
Most of us remember the incident that triggered the zero tolerance policy adopted by the University of Kentucky’s athletics department. A 1998 tragedy claimed the lives of UK football player Artie Steinmetz and Chris Brock, a close friend of Tim Couch. The accident was alcohol related and also involved UK center Jason Watts, who was driving the vehicle. C.M. Newton quickly. Any student athlete involved in an alcohol or drug related incident would be dismissed.