Knebel's suspension explained

[ElginHotSausage]

BY KIRK BOHLS AND MARK ROSNER - AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Longhorns pitcher Corey Knebel was suspended Friday because he willingly substituted his urine sample to protect a teammate from failing a drug test, a source with knowledge of the situation told the American-Statesman.
Knebel, an All-America closer, was suspended for this past weekend’s Texas-Kansas State series for a violation of team rules. It was his second suspension of the season.

Knebel agreed to let the teammate use his sample to avoid detection for having taken Adderall, an amphetamine that’s used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy, the source said. Adderall is on the NCAA’s banned list of substances.

Knebel “was trying to help out a friend,” the source said.

On Sunday, a team spokesman said that Cameron Cox, a sophomore pitcher, has been suspended indefinitely for a violation of an unspecified team rule. Knebel’s suspension was only for the Kansas State series.

Neither Longhorns coach Augie Garrido nor Knebel returned messages from the American-Statesman on Sunday.

A request to interview Cox on Sunday was denied by a team spokesman.

Knebel, who needs five saves to tie former Longhorns All-American Huston Street for both the school and Big 12 record for career saves, also was suspended for two games in mid-April during the Kansas series. School officials at the time said the suspension was for violating team rules, but Knebel later told the American-Statesman that he had been suspended for an argument he had with Longhorns pitching coach Skip Johnson.

Knebel, a junior from Georgetown, has eight saves this season, with a 3-3 record and a 2.68 earned-run average.

Cox, a sophomore from Stony Point High School, has appeared in nine games this season and has a 2-1 record with a 4.61 ERA.The Link

 

[notanative]

From an earlier reading, I thought it was Knebel who was taking the ADHD medication and it showed up in the sample 'donated' to help out. That's how the 'gift' was uncovered.

 

[Bill in Sinton]

 

[40 ACRZ]

This team has imploded -- from the very top all the way down... Been going to games for 30 years and can't ever remember a season like this one.

 

[notanative]

I'm guessing now that the questioning of Augie's accountability goes to making sure that our players don't pee in public, but also making sure that they don't share when they pee in private.

 

[ElginHotSausage]

to me this falls under the category of "No good deed goes unpunished"

 

[okiehorn]

I saw an optimistic article in the paper looking towards next year.l.. but do we really want many of these guys back? Let's hope for a little more maturity on and off the field next year.

 

[NEWDOC2002]

A good deed to falsify for a Urine Drug Screen??? He was trying to be nice sure, but it could have been a big problem also. Do you think the NCAA bans this substance because they just pulled it out of their ***?

Cox wasn't on the up and up and had taken a Scheduled II (the highest legal) controlled substance. If Cox has ADD or ADHD then he should have a script and a doctor who follows him for his condition. If Cox did it because he needed a boost for studying or playing then it's a big mistake. It's a highly addictive drug with the potential for cardiac problems if you don't have the condition for which it was designed. Unfortunately, it's also diversion of a controlled substance which is criminal as well.

The misuse of this class of medication is a problem on college campuses.

 

[madcow]

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[NBHorn7]

This explains things a little more clearly as it does look like Cox in an attmept to avoid drug detection of some other banned substance used Knebel's sample who already takes Adderall.


The Link

Not exactly a smart move by either Cox or Knebel. You would think Cox would know about Knebel's condition and Knebel knowing he took Adderall would have to be kind of dumb to give a sample to Cox knowing what he was taking.

Just another bad occurence in a season that has been full of them.

 

[FWHORN]

Total complete numbnuts. Pretty much the red ribbon on top of this craptastic season.

 

[ElginHotSausage]

so, there are 2 different stories about the circumstances.

 

[Unques prist]

"to me this falls under the category of "No good deed goes unpunished"

To me it falls under cheating by Knebel and Cox. If Cox was worried about failing a drug test, he ought not do drugs or just not play college ball. Knebel should be a good enough teammate and help out the team and not engage in deceiving a drug test. Again poor leadership in a program in disarray.

 

[Pericles]

Both should be kicked off the team.

There is no excuse for cheating on a drug test.

 

[notanative]

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[ElginHotSausage]

Sanctimony and self-righteousness is rampant here on Golden Pond.

 

[ElginHotSausage]

Knebel is reinstated and Cox remains suspended indefinitely.

 

[notanative]

Probably as it should be, though Knebel's probably on the other end of a potential strike-out.

 

[Unques prist]

Knebel should be suspended indefinitely too as he was a co-conspirator with Cox to break the rules. More evidence of poor leadership.

 

[notanative]

More evidence of poor choices.

 

[petscii]

piss-poor?

 

[ElginHotSausage]

I'm hearing that the statesman's version of the story as I posted at the top of the thread is the correct one.

 

[notanative]

Makes sense, though it doesn't reflect well on Knebel, and I suspect he's about on life No. 8.