Eric Bledsoe story

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New report from Birmingham shows school records show Bledsoe had a C average in a class in which he received an A, which helped hike his three year core 1.75 gpa to a four year core of 2.5 by graduation. He needed 2.475 to qualify, and this grade discrepancy came in an Algebra III class that he took before Algebra II, making an A in both, even though he didn't have any math scores above a C before.

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This makes me wonder what's better? Having a Final Four appearance vacated or having an Elite Eight appearance vacated and having 5 guys drafted in the first round?

On a more serious note, I wonder if Bledsoe is going to be the guy to make the sanctions go to Calipari, who has always claimed no involvement in the Rose or Camby situations. Bledsoe was being recruited by Calipari to Memphis and wound up following him to Kentucky. It was reported that his hs coach demanded money to let him sign with any college (sounds like Anthony Davis allegations), and the academic fraud allegations make one recall the Rose test fraud. Maurice Ford denies demanding money from colleges.

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I'm guessing Bledsoe eventually will be declared ineligible, and Kentucky will wind up with a nice 1-30 something record for 2009-10 (Bledsoe did not play against Hartford), Ketnucky will have to give back tournament money, and the NCAA tournament for 2010 will have a few blank lines.
 
I'm the biggest college basketball fan you'll find, and I've just about to throw in the towel on this nonsense. What a cesspool.
 
Birmingham Board of Education meeting at 4 pm to receive report from law firm investigating the Bledsoe academic situation. Nice of this guy to put things in proper perspective. This isn't about academic fraud, NCAA oversight, athletic department complicity, or any of that.

It's all about whether Kentucky or North Carolina is the first school to 2,000 wins.
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mars, I got past where you are by concentrating on the people who are playing. As much as I'd like all of them to be on the college-bound track, when it comes to football and basketball, that's pretty much optional.
 
BTW, since the Birmingham Board decided to not change the grade, I step back from my prediction the NCAA will vacate Kentucky's season. I don't see the NCAA overruling an outside agency on its decision about its own records.
 
Yes, but the Bush case was about amateurism, not academic eligibility. The NCAA doesn't really have an outside agency to look to for a determination about whether a player has accepted benefits in violation of NCAA rules. The NCAA makes that determination on its own. In Bledsoe's case, the Birmingham schools issued the grade and made the decision concerning the validity of the grade. In Rose's case, the testing board, not the NCAA, vacated Rose's test score, and the NCAA then declared him retroactively academically ineligible.

I hope the NCAA takes a harder look--Bledsoe going from 1.75 after nearly 3 years to 2.5 after 4 years is highly suspicious, as is the huge amount of missing grade books, including grade books from his senior year. (Alabama state law requires them to be kept for 3 years).

Even more, I hope the NCAA enacts some legislation to require freshmen to obtain a minimum GPA in the fall to be allowed to play spring sports and to attend a minimum % of classes in the spring. NCAA members shouldn't be getting into a competition to see who can have the most one and dones who aren't going to class but are in the gym all day working on their games.
 
There really isn't anything the NCAA can do about district policies regarding transcripts and grade changes. Unless the district itself came forward and said "yeah we screwed up; here's a new grade report," there's no way they can overturn the original decision.

Just bad publicity all around. The NCAA looks weak for not being able to make a decision, the school district looks shady at best, and Kentucky looks like a bunch of cheaters, but what else is new?
 
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