define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Well, That Didn’t Take Long… http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/16/well-that-didnt-take-long/ The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 By: franklin http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/16/well-that-didnt-take-long/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:49:49 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=874#comment-693 If, and that is a big supposition, grades were changed for DA during his sophomore year in High School, it has no effect on KU or his college eligibility. The teacher likely violated state and federal privacy laws by illegally peering into a student’s grades and then showing the grades to the media. If anyone is at fault here, it is the accuser, because academic records are protected material that should NEVER be given out without a judicial warrant or a waiver from the student. There’s a reason schools must obtain academic transcripts directly from the student or have the student fill out a waiver form.
Also, KU is not affected by this because the university was given clearance for DA from the NCAA Clearinghouse, whose responsibility is to ensure the validity of transcripts. This usually entails precursory interviews with school officials, be it via phone or in person. The Clearinghouse has no legal authority to depose teachers or administrators for the purposes of validating a transcript, so they must go on the words of the interviewees, the transcript, and the school’s standing in the community and state. KU is absolved of any and all wrong doing, because at no time were they ever informed of supposed wrong doing. KU is an ethically run school (the ’88 probation was caused by Brown providing airfare for a student to return home to visit an ailing relative… after the KU and SMU ordeals, they subsequently changed the rules to actually be fair… not that SMU didn’t deserve their death sentence)
Anyone that claims KU’s National Championship should be voided is simply ludicrous, jealous, angry, or a mixture of the three. DA had good grades at KU, mainly because the university provides mandatory tutoring for all first-year student D1 student athletes, and closely monitors ALL academic performance of student athletes (e.g. Bill Self finds out same or next day if a player misses a class)

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By: rtmsf http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/16/well-that-didnt-take-long/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:21:33 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=874#comment-691 Right. Playing with an ineligible player (even if it wasn’t KU’s fault) exposes KU to the liability (i.e., penalties) of using him.

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By: nvr1983 http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/16/well-that-didnt-take-long/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Sun, 18 May 2008 00:12:28 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=874#comment-687 SuperCorona, if Arthur didn’t actually make the grades necessary to meet eligibility requirements he should not have played, which means all the Jayhawks victories would be voided.

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By: SuperCorona http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/16/well-that-didnt-take-long/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:56 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=874#comment-688 What’s KU got to do with this? The alleged grade changing happened long before Arthur was interested in KU. He had a verbal with Indiana, until Mike Davis left. The NCAA Clearinghouse said he was eligible and KU gave him a scholarship.

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