http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6175090


Brandon Davies was dismissed from BYU's basketball team after he admitted to having sexual relations with his girlfriend, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday.

BYU's honor code forbids students from having premarital sex and instructs them to "live a chaste and virtuous life."
The newspaper reported that Davies met with school officials on Monday.

BYU officials would only confirm Wednesday that Davies wasn't involved in anything criminal that resulted in his dismissal from the team.

University spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said an honor code review is under way to determine if the BYU sophomore will be allowed to remain in school, as well as his status with the team next season.

BYU's honor code also requires students to be honest; abstain from alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee and substance abuse; and attend church regularly.

The school announced the dismissal on Tuesday night after being made aware of the violation Monday -- the same day that BYU (27-2, 13-1 Mountain West) vaulted to No. 3 in the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls.

In their first game without Davies on Wednesday, the Cougars lost 82-64 to New Mexico. BYU guard Jimmer Fredette said after the game Davies had apologized to his teammates.

"He told us he was sorry and let us down," Fredette said. "We told him it's OK. Sometimes in life we make mistakes. We've got to play through it."

Davies had started 26 of 29 games and averaged 11.1 points and a team-leading 6.2 rebounds.

The sophomore was a key member of BYU's frontcourt and was instrumental in helping contain San Diego State's forwards in the Cougars' 80-67 victory over the Aztecs.

No one discussed details of what occurred with Davies after the game but BYU coach Dave Rose discussed the school's controversial honor code.

"Everybody who comes to BYU, every student if they're an athlete or not an athlete, they make a commitment when they come," Rose said of the school's honor code. "A lot of people try to judge if this is right or wrong, but it's a commitment they make. It's not about right or wrong. It's about commitment."

Davies was one of Fredette's favorite targets in the post, ran the floor well and gave the Cougars length and size inside.

 

sounds about right.

 

admissions numbers for this fall will drop by a lot

 

Heard about this on the radio this morning. That is soooooo lame. But, if you're not totally in with the ideals, you shouldn't be going to a mormon or catholic school I guess.

 

How is that so lame? It wasn't hidden text in a contract. Each individual knows this when entering the program so if you dont like/agree with the policy (or any other policy of any particular university) THEN DONT FUCKING GO.

It's like going to work for a company and they insist you wear their uniform and one day you show up in street clothes....they fire you. Dont bitch about it when you knew what you had to do.

 

Premarital sex? Why don't they just throw him in the dungeon while they're at it.

 

Its BYU... I'm not surprised. I'm pretty sure you can get kicked out of the morman church for having sex outside of marriage.

 

That's basically what I said in the second part of my post. While I agree that he knew the rules going in and shouldn't have gone to school there if he wasn't going to be able to abide by them, that doesn't mean I have to agree with the rules in the first place.

I would think that you, of all people, would find a rule prohibiting pre-marital sex to be lame.

 

I might think it's ridiculous this day in age but those who attend that school dont and full (or so we think) on know the consequence of their actions. Listen, Im not against rules of religion as long as they dont directly effect me. Go pray, go abstain, go say Hail Marys, go visit a sacred wall, just dont get me involved.

I hope Jimmer claims he's gay.

 

I'm confused though, why do you have to abstain from Coffee and Tea. What if you get a sore throat, Tea and Honey works well, can that get you expelled.

Weird rule; that would be a deal breaker for me.