[Adam]

Okay, in all seriousness, I'd give the benefit of the doubt to the coach here. Coaches aren't normally in a rush to kick scholarship athletes off the team right before the season starts. It's not like he can fill the scholarship now; for this season.

If the kid was warned and went anyway, he risked exposure. Just because the exposure came the way it did doesn't exonerate him.

When I got back from overseas, we were put on a restricted leave during which we could not leave a 50 mile radius from our home base. Nothing really stopped us from leaving, but we were told directly, "If you get into a car accident or something and you're somewhere you're not supposed to be...."

This isn't all that different.