Governor John Bel Edwards Comments On The Will Wade Situation

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“That’s a very tough decision that they made,” Edwards said. "As I understand from the information I received from President Alexander, the decision to suspend him was made after he did not come to a meeting on last Friday to at least give his version of events. It’s hard for me to disagree with that decision under those circumstances although I will tell you it is my fervent hope that coach Wade has a way to clear this up and make sure that everyone understands fully that nothing inappropriate happened and that the player involved; his eligibility gets restored and so forth. Of course, I don't know what the future holds or what the facts are but it's my hope that we can pass this in short order."

“Like everybody else, I’m a huge LSU fan and this is the best year we’ve had in many, many years in terms of our basketball program. And so, hopefully, we can get past this.”

"Certainly, it’s possible because he’s been suspended," Edwards said. "He hasn’t been terminated. It just depends on the facts as they come out and what his version of events is and so forth. So obviously that’s possible, but I can’t make a prediction here today. This is something for the President of the University, but also the Athletic Director, and the Board of Supervisors. They’re the primary players in this, along with the coach. So we’ll have to see how this plays out.”

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