As an MSU graduate and former State News sports reporter, I was disappointed with Alex DiFilippo’s agreement with Rick Comley’s insubstantial punishment against Andrew Conboy and Corey Tropp in the blog Punishment for Conboy, Tropp befits actions (SN 1/26).
Conboy and Tropp are not just hockey players, but more importantly, ambassadors from our university to the sports world. Their actions reflect poorly on students and alumni alike and have given MSU another black eye.
To only suspend them for the remaining 10 games of an already embarrassing and meaningless season is joke. Even the NHL, the league that introduced violence and fighting in sports, imposes stricter punishments when its players are involved in similar altercations.
MSU students and grads everywhere now have to listen to ignorant and uninformed Michigan grads who now have more ammunition to stereotype Spartans as low-class and trashy individuals.
Thanks a lot guys.
Jon Gunnells
MSU alumnus
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