Flory dismissed as Athletics deals with more trouble
During the last nine months, the Central Michigan University football team has lost two of its most essential members to off-the-field trouble.
Now, it has definitively lost one of its potential standouts in wide receiver Andrew Flory.
Flory was handed his second suspension of the season on Sept. 9 for a violation of team rules.
Team representatives would not give an explanation for Flory’s second suspension.
His first suspension came during the summer months after he and teammate Ryan Oruche were arrested on June 7 – Flory and Oruche attempted to steal $500 worth of DVDs and snacks from Walmart.
Oruche was let go from the team almost immediately following the incident. Flory was suspended from the team on July 1.
Flory finished second among CMU receivers last season with 32 catches for 384 yards and two touchdowns. He is regarded arguably CMU’s second-best wide receiver behind senior Titus Davis.
Flory made his first appearance of 2014 in the second quarter of the Chippewas powerhouse win over Purdue last weekend. He saw limited playing time but was not thrown to.
The football team is not the only athletic program to take a black eye this fall.
On August 27, Athletic Director Dave Heeke announced the firing of Tom Beidleman as the university’s women’s golf coach in a release.
The release stated, “It recently came to our attention that Tom Beidleman was lacking the necessary degree requirements for this position.”
Later that day, Heeke told Central Michigan Life a bachelor’s degree was an essential quality a Division I golf coach must have.
Beidleman submitted his credentials via CMU’s Human Resources Department and Faculty Personnel Services.
“I’m disappointed,” Heeke said. “At the same time, I know we have guidelines in place and when those aren’t followed, we act swiftly.”
Last November, freshman quarterback Darrien Boone was kicked off the football team after he used a stolen credit card to purchase nearly $90 in gas and food.
