Toronto Star Kenyon Wallace
Brigham Young University has a basketball player for violating the strict code of ethics would have been suspended from school premarital sex with his girlfriend.
The school based in Utah, owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said in a statement that BYU Cougars center Brandon Davies is not with the team for the rest of the 2010-11 season due to a "violation" code of honor universities.
"Some decisions on the future of Davies on the basketball team and the University are yet to be determined," said the statement does not represent the public school has announced the details found on honor code violations .
suspension breathtaking Davies proved to be a blow to the Cougars No. 3 course who lost 82-64 to New Mexico, expected Wednesday in a game many BYU to win easily. The second album 19-years to 26 starts in 29 games for the Cougars. He is averaging 11.1 points and a team leading 6.2 rebounds per game.
Davies was "extremely remorseful, with a broken heart," the Salt Lake Tribune, the first time of the alleged offense.
The application of the Star on Thursday with a spokesman for BYU has not granted an interview.
Cougars coach Dave Ross told reporters after the defeat Wednesday night that Davies suspension is a "surprise for everyone," and believes that its center a star to play BYU again.
Teammate Charles Abouo Davies said the team considers him a brother and defend.
"Everyone makes mistakes in their lives," said Abouo. "We went and tried to help him get through."
The Code of Ethics of the School Board reviews the case of Davies and could decide to expel the student, the offenses are deemed serious enough.
As a condition of enrollment and employment, students and staff at BYU honor code school, to "live chaste and virtuous life," the successor "to participate regularly in religious services" , and "the failure of alcohol, require that tobacco products should, tea, coffee and abuse of drugs", among others.
Men are not allowed to wear beards, while women wear sleeves, revealing or tight clothes are prohibited. All students must be a Mormon, though.
While the code may be too harsh for many it is actually progressive in relation to States says the code of honor among many evangelical and fundamental freedoms of Christian colleges and universities in the United Carl Raschke, professor of Religious Studies at the University of Denver.
"There are schools to distribute to students who, if they even hear the noise she had been drinking, he told the Star." It depends on what type of religious group at school. Brigham Young is actually quite advanced in terms of policy towards some of these strict Protestant schools. "
Raschke said he does not think BYU has gone too far by suspending Davies, because the players know what is expected of him as a pupil at the school.
"Disabled people who violate the discipline code of honor, however defined, is very common and expected of schools," he said. "It's not so unusual."
The key question now, Raschke said, is to ensure a fair trial is if they followed a decision on the future of Davies at BYU.
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