David Knighton Kicked out of School

Harding has a reputation of kicking people out of school and a very strict rules policy. I personally believe that as christains this is not they way we should act. As Christians we all make mistakes. Our job is to try to bring everyone we know to christ no matter what mistakes they have made in the past. We are not the judge only God is. We should not kcik students out of school for minor infractions only major ones (I am not making a judgement on if the bleow article is a major or minor infraction). I just think as Christains we should show the grace that we are given and remember that these young adults might make mistakes and to kick them out of school and have them lose the money they paid, the lose of a semester of work, and the bad feelings that will be created to God might not be the best decision. I don't know how you try to make Harding students reflect christ while letting them expierence life and make mistakes. I don't know if make them doing couseling sessions, loss of scholorships, or give them so many warnings (like 3 strikes and your out). I feel sory for this indivual listed below, even though certain things have been left out. I won't go into to much detail but the article makes it seem like it was a random girl not his girlfriend who they went on date that night. Any one who went to Harding knows you can get into the dorms after curfew for a few hours so she was very late. Also they both lied to the administration as to were she was. Which did not help their case. This also was not a first time they have had problems with this indivual.


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- One of the top quarterbacks in Division II might not play again at the college level.
David Knighton of Harding University has been suspended from school for a code of conduct violation. His father, Reggie Knighton, said the senior is being punished for allowing a female student to spend the night at his off-campus residence.
"My son is being done a great injustice," Reggie Knighton said Wednesday.
Harding (2-8) plays its final game of the season Saturday at Arkansas Tech.
David Knighton, a member of The Associated Press Little All-America team last year, has appealed his suspension.
Harding, a private school in Searcy affiliated with the Churches of Christ, says in its student handbook that "staying overnight in a motel, hotel or any such arrangement with a member of the opposite gender will result in suspension, although explicit sexual immorality may not have been observed."
David Knighton was not available for comment. His father said he believed the incident in question happened last weekend.
"My understanding is that this young lady, she missed a curfew and needed a place to stay. She knew she was in trouble, was probably going to be suspended or something like that," Reggie Knighton said. "She called David and asked if she could come over there. David said, 'Well, I'm not telling you to come over here. The door is open."'
Reggie Knighton said the young woman came over.
"She slept on the couch, left that morning," he said.
He said his son found out about his punishment soon after.
"They were judge, jury and God all in one," Reggie Knighton said.
The school would not go into detail about Knighton's situation.
"Harding has a long-standing policy of not discussing student personnel matters," a school public relations director said in a statement. "The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations prohibit us from releasing information from students' records. Included in that information is any disclosure involving student disciplinary records, academic records or health records."
Reggie Knighton defended his son, saying the woman's safety could have been at risk if Knighton had turned her away.
"This decision that he made, he thought was a Christian decision -- not to leave someone out in the cold," he said.
David Knighton has thrown for 3,834 yards and 24 touchdowns this season.