I've been thinking about this for a while...finally decided to rant about it.  If you care to read it...it can be found at:

http://blog.chess.com/Endgame_Clothing/sam-shankland-and-other-young-heroes

Sam addresses this issue in detail on his blog, which you can find here.

I couldn't believe it either. I was there and he had taken a quick draw that day. I wonder if that had anything to do with it.

I talked to him, he said that hes quitting chess but will still teach.

He won't quit. He is just angry.