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How should UCLA discipline the 3 players caught shoplifting in China?

LaVar Ball (L), father of basketball player LiAngelo Ball and the owner of the Big Baller brand, sits with his other son LaMelo Ball during a promotional event in Hong Kong on November 14, 2017.
UCLA players LiAngelo Ball -- the younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie star Lonzo Ball -- and teammates Cody Riley and Jalen Hill were arrested on November 7 in Hangzhou ahead of their regular-season-opening game against Georgia Tech in nearby Shanghai this past weekend. ESPN reported that they were nabbed on suspicion of stealing from a Louis Vuitton store and later freed on bail but ordered to remain in Hangzhou.  / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE        (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)
LaVar Ball (L), father of basketball player LiAngelo Ball and the owner of the Big Baller brand, sits with his other son LaMelo Ball (R) during a promotional event in Hong Kong on November 14, 2017. LiAngelo Ball and UCLA basketball teammates Cody Riley and Jalen Hill were arrested on November 7 in Hangzhou.
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How should UCLA discipline the 3 players caught shoplifting in China?

The three Bruins basketball players who were detained in China for stealing Louis Vuitton sunglasses have now returned home.

While they escaped punishment in China, LiAngelo Ball and others now face potential penalty from the Bruins.

What’s appropriate discipline for the players?

Guests:

Rick Burton, professor of sport management and faculty athletic representative to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the NCAA at Syracuse University

Welch Suggs, associate professor of journalism at the University of Georgia; from 2005-2007 he was associate director for the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, an independent group established by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that looks at reforms to strengthen the educational mission of college sports