Lawyer: UH can't suspend Dunnachie

Paul Cunney claims the university missed a 72-hour window to impose the discipline

By Ferd Lewis

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 26, 2012

~~The attorney for punter Alex Dunnachie said the University of Hawaii wants his client to sit out this season and he is contesting the school's authority to suspend him.
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Paul Cunney: 
"I would hope that the coach 
could come up with creative 
ways (other than a suspension) 
to discipline him."</div>
Dunnachie has not been suspended for his July 7 arrest on a DUI allegation, but attorney Paul Cunney said in a letter to UH interim athletic director Rockne Freitas, "I am requesting a meeting with you as soon as possible to prevent Coach (Norm) Chow from suspending Alex Dunnachie after he appears in Honolulu District Court on Friday Aug. 3, which would violate the code of conduct of the student athlete."
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The attorney for punter Alex Dunnachie said the University of Hawaii wants his client to sit out this season and he is contesting the school's authority to suspend him. Paul Cunney: "I would hope that the coach could come up with creative ways (other than a suspension) to discipline him."

Dunnachie has not been suspended for his July 7 arrest on a DUI allegation, but attorney Paul Cunney said in a letter to UH interim athletic director Rockne Freitas, "I am requesting a meeting with you as soon as possible to prevent Coach (Norm) Chow from suspending Alex Dunnachie after he appears in Honolulu District Court on Friday Aug. 3, which would violate the code of conduct of the student athlete." Login for more...