really, banning people from a friendly local forum like this one should be reserved for serious infractions. there are plenty of people that post dumb stuff totally off topic and troll these forums. Sam didn't do anything that should have gotten him kicked off the forum. in fact, he made the forum much more entertaining to read.
the admins on this forum have been getting a little out of hand with editing/deleting users' posts and banning people. Seriously, throwing your weight around like that and banning people that you and everyone else in the club knows in real life is only going to damage the community. do you really want that?