DuffMan
Well-Known Member
I have been fairly keyed into the Hubbard situation from the get go and thought I would share some of it with you guys. As I’ve read in previous threads, if Hubbard left for any reason other than he didn’t feel comfortable in Iowa City it was the best kept secret in the history of Iowa sports. Evidently it was.
As most of you know the recruitment of Hubbard was unique. Also unique were the conditions of the scholarship offer. Before Iowa would allow Hubbard a spot on the team he had to agree to a long list of rules, in some cases specific only to him. These rules ran from obvious, no drugs of any sort, to the mundane he had to perform well in school, couldn’t hang out in bars, or be out and about at all hours of the night. In order for Hubbard to remain in good standing with the team he had to have 100% compliance with the rules set in place.
Now I don’t have first hand knowledge of the rule that he ran afoul of but I can say with near 100% certainty he did break one of his “conditions of employment”, so to speak. I do know what Hubbard did to run afoul of the program won’t appear in any police blotters or in any of the papers. I can also say that if another player had been guilty of the same thing the penalty might have been as small as an *** chewing, or a little mandatory off season conditioning. However Hubbard wasn’t just “another player”, he was unique. I doubt we will ever know for certain the infraction Hubbard was guilty of, and I doubt Iowa’s story on the matter will ever change, but I am 100% certain that what I’ve told you is correct.
This chain of events also makes perfect sense when you look at Iowa’s athletic departments actions in the matter. As Hubbard had already assigned his LOI and enrolled Iowa could not retract the scholarship offer for the 2011-2012 academic year. However they could tell Hubbard in no uncertain terms that he would not be allowed practice, travel, or live with any members of the team. In essence he would be dead to them and his scholarship would not be renewed the following year effectively ending his college career.
His other option would be to leave the team voluntarily and not be a distraction. In exchange for that Iowa agreed to give him a full release and would agree not to make public the details of his departure or bad mouth him to members of the media or possible suitors.
When viewed in it’s entirety everything fits, including the wording of Hubbard’s release in which he said he would work with his Juco coach and his family in an attempt to find a fit that was perhaps closer to home.
Sorry for the delay on this, I really hoped to have more details on the situation, but it’s become apparent that no further information will likely come to light in the near future.
As most of you know the recruitment of Hubbard was unique. Also unique were the conditions of the scholarship offer. Before Iowa would allow Hubbard a spot on the team he had to agree to a long list of rules, in some cases specific only to him. These rules ran from obvious, no drugs of any sort, to the mundane he had to perform well in school, couldn’t hang out in bars, or be out and about at all hours of the night. In order for Hubbard to remain in good standing with the team he had to have 100% compliance with the rules set in place.
Now I don’t have first hand knowledge of the rule that he ran afoul of but I can say with near 100% certainty he did break one of his “conditions of employment”, so to speak. I do know what Hubbard did to run afoul of the program won’t appear in any police blotters or in any of the papers. I can also say that if another player had been guilty of the same thing the penalty might have been as small as an *** chewing, or a little mandatory off season conditioning. However Hubbard wasn’t just “another player”, he was unique. I doubt we will ever know for certain the infraction Hubbard was guilty of, and I doubt Iowa’s story on the matter will ever change, but I am 100% certain that what I’ve told you is correct.
This chain of events also makes perfect sense when you look at Iowa’s athletic departments actions in the matter. As Hubbard had already assigned his LOI and enrolled Iowa could not retract the scholarship offer for the 2011-2012 academic year. However they could tell Hubbard in no uncertain terms that he would not be allowed practice, travel, or live with any members of the team. In essence he would be dead to them and his scholarship would not be renewed the following year effectively ending his college career.
His other option would be to leave the team voluntarily and not be a distraction. In exchange for that Iowa agreed to give him a full release and would agree not to make public the details of his departure or bad mouth him to members of the media or possible suitors.
When viewed in it’s entirety everything fits, including the wording of Hubbard’s release in which he said he would work with his Juco coach and his family in an attempt to find a fit that was perhaps closer to home.
Sorry for the delay on this, I really hoped to have more details on the situation, but it’s become apparent that no further information will likely come to light in the near future.
Last edited:
