Twitter video/overtime
Early this morning a viral video of an extremely dirty foul at a college basketball went viral. The video comes from a Monday night game between two Division-III schools Fitchburg State and Nichols.
Watch as a a player on Fitchburg State straight up cold cocks a Nichols player in the face with an elbow after he takes a three-point shot.
This is disgusting 😣 pic.twitter.com/D8xihwFmwT
— Overtime (@overtime) November 14, 2018
Internet detectives quickly identified the Fitchburg State player who threw the punch as Kewan Platt.
Looks like it is Kewan Platt from the Fitchburg State Falcons. If this is him, the funny thing is he is majoring in Criminal Justice lol
— Jeff The Tweeter (@DonJewxote) November 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/the_chris_scott/status/1062738079658790913
People are already calling for Platt to be expelled from school.
https://twitter.com/RyanJSergeant/status/1062745967051661313
https://twitter.com/T1D1W1/status/1062742212075839488
@FSU_Falcons As a former student and athlete at FSC(U) , please send out a statement on that horrifically dirty play in the basketball game. That's a disgrace to anyone associated with Fitchburg.
— theBDC99 (@AKSARBEN80) November 14, 2018
@FSU_Falcons wow. I hope yall called the cops on your own player.
— Chris (@bestsportnascar) November 14, 2018
Great choice…. @FSU_Falcons @FSUFalconsMBB suspend and press charges on this low life
— e (@ecarlson1016) November 14, 2018
@FSU_Falcons this kid represents your program. Uncalled for and dirty. https://t.co/J8EbMYwPFx
— CoachTB.CSM Football (@tlbutler5) November 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/Justified111/status/1062755804766441473
Update: Fitchburg State announced that Platt has been indefinitely suspended and has barred from campus for the time being.
“The Fitchburg State community is appalled by the conduct displayed during Tuesday night’s home basketball game,” Fitchburg State athletic director Matthew Burke said in a statement. “The player involved has been indefinitely suspended from the team and barred from campus, effective immediately. His behavior is antithetical to our community values and good sportsmanship. Fitchburg State does not tolerate behavior that violates those standards. The case is being reviewed at the student conduct level for consideration of further sanctions.”