A former University of Illinois offensive lineman sent a flurry of tweets Sunday afternoon and evening, accusing football coach Tim Beckman of abuse and Adam Engel Jersey misuse of power, in pushinghim to play through a serious injury.Simon Cvijanovi, a four-year starter at tackle, suffered a season-ending knee injury Nov. 1 in the Fighting Illinis game against Ohio State.MORE: | | Cvijanovi, who has completedhis college football eligibility, vented his anger Sunday on Twitter, sending out almost 100 tweets as of 11 p.m. In those tweets, he accusedBeckmanand his staff of pushing him toplay through a serious knee injuryand that Beckman preventsplayers from speaking up oni sues by"danglingscholarships like a carrot."My knee had a tear in the meniscus. Takes 6 months to James McCann Jersey heel if repaired. Ask Instead I was told it was no big deal. Back in two weeks Simon Cvijanovi (@IlliniSi) I quit football because the pre sure to get back on the field was too much from and his staff. I was too injured to continue. Simon Cvijanovi (@IlliniSi) Cvijanovi said he was also upset he was not invited for the teams trip to the Heart of Dallas Bowl, and that hedid not receive an invitation to the team'spostseason senior banquet. Cvijanovi met with Beckman on Friday to ask about not being invited for those events,and he claimed in a Tweet he was kicked out of Jose Abreu Jersey his office cuz he couldn't answer y I wasn't invited to the senior banquet.Which led to the flurry of tweets Sunday. Cvijanovi claims hes not alone in having problems with the 50-year-old Beckman, who is 12-25 in three seasons at Illinois.I'm not the only horror story of abuse and misuse Bruce Rondon Jersey of power by Simon Cvijanovi (@IlliniSi) But at least two of Cvijanovi's former teammates took to Twitter to defend their coach and school.Simon quit on his brothers when we needed him most. These coaches let him stay on scholarship to finish his degree. Teddy Karras (@_teddy_k) Everyone has a tough journey/story playing collegiate sports. Stop blaming one person or situation and start taking responsibility Miles Osei (@TheMiles8) On the other hand, a number of people in the Twitterverse cited Cvijanovi's tweets as proof that college athletes need a union and/or more compensation than just a scholarship.Read this dude's TL and try to make the case that Ivan Nova Jersey college athletes shouldn't be compensated beyond scholarships: Chad Markulics (@Chad_BSD)