QUOTE(steelfrog @ Apr 13 2010, 03:35 PM) [snapback]544327[/snapback]
He didn't write it--it was originally a piece about some other school. I first saw it in connection with Allen H.S. Seen it several other times on the internet
http://allenburris.blogspot.com/2010/04/bu...estigation.html
http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=4308...1287#pid5351287
Friday, April 9, 2010
Butler Hoops Team Under Investigation
By ROBERT SIMMONS
Associated Press Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS(AP)--Butler's run in the NCAA Men's Basketball National
Championship Game may be tarnished after reports surfaced today that all
13 players on the roster are being given good educations in an effort to
help them find good jobs after they leave the school. "It's important to
remember that right now these are only allegations -- allegations that we
are looking into," said NCAA president James Isch.
"But, obviously, if true, this would be very disappointing. The NCAA has
certain expectations and standards. It's not fair for players at one
school to be given good educations while athletes at other member schools
receive basic, remedial instruction that is worth essentially nothing."
According to documents seized from the school's registrar's office,
Butler players have received an education worth $38,616 per year totaling
more than $150,000 over a four-year career.
Compare that to player at a school like Kentucky , where tuition is set
at $4,051 -- but with an actual value far below that. “We don't want to
say too much until these reports are confirmed," said Kentucky head
basketball coach John Calipari. "But we're talking about almost $140,000
difference in education per player -- and that's even if my players
stayed four years or graduated, which many of them do not. Then these
Butler players are reportedly stepping into good jobs after graduation
while my kids, if they don't make the NBA, have absolutely no job
prospects or life skills. It's far from a balanced playing field. They
are buying the best players by giving them a high-priced education."
In addition to the allegations that they were given an expensive
education, many Butler players have been spotted around campus holding
books, studying and engaging in interesting conversations. Others have
been seen with people who are known to not be tutors. Butler point guard
and Kentucky native Ronald Nored, who is reportedly a secondary education
major, denied allegations that the Bulldog program is cheating.
"The discourse on this matter is fatuous and inane," he said, implicating
the program further.
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