University of Michigan-Dearborn suspends 20 softball players after holding practice
DEARBORN, Mich. โ Twenty members of University of Michigan-Dearbornโs softball team have been suspended after holding practice. The team was originally not allowed to practice for three weeks, but that changed to a two-game suspension for the players. This absolutely feels like retaliation against a young student athlete who called them on the carpet and they didnโt like it,โ said Skeneโs father, Doug Skene. Doug Skene said this type of first-time infraction should merit a warning as opposed to mass suspensions. Not only was it not allowed, now itโs being recognized as punished,โ Doug Skene said.
University of Michigan-Dearborn athletes fighting to play this spring after season cancellation
DEARBORN โ University of Michigan-Dearborn athletes made a plea Thursday after the university cancelled spring sports season for the second straight year. The decision was made Wednesday despite other schools in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference continuing on with their sports. When Skene and the rest of her softball teammates received an email Wednesday canceling the spring sports season again, she said it was heartbreaking. However, Skene started making calls of her own and shared her findings at Thursdayโs Board of Regents meeting. โThe biggest thing is that we are finally heard and actually being listened to this time, instead of just told to keep our mouth shut and do what weโre told to,โ Skene said.