Another Player Departure

[Skatastrophy]

Mods- did you receive a request to take the thread down?  If so, from whom?

That is a good question.  Were you self-censoring, or did we receive a request like we did with the Hazel thing?

[GGGG]

If you hurry and do a Google search on "maurice acker leaving marquette" you can find a summary of the recent post.

[Kramerica]

If you hurry and do a Google search on "maurice acker leaving marquette" you can find a summary of the recent post.

Well that is interesting.  Is this another situation similar to the whole Pat Hazel thing?  We're just not going to talk about this in respect to the player? 

Can anyone confirm that Acker is the player who was originally rumored to be leaving? 

[DJO's Pump Fake]

Mods - Why was the post deleted?

[mu_hilltopper]

Yes, I hadn't seen the thread until later last night .. someone at Marquette, through an intermediary, asked us to remove the thread, and we complied.

[DJO's Pump Fake]

I just don't get it I guess.

Is MUSCOOP sponsored by Marquette?  Do you guys receive money from them to keep the site up and running?  If that is true then they have something to hold over the site's head.  If not, there is no reason to lay down everytime someone finds something out and asks you guys to take it down.

If it happened, it deserves the same amount of conversation as anything else dedicated to our school's program.

[Skatastrophy]

I just don't get it I guess.

Is MUSCOOP sponsored by Marquette?  Do you guys receive money from them to keep the site up and running?  If that is true then they have something to hold over the site's head.  If not, there is no reason to lay down everytime someone finds something out and asks you guys to take it down.

If it happened, it deserves the same amount of conversation as anything else dedicated to our school's program.

It was private information about a private citizen attending a private university.  Additionally, it was unconfirmed information which could about to libel... or at best make the poster look like a douche for posting BS.

Taking down information like that is the right thing to do.  If it's information that comes into the public domain we can discuss it then.  There's no sense in messing up a young man's college career slash life over some unconfirmed hearsay.

[nyg]

The Mods did an exemplary job in this matter.  The allegations are just that and have no verification, just an "I heard" issue.  If the facts are true, then the university will make a formal statement and the discussion can commence at that point.  From the lessons learned in the Vander Blue matter, the appropriate thing to do was lock it.  

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

I just don't get it I guess.

Is MUSCOOP sponsored by Marquette?  Do you guys receive money from them to keep the site up and running?  If that is true then they have something to hold over the site's head.  If not, there is no reason to lay down everytime someone finds something out and asks you guys to take it down.

If it happened, it deserves the same amount of conversation as anything else dedicated to our school's program.

This is a private site.

The mods can set the rules and topics and they see fit.

This has nothing to do with "public rights" or "right to privacy", this has to do with a private entity (MUSCOOP) making a decision about what posts should be allowed.

If you don't care for that, you are welcome to post on another site, or start your own.

Mods, great job!

[PE8983]

Wow - if true, a sad way to end your college career.  However, I guess he's close to graduating and may be able to make a buck playing in Europe.

[mu_hilltopper]

We're pretty much damned if we do, damned if we don't on that one.   Even with what we did, I got hate mail today.

Truth is, especially with google, it's pretty much impossible to unring the bell anyhow.  

[rocky_warrior]

Glad I installed the filter to automatically forward my hate mail to you (hilltopper) and have it deleted from my inbox.  Makes my life more pleasant

[rocky_warrior]

Can anyone confirm that Acker is the player who was originally rumored to be leaving? 

Good question, now that a name has surfaced, it be interesting to see if it's the same name MULS1999 heard...

[milkbone]

This is a private site.

The mods can set the rules and topics and they see fit.

This has nothing to do with "public rights" or "right to privacy", this has to do with a private entity (MUSCOOP) making a decision about what posts should be allowed.

If you don't care for that, you are welcome to post on another site, or start your own.

Mods, great job!

+100

[Warriors4ever]

Kudos to  the mods for  taking it down.   I saw  the original post and frankly was surprised it was still up then.  At least one poster had already requested it come down. 

[Murffieus]

If I was Acker, and they didn't tell me that PG next year was my job to lose, I'd leave too.
He's a senior and has earned the first shot-------if Junior beats him out fair and square fine-----but if MA senses that he's going to be shoved aside without legit competition for that spot rumors may be true.

[bma725]

If I was Acker, and they didn't tell me that PG next year was my job to lose, I'd leave too.
He's a senior and has earned the first shot-------if Junior beats him out fair and square fine-----but if MA senses that he's going to be shoved aside without legit competition for that spot rumors may be true.

Murff, if you actually read the post you would know that rumor didn't mention a thing about a playing time, it was about an act that Acker supposedly committed which would no longer allow him to be a student athlete at Marquette.  On the court play wasn't involved.

[mu_hilltopper]

That being said, Murff's point may have .. encouraged .. a player who has known the rules for 4 years to be .. sloppy .. in following those rules.   Pure speculation, of course.

[Warriors4ever]

Please don't go any farther with this speculation right now.  Perhaps this thread should be locked until there is actual information.

[g0lden3agle]

Please don't go any farther with this speculation right now.  Perhaps this thread should be locked until there is actual information.

I agree. Same thing happened with Hazel leaving: any and all threads on the topic turned into those in the know constantly telling those not in the know to not speculate on things they don't know about.  Why even allow that sort of exchange to go on?

If people think Acker is entitled to his privacy, fine.  It's just frustrating to see how the speculation is handled on this board.

[MULS1999]

Good question, now that a name has surfaced, it be interesting to see if it's the same name MULS1999 heard...

While there may be a time in the future when further substantive comment is appropriate, I'm certain that now isn't that time.  Speculation over the lives of 20-year old amateur student-athletes is unavoidable in a community of fans like this one, but I think we need to tread carefully with our appetite for specifics such as names and, particularly, circumstances.  Not surprisingly then, I am 100% in support of the actions taken by the moderators in this episode.

My hope remains that there will be no further news on the subject and that all of our returning players are in uniform, healthy and productive on/off the court next season. 

That said, as much as I wish it wasn't so, I stand behind the information that prompted me to make my initial post.

Onwards ...

[Hards Alumni]

do you actually talk like that or do you just dress it up when you write?

just sayin.

[MU B2002]

My guess is that is how he/she writes...

MULS1999


Marquette University Law School 1999.

[SCdem@MU]

I just don't get it I guess.

Is MUSCOOP sponsored by Marquette?  Do you guys receive money from them to keep the site up and running?  If that is true then they have something to hold over the site's head.  If not, there is no reason to lay down everytime someone finds something out and asks you guys to take it down.

If it happened, it deserves the same amount of conversation as anything else dedicated to our school's program.

I agree with this 100%. A few years ago I posted on the old rivals board that I heard Dameon Mason talking on campus about how he couldn't take Crean anymore and wanted to transfer to Kentucky or LSU, yet the Mods took it down because apparently Mason's father objected.

[MULS1999]

do you actually talk like that or do you just dress it up when you write?

just sayin.

Ha!  Fair point.  I just re-read that, and it's even worse than normal. 

I'm trying to be, perhaps, overly precise and careful in what I say and how I say it.  And apparently, that's a formula for ultra-dense and borderline unintelligible writing.  My apologies.