According to several social media posts, the players claim to have used money that they were given to buy books and instead spent some of it on other school supplies in the school’s bookstore. Robinson says that “the workers in the bookstore advised us to spend the money because we would not get it back. And we did.”
Charleston Southern athletic director Hank Small’s response in a statement published in the ESPN report: Hey, rules are rules.
“The rules regarding scholarship and book money are explicit on what the monies can be spent on. This is covered in our own student-athlete handbook.”
From Charleston Southern running back Ben Robinson's Facebook page. pic.twitter.com/mXpov7b4ec
— Ariya Massoudi (@AriyaMassoudi) September 9, 2016
Head coach will take his suspensions vs. Albany State. Likely all thirty will not be suspended at once.
— Alison Posey (@AlisonPosey14) September 9, 2016
More from interview with CSU AD Hank Small: 'How long will players be held out?' "Not long. These are book scholarship items."
— Alison Posey (@AlisonPosey14) September 9, 2016
"As an institution we have to hold people accountable. Coach Chadwell said to hold him accountable."
— Alison Posey (@AlisonPosey14) September 9, 2016