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Hearing begins for suspended Gophers football players
Ten suspended University of Minnesota football players arrived at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs Thursday afternoon for the appeal hearing that will determine their futures with the school.
All are enrolled in the current semester at the university but have been recommended for penalties from expulsion to probation for their roles in an alleged sexual assault last fall.
The students had all arrived more than a half an hour before the hearing was to begin at 2 p.m. The closed door session was to last until 11 p.m.
The players filed in silently, all sharply dressed and accompanied by parents and lawyers.
Read more: http://www.startribune.com/hearing-begins-for-suspended-gopher-football-players/411901346/