Big 12 Team Bans Newspaper After it Reported on a Locker Room Assault
13 locker room assault that led to the dismissal of senior safety Jacob Fields from the football team,” Barnes wrote.“In a phone conversation Sunday, a TCU athletics spokesman said the Star-Telegram’s credentials were being pulled because the coverage resulted in threats to the victim. “In that article, a source close to Fields said the player ‘felt targeted by teammates with insults and threats’ leading up to the altercation and that TCU coaches made ‘no attempts to de-escalate the brewing tension.’“Dykes declined to comment for that story, as did athletics spokesperson Kyle Neaves. TCU officials disputed the source’s account of what led to the attack in conversations with the Star-Telegram, but they have declined to provide the university’s version of events for publication.”View 0 CommentsRequest Reprint & LicensingSubmit CorrectionView Editorial & AI Guidelines
- ▪13 locker room assault that led to the dismissal of senior safety Jacob Fields from the football team,” Barnes wrote.“In a phone conversation Sunday, a TCU athletics spokesman said the Star-Telegram’s credentials were being pulled because t
- ▪“In that article, a source close to Fields said the player ‘felt targeted by teammates with insults and threats’ leading up to the altercation and that TCU coaches made ‘no attempts to de-escalate the brewing tension.’“Dykes declined to com
- ▪TCU officials disputed the source’s account of what led to the attack in conversations with the Star-Telegram, but they have declined to provide the university’s version of events for publication.”View 0 CommentsRequest Reprint & LicensingS
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By Michael GallagherSports Content Coordinator0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.We live in a day and age where when college or professional teams flex their muscle and revoke media credentials for reporters or new outlets, word gets around fast.That’s exactly what happened when TCU banned the Fort Worth Star-Telegram from covering any of the school’s athletic teams after the paper recently reported on a violent physical assault that happened in the football team’s locker room that led to senior safety Jacob Fields getting dismissed from the program.According to Jim Barnes of the Star-Telegram, the university informed the outlet of its decision on Wednesday…
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