Posted on 08/04/2006 10:00:14 AM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
USC safety Brandon Ting tested positive for steroids last winter and would have been ineligible this season before deciding to quit the football team with his twin brother, Ryan, according to multiple sources.
According to an NCAA official, players who test positive lose one year of eligibility and are held out of competition for one year. The penalty cannot coincide with a redshirt year.
Brandon Ting was going to be a senior. He practiced last spring and would have been eligible to practice this fall, as long as he did not play in games.
Brandon Ting could not be reached for comment. Last week, Ryan Ting released a statement when the brothers announced they would no longer play football to concentrate on the demands of their medical school ambitions.
According to a school spokesperson, the brothers are enrolled in a post-baccalaureate program for medical school.
"For the past three-and-a-half years, Brandon and I have been able to balance the demands of football and academics," Ryan Ting said. "Now, as our focus turns toward medical school, we realized it was in our best interests to end our playing careers.
"We realized we couldn't balance both if we want to be serious about med school. While it is difficult to leave our teammates, we know that they and the talented incoming recruits will have great season in 2006.
"We appreciate the opportunity that Coach (Pete) Carroll gave us, we value the fact that we were part of some special times at USC."
Carroll could not be reached for comment.
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Sam?
Wow... good catch... I didn't realize make the connection until now...
The Ting's dad is Arthur Ting... Barry Bond's orthopedic surgeon!!
I'm sorry, I must have missed it, but was Frostee ever convicted?
Darrell Bing is a different player. The Ting Brothers stink, apparently steroids don't always work.
Love the Bonds connection.
Actually, the Ting brothers don't stink. On almost any other team in the nation they would be starters. They were going to play a much larger role this season on the team.
They stunk in the Rose Bowl last year while getting their first shot because of injuries. They were the ones overpursing Vince all day.
I know, they aren't on the same level as everyone else on the team. But I still think they'd be starting if it were any other team....besides Texas maybe :-)
The Tings have tremendous heart, but they are not athletic enough to contribute significantly at USC. One got moved to wide receiver where he would be about 8th on the depth chart and the other was buried in the secondary. Both did play special teams, but the only reason they were on the field in last year's Rose Bowl was because of all the injuries.
I went to the spring training scrimmage a few months ago and got a chance to see Sanchez. I was VERY impressed. He reminded me so much of Carson Palmer. Tall, athletic and confident in the pocket. I would have no problem with him starting. However I didn't get to see Booty because of his back injury, but if he's good enough to beat Sanchez for the starting position then I have no problem with that.
If ever there was a missed opportunity for the old "no it was my twin brother" defense, this was it.
You're in Pasadena this year I believe, beware The Gutty Little Bruins.
UCLA Grad Perdogg??
Do some research before you spout rumors as fact
He is called "the doctor to the stars" and has caught flack for being the doctor for Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants.
He has worked with former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders, former San Francisco 49ers running back Roger Craig, golfer Tiger Woods, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming and the Dallas Cowboys's Terrell Owens.
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