VSU suspends for semester football player charged in fight

RICHMOND, Virginia  -- Virginia State University has suspended for one semester the football player who was charged in the fight that led to the cancellation of the CIAA championship football game in November.

VSU running back Lamont Britt was charged with assault after the fight that left the opposing quarterback for Winston-Salem State University with cuts around his eye.

Michael M. Shackleford, VSU’s vice president for student affairs, said Britt’s case, which was scheduled to be heard this week in Forsyth County, N.C., was continued.

Shackleford announced the suspension at a meeting today of the board of visitors.

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