check out this article http://www.businessweek.com/article...scandal-unc-fails-its-athletes-whistle-blower
Rehash of Dan Kane who has to sell papers to State fans. Yawn. Barrett is in the same boat as more people read nascar.com than that rag. Kudos for finding it though! :nopity::beathorse: I hope one day State athletics is relevant again. SCOREBOARD!
Liberals created college sports? Liberals controlled collegs sports? Liberals control the NCAA? What does political leaning have to do with a system that has to promote the use of less educationally qualified individuals to fuel the sports teams and the vast amounts of money associated with them? From almost eight years ago and nothing of significance has changed. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/02/fraud Goldfield fears that academic fraud cases are far more widespread than just the ones reported to the NCAA. Compliance officers can have a difficult time tracking down such cases, he said, because they can involve wrongdoing by people in all parts of an institution, and often rely on self-reporting by athletics officials. The NCAA did not have a comment for this article. Kevin Lennon, the association's vice president for membership services, said in a statement about the Florida State case that "the NCAA and its member institutions take seriously any allegation of academic misconduct" and that "these types of violations are among the most serious that can be committed." Lennon added that the NCAA is committed to its academic reform measures. The association has defended its eligibility changes by arguing that the focus should be primarily on what students can achieve in college and not just on their high school academic performance. But some say that stance ignores the reality that unprepared students often can't cut it in college. "Just because you're technically eligible to compete doesn't mean you are ready to compete in the classroom," said Tim Metcalf, director of compliance at East Carolina University. Terry Holland, a longtime men's basketball coach at the University of Virginia who is now athletics director at East Carolina, said coaches and college officials are under increasing pressure to accept any student who qualifies under the NCAA's rules. In his meetings with other athletics directors, Holland said he hasn't encountered one yet who says athletes are better prepared now than they were five years ago.
