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Alabama-based attorney Don Jackson who is representing LSU cornerback Kristian Fulton shared some goods news on Friday that the NCAA is re-opening "the appeal of LSU cornerback Kristian Fulton based upon new information”.


Fulton received a two-year suspension from the NCAA for violating the NCAA Drug-Testing protocol back in January 2017. He missed the entire 2017 season and is scheduled to miss the 2018 season if the ruling stands.

The Fulton family hired Jackson last year to represent their son and filed a "reconsideration" appeal to get him eligible for the 2018 season.


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A pitcher from Oregon St molested a 5 year old girl when he was 16 and is a registered sex offender and he is able to play baseball. This is insane that he has to go through this bull shite.
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We have a chance ...... ALABAMA BASED ATTORNEY.
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This is the deal this type of punishment for a young person puts them in position to not focus and lose everything their good at by dicking around unable to play the sport that keeps them from trouble to begin with. 2 years is insane for this situation let’s be real. I mean to put it into perspective he could have beaten someone even let’s say a woman and gotten back on the field sooner. WTF
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Make the final payment and be done with it already. We want the kid to play.
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they will reinstate him...oh...around December 1st
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Foot the NCAA.
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My quote I posted in the advocate: If our team name started and ends in an A, hey np, non issue! IE Being arrested with guns, weed in a parked car, hey NP Mr Saban! This guy WAS going to fake a drug screen, decided no I'm clean, took it normally, yet NCAA lays down the hammer!
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You think he was going to fake the test, then just all of a sudden realized he was clean at the last minute and took it normally? Lol. That is what you’re going with? He stopped because he was seen and he knew he had been. He didn’t not cheat out of some form of last minute repentance—after he was busted, that was the only choice he had. And I wish our dumbass fans would quit bringing up the damn Alabama thing. It’s embarrassing. Did they get a pass because they are Alabama football players? Absolutely. But that pass was given by the District Attorney of Ouachita Parish, the University of Alabama, and Nick Saban. The NCAA has no jurisdiction over that. They do, however, have jurisdiction over certain drug tests—for banned substances—that could jeopardize the fairness of the sports they oversee. You are comparing apples to staplers. Finally, I agree that 2 years is outrageously penal and unfair. However, the penalty for cheating has to be greater than the penalty for a failed test. Otherwise, why not try to cheat every test when you’ve been taking something? At least you have a chance to not get caught. You’ve got no chance if you have and do the test straight up. If the penalties are the same, you’d be an idiot to not at least try to cheat. That said, the penalty for a failed test should be less, like 4-6 games. The penalty for cheating 6-12. Losing half your eligibility is kinda insane. Regardless, I hope we get to see him play this year. Not only for us—we really need him opposite Greedy—but for him and his family who no doubt have had a very trying year +.
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This isn't Minority Report. It doesn't matter if you were going to do something. If you don't do it. You're not guilty.... Regardless of reasoning. Simple as that.
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It’s pretty absurd that in the NFL,you get 4 games for what he did, and they want him to sit out two seasons. I know the precedent is not exactly equivalent and I don’t condone what he did, he deserves punishment, but I don’t ever remember hearing as punitive if a punishment to a single player as this. I mean entire programs have been dubbed with a lack of institutional control by the NCAA and penalties don’t go past 2 years. Hope this will be a lesson to him and others, but seems unfair
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cant argue with that, college penalties should be no more "or less" severe then the penalties they get in the NFL
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Hope this young man will get his chance to play this year. Time already served should be more than enough.
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That's great news for KF! Hopefully it gets another fair hearing.
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Get dis boy some PT
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Tell him to stop trying to “keep it real” and follow the damn rules and not try to buck the system. Part of the problem with people today is that they think the rules don’t apply to them and they have never faced repercussions for their actions. Hopefully he’s grown the F up and get back on the field.
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And one of the good things about people today is they are calling bullshitee and not just “accepting it just because”. This was not a proportionate response by the NCAA and they called out their bullshitee.
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"Alabama-based attorney" - smart move. NCAA probably thinks it's an Alabama player.
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Yuge
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