NebraskaThree Nebraska Baseball players have been suspended for their role in trying to return bats to Scheels for cash.  These bats were given to the team to use during last season and once the season was over, they choose to take some of them and try to “return” them to Scheels and get cash.

Andy Gerch will be sitting out the first 12 games next year.  Right now it is uncertain if Gerch will even play baseball as he recovers from major surgery on his shoulder during the off season.

Craig Corriston who was also involved in the incident has been suspended for the first six games as well.

Catcher Jeff Lanning, also got hit with a six-game penalty, but he’s transferred to the University of New Orleans and will serve the penalty there I would assume.

Jeff Tezak will not miss any games because he received less than $100 in the fiasco.

All of the suspensions and games were based on how much money the players received.  Jeeze, I wonder what Gerch all tried to sell lol.  C’mon boys are you strapped that hard for cash?


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One Response to “Nebraska Baseball players suspended for selling bats”

  1. GoJays Says:
    September 1st, 2007 at 1:13 am

    One of the oldest tricks in the book! Does anyone think college athletes have not been doing this since college athletics has become big business? All of these major sponsors throw the coach and university all kinds of money to have “his/their� team wear or use the equipment. What does the kid get out of it? He gets an education, pair of shoes and a t-shirt…..pretty much the same thing that every other student on campus gets, except the non-athletes don’t have to work their rears off for it. Don’t get me wrong, what these guys did was wrong but it really is not that big of a deal. If you want to stop these guys from doing this why not pay them a stipend for earning the coach and university so much money?? Yeah, yeah, yeah….they get an education. Most college athletes don’t get full rides unless they play football or basketball. Whoopee, these baseball players had what, 30% scholarships? What does that amount to???? $3000.00. I would almost consider that slave labor. The athletes want to be there and they want to play ball and they are not forced to do any of it. But the money hungry NCAA takes the profits right out the blood, sweat and tears of it’s athletes. When the NCAA grows up, then we can ask these athletes to grow up. And a side bar…..who is this employee who thought they had to turn these guys in to the university? If it were me I would have just said to the guys, “Are you serious? You got this stuff for free from the baseball team. Get the hell out of here!� And…I highly doubt Jeff Lanning will serve the suspension at New Orleans, unless it is an NCAA mandated suspension!

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