

    You also might want to check the rankings of UT's graduate programs in U.S. News & World Report.

    As we like to say at UT: 2 Nobel laureates, 7 Rhodes scholars, 6 Pulitizer Prizes, 10 Astronauts. We also play a little football.

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