i havent seen the quotes but heard about them on espn radio a few nights ago. i guess rose's high school coach said something about only meeting calipari once, and that rose's "people" handled the whole recruiting situation and also that he was a great kid to coach, even though hes not sure if he did that, because his "people" were always at his games talking to him or some other. guess its not all that surprising...oj mayo's situation was just as ridiculous
you didnt hear about all the different school changes and one of his "posse" calling tim floyd during his recruitment letting floyd know OJ was interested in going to USC. floyd asked to speak to OJ, the dude was like OJ doesnt give out his number, he'll contact you. a few months ago there was an outside the lines report, this one dude who was i guess "outed" by OJ and his crew saying OJ was being paid a bunch in high school. we all know this stuff goes on..but the one and dones are obviously going to be getting looked at harder because people know they're gonna be making millions
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4224139 Memphis Finds No Proof Of Cheating "Certainly, the University of Memphis should not suffer a financial penalty or vacation of records for the 2008 NCAA tournament as a result of this allegation," according to a report detailing the school's investigation into NCAA allegations. The report, released to The Associated Press and other news outlets Tuesday under a public records request, details Memphis' internal probe into accusations that a former player -- widely reported to be Derrick Rose -- allowed a stand-in to take his SAT. The report also looked into charges of grade tampering on behalf of the player. Most names in the report released Tuesday were redacted by Memphis because of privacy concerns, but multiple sources have told ESPN.com that representatives of Rose did tell Memphis he took the SAT in question. Rose, the No. 1 pick in the 2008 NBA draft and the league's rookie of the year, was the point guard for the Memphis team that won an NCAA-record 38 games before losing to Kansas in the national championship game. School officials argue that even if the NCAA Committee on Infractions believes a former player cheated, the program should not be penalized because the school was unaware of any wrongdoing. "At this point, there is not sufficient evidence on which to conclude that [the player] knew or should have known that he was ineligible at the time of his participation in the NCAA championship," the report says. Memphis will present its findings to the Committee on Infractions on Saturday in Indianapolis. Former coach John Calipari, now with Kentucky, is expected to participate by phone. The report released Tuesday says that school officials have encouraged the player -- whose name was blacked out -- to cooperate with the NCAA investigation but that his "consistent response" is that he took the test and already answered the same questions in 2007. Rose's attorney, Daniel E. Reidy, did not immediately respond to a message left Tuesday at his office. The report also says the school had no proof the SAT was fraudulent until notified by the Educational Testing Service that the player's score had been canceled. That letter came May 5, 2008, after Rose's only season at Memphis. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why ETS investigates test scores A spokesman for Educational Testing Services, a nonprofit company that develops, administers and scores tests, told ESPN.com on Tuesday that it cannot consider canceling a score unless it has at least two pieces of evidence. Evidence includes handwriting comparisons, comparisons to people seated nearby for evidence of cheating or substantial jumps in scores. "We can end up investigating a score for any number of reasons," said the spokesman, Tom Ewing. "For instance, we get tips from people that so-and-so cheated. Or we get reports from proctors at our test centers as they're taking notes. Also large score gains alert us. Sixty years of administering this test show that, at most, scores go up 10 or 15 points, not 100. "If we investigate, we meet with the school officials and we interview the student-athlete in question and then get into the diagnostic of the test. "The important thing here is we can't cancel a test on one piece of evidence. Like, for example, if someone copied we'd have to have a report from a school official and then verify it with a handwriting example. There has to be two pieces of evidence. "A tip only gets the ball rolling. We cannot cancel a score on any tip, anonymous or otherwise. "Cancellations don't happen very often. We administer three million SATs per year. We'd get questions, I'd guess, on 2,000. Of those 2,000, we probably clear at least half or more, so this is not common at all." "When you're investigating a test score that people want to submit for college, you don't want to take a lot of time but at the same time you don't want to jump to conclusions. I'd say it's an average of four weeks." -- Dana O'Neil, ESPN.com
So how are the Memphis/Calipari apologists going to make up for Dozier as well as Rose? Use the same "We looked into it as much as we were required to" argument? Well this time it was so obvious even Georgia had to back out. At one point you gotta say enough is enough and that a pattern of willing negligence is deserving of the same penalty as if they had been complicit in the cheating all along. Sure it's not fair for Memphis alone to get tagged when other schools like USC and Kansas have had equally shady dealings, but hell, if the NCAA doesn't do something soon I'm going to stop watching this crap because it's got just about zero accountability or legitimacy right now. The NCAA obviously doesn't want one of its guys at such a high profile as Calipari to go down, which is why the media had to be the ones outing all these stories first. But sheesh it's time for damage control already. Lay down the hammer and be done with it.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4246625 Report: Floyd resigns Comment Email Print Share ESPN.com news services Embroiled in controversy, Southern California coach Tim Floyd resigned on Tuesday, The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Miss., reported. The newspaper obtained the contents of a letter that the coach submitted to USC atletic director Mike Garrett. "Unfortunately, I no longer feel I can offer the level of enthusiasm to my duties that is deserved by the university, my coaching staff, my players, their families, and the supporters of Southern Cal," the letter said. "I always promised myself and my family that if I ever felt I could no longer give my full enthusiasm to a job, that I should leave it to others who could. I intend to contact my coaching staff and my players in coming days and weeks to tell them how much each of them means to me. I wish the best to USC and to my successor." Floyd has been accused of giving money to a man who helped O.J. Mayo land with the Trojans. According to a May 12 Yahoo! Sports report, Louis Johnson -- a former confidante of Mayo -- said that Floyd gave Rodney Guillory, an associate of sports agent Bill Duffy, $1,000. Such a payment would constitute a major violation of NCAA rules. Mayo played only one season before entering the NBA draft. He currently plays for the Memphis Grizzlies. The Hattiesburg, Miss., native led a resurgence of USC basketball, taking the Trojans to the NCAA tournament the past three seasons. giving money to get a player?!? shocking
I was shocked too...shocked it was only $1000. A guy like Mayo can't even buy a suit for that. He probably just saved it for toilet paper in his apt, as if to wipe the NCAA's credibility off on his ass.
