| | Twelve players reinstated in time for bowl game
Associated Press
ST. PAUL -- The University of Minnesota football players who
improperly used an athletic department long-distance access code
have repaid the school for the phone calls and are back on the
team.
"I'm moving on, that's yesterday's news," Coach Glen Mason
said after practice Thursday. "I've already wrapped the fish on
that one."
He said 12 of the 13 players involved in the access code abuse
will travel Friday to Miami, where they'll play North Carolina
State in the Micronpc.com Bowl on Dec. 28.
Mason said one of the 13 had been "eliminated" from going to
the bowl for other reasons. He said he would not identify the
player or explain why he wasn't going to the game.
"I can't release that information as of yet because I haven't
notified the people I need to," Mason said.
The 13 players were suspended Wednesday after a preliminary
investigation into the improper charges found that between Aug. 29
and Nov. 29, the players and five other students made more than
1,500 improper calls costing more than $1,600. The players were
suspended until they repaid about $420 in charges.
The players admitted using the code but denied knowing it was
only for university-authorized use. Three of the players charged
more than $100 each while one charged about $1.30.
University officials were still investigating in hopes of
determining who first obtained the code.
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