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Athletes with criminal record not common at Iowa State
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University Wire
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December 9, 2002
- Author:
- Jill Sederstrom
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(Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Charges brought against several
large names in the world of college athletics have made headlines
in recent months. Despite this coverage, an Iowa State Daily investigation
revealed a relatively low number of ISU student-athletes having a
criminal record in Iowa.
Earlier this semester, Iowa basketball player Pierre Pierce pleaded
guilty to charges of assault causing injury in November. Then ISU
basketball player Chris Alexander was suspended from the team in October
after a bar fight.
Yet the Daily investigation shows only 6.6 percent of ISU student-
athletes have any type of Iowa criminal record.
The men's basketball team had ...