Texas Tech to reinstate Bethel to football team; altercation with female basketball player on video.
Nigel Bethel III, an incoming freshman corner back, has been reinstated to the Texas Tech football team.
Texas Tech announced at a press conference Wednesday that he will serve a three-game suspension for his involvment in an incident at the Tech student recreation center on June 28.
"This is an unfortunate situation with a unique set of circumstances and there are no winners," said Kirby Hocutt, Director of Athletics in a Texas Tech news release. "Every decision related to this case has been the right one at that particular time based upon our principles, student-athlete code of conduct and team rules. As I continued to work with Coach Kingsbury and Coach Whitaker, we looked at the totality of the situation and have arrived at this decision. Two talented young people made a mistake, have shown remorse and learned some very valuable life lessons."
Battle, a senior on the women's basketball team, has been suspended for the month of November for her role in the incident with Bethel.
"I'm relieved that Nigel is receiving a second chance because I believe in second chances," Battle said in the release. "We were both at fault in this situation and I believe our punishment should be equal. This is a good opportunity for us to learn from our mistakes and I think we both have. Hopefully now we can move forward and focus on helping our teams compete at the highest level."
The complete story, including video, is at http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2014-07-16/bethel-reinstated-will-serve-3-game-suspension#.U8b5nLFCz2Q .
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