College Hoops Thread '09-'10

[The Poet]

OK, here's the latest on the whole Eric Bledsoe high-school algebra grade. The Birmingham school board has decided to allow Bledsoe to keep his grade, due to the testimony of his teacher, who stated that Eric completed makeup work to justify changing his final grade from a "C" to an "A". Superintendent Craig Witherspoon said an investigation "found no documentation to justify the improvement. But, he says, an investigation didn't prove that it was improper, either."

Hmmmmmmmmmm. Well, innocent until proven guilty, one can only presume. And it is not fair to argue against that either. Furthermore, it IS algebra we're talking about here, so as we all know it can be problematic solving for the unknown.

UK officials have said that the university was not under investigation by the NCAA at any point, and now consider the matter closed. NCAA spokeman Chuck Wynne told the Lexington Herald-Leader that the NCAA plans to review the report and work with Kentucky to determine if there is any impact on Bledsoe' academic standing. So, although this statement does NOT indicate that UK is under an official investigation into this matter, it also hints that the matter is decidedly NOT YET closed, whatever UK spokesman DeWayne Peevy thinks.

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