It's time for more college football news, and in the month of March, the news is always, always, always bad. It's never like "star quarterback now good at throwing with either hand" or "LaDainian Tomlinson granted extra year of NCAA eligibility"; no, someone's either getting arrested, injured, or thrown into a woodchipper (Kirby Freeman, you will be missed).The latest participant in the cavalcade of follies is Arkansas linebacker Freddie Fairchild, a sophomore who led the team with 4.5 sacks (NOTE: not a misprint; that's four and one half, or the amount of fingers on a typical West Virginian's hand, and he led the entire team). Unfortunately, Freddie's shenanigans weren't cheeky and fun; his shenanigans were cruel and tragic. He's charged with suspicion of third-degree battery and false imprisonment.
We understand perfectly well that relationships can be contentious and unfulfilling. We know that sometimes, the man is neither the instigator nor the escalator of hostilities. That doesn't change a simple fact: hitting a woman at all is a reprehensible offense in and of itself. Causing "injuries to her head, face, extremities and pelvis" and "not [allowing] her to leave for several hours," then, is beyond the pale.
Incoming Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino has suspended Fairchild indefinitely, though we'd like to see more coaches take the same approach as Iowa's Kirk Ferentz; though his program has seen more criminal mischief than Season 2 of The Sopranos, when tailback Dana Brown was arrested for similar crimes, Brown was immediately dismissed from the program. Fairchild is merely suspended pending a review of whether or not he violated team rules. If domestic abuse isn't against team rules, now might be a good time for an amendment.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Freddie Fairchild is an idiot. You give him the opportunity to have an education and make something of himself and he does this. I am sure that this is not the first time he has been in trouble or hurt someone I'm sure the other coaches just always got him out of it. I hope that Bobby Petrino will not allow him to play football for him. What he did was very serious, and why should this even have to be "pending a review of whether or not he violated team rules"? If he would of killed her would they still have to review whether or not he violated team rules?
Posted at 11:04AM on Mar 26th 2008 by nofreddiefan
2. This guy is pathetic. Boy, it takes a "real" man to beat a woman. Obviously this a nothing new for him. He should be kicked off the football team and kicked out of the school. If this doesn't violate team rules, what exactly does? Honestly, how many other woman does he have to hurt????? I hope he is punished to the full extent of the law. He deserves nothing less.
Posted at 10:32AM on Mar 28th 2008 by freddiesapunk
3. i actually dated freddie fairchild and ended our relationship due to his violent nature which was short into it. he never put his hands on me but i could see it was leading to that. it doesnt surprise me that he would do this. i think it is sickening how the football players are treated like some kind of a god in this area. the majority of the players that i know personally are very arrogant and act like spoiled little children because of how they are treated by society. i know that this isnt the first time freddie has been in trouble like this. the last girl dropped the charges because she was getting so many death threats from angry fans that she didnt go through with it and it all went away as im sure this will. freddie needs help
Posted at 11:13AM on Apr 9th 2008 by freddieslost
4. Well... i dated him too. I was blind i new bout his incident wit the other girls but he was telling me they was just gruppies and they was making it all up just too make him have too stay in get money. but then i had the expierence he stole from me put his hands on me n made me walk home twice at 3 am. he is crazy in he shouldnt be allowed too do this too anybody else anymore. I HOPE SOMEBODY STOPS HIM SOON.
Posted at 6:25PM on May 29th 2008 by Brittany