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And it came after a plea by the " ' ‘:‘\;\ “They (the administration) players to reconsider the decision ; don't understand the mindset of a at a press conference last Thursday ’1 I .. football player. To understand it. Just down the hall from their now G\°“‘~{ 1'" ask them, and nobody did." emptydressing room. ’ 5 1 Warriors athletic director Bob In front of more than 200 sup- ' , ’1 Copeland told (iTV Southwest's , porters, many of thetti wearing yelv Q“ ‘ ‘ ..â€" an“. n Nâ€" ProvinceWide program on Sunday i low shirts emblazoned with the M y 0‘" fl “'3‘ that they are still committed to l word "Believe , they gave UW's \ ‘ > ‘ \ ,, , A“ providing the varsity experience to i administration until Friday at l ‘1 t k 2 ,. new recruits and existing players . pm to reconsider suspending the f 4“ 5 Â¥ '1 . this coming season to ensure the I program fora season. Instead, they ‘ .\ ‘- ! long-term existence of the pro appealed for them to put the pro- ' y _ gram. ' gram on probation 1' ‘1 That includes a full training ‘I "let them play." was the refrain 1 , 1 camp. practices and other football { heard from the audience. and it ‘ ’/ related activities, But they will play I was echoed in radio talk shows z- I ' ‘ 8 no regular season games. 1 and sports prograriis across the Warriors fifth-year captain Patrick McGarry speaks to supports of the program last week asking for the University The Chronicle contacted country who decried the tiniversi- of Waterloo to consider probation instead of suspension of the 2010 season. Copeland on Monday and was ty's decision as draconian “t“ “WW “'0'“ referred to a university spokesman. Word of the move to suspend ed along with [enden including a to be on the day of their testing the program who resigned in dis» "We're suspending competitive the program even teat bed the current and a former player at the meant it wasn't done. gust when he heard UW was sus» play but we still want to have the pages ofthe New York Times as the school The US is promising random pending the season, said the training, and we've alluded to the worst drug scandal in (.anadian 'I'here was a concern that the testing of players at laurier, and to school already lost its top three fact that we've talked to the (Ill. lnteruniversiiy Athletics and its drug st andal was even more Wide- better improve its testing regime recruits with the news of the sanc about doing something With our outi ome bet ame fodder for the spread, leading the school to ask after criticism fell on it during the tion last week. students but nothing has been pundits for teamrwide drugtesting, Players scandal for not doing enough in He said another l3 recriiits folr firmed up yet." said spokesperson But inst as many supported the at other schools were also tested, the first place, lowed them and he expects a lot Michael Strickland. university‘s tough statue on including members of the Guelph As for the Warriors players' Ultir more will be making that decision "We asked for the charite." said steroids that tame after one of the (iryphons football club and the matum last Friday, it passed by this week lender "And if it takes two weeks school s football players. 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