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Chase Young’s suspension has dominated the headlines during Week 11 of college football and will likely continue to be a major story for weeks to come and now Ohio State superfan LeBron James has weighed in.
While the situation is very much still ongoing and the details are, for the most part, very unclear James seems to think he knows exactly what’s going on.
The fact Chase Young even had to borrow money from a family member just so his girlfriend could come see him play in one of the biggest games of his life(🌹 Bowl) should tell you all you need to know. And since y’all always wanna know more he paid it back to his family member. 🤦🏾♂️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) November 9, 2019
🤔🤦🏾♂️ See what I’m saying now! They don’t care about them kids at all. Only about how they can make them 💰 💴 💵 https://t.co/EwBmHdK3YB
— LeBron James (@KingJames) November 9, 2019
Friday’s initial reports and Young himself confirmed that he would miss Ohio State’s game against Maryland on Saturday after he admitted to accepting a loan from a family friend but paying it back in full last summer. Later it was reported that that ‘family friend’ may actually be an NFL agent.
More details emerged in a report from The Athletic that the loan dates back to last December to fly his girlfriend to California for the Rose Bowl. Last, but not least, ESPN is now expecting a four-game suspension to come from the NCAA, but the Buckeyes will appeal.
Not sure why this is so confusing for some. Chase Young INITIAL punishment is 4 games based on amount taken. He has paid it back. And again don’t leave this out. OSU will appeal and expects to hear back next week from the NCAA. My guess is it’s reduced to 2-3 games.
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) November 9, 2019
The entire situation certainly smells of the NCAA yet again punishing a student-athlete for doing something both completely normal and legal for regular college kids if, in fact, the girlfriend angle of the story comes to be the truth.
As far as James’ take, he’s certainly not wrong in ripping the NCAA saying it doesn’t care about the kids at all, any college sports fan knows that to be the case more often than not, but with Young’s story completely up in the air at this point his tweet about the girlfriend situation may not age well.
The fact that this story randomly came about just now after the loan was reportedly accepted nearly a year ago makes things feel a bit off, but only time will tell.
If Young is handed a four-game suspension and it holds, if it includes the missed game against Maryland then he won’t be available until the Buckeyes’ potential Big Ten title game.
Young was a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate up to this point of the year, but this suspension takes that dream off of the table.
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Mark is a New York City-based writer and editor at BroBible. You can follow him on Twitter @MarkAndHisWords.