In other news, some two years after the fact, the NCAA has confirmed that Pete Thamel's much-ballyhooed and deeply-dishonest NY Times story about Auburn athletes was a load of sensationalist bunk:
An NCAA investigation into Auburn University found no instances of academic fraud and has determined the school will not be penalized following a probe into sociology and directed reading courses that student-athletes took in 2005 and 2006.
I'm anxiously awaiting another NYT front-pager on this one.
Well, actually, I'm not waiting for that at all; being Big Media means never having to admit you were full of crap. But if I were Carnell Williams, I'd seriously consider suing Thamel for libel, and James Gundlach for slander.
The does article go on to note that the NCAA determined, "the school committed secondary violations involving student-athletes who took those courses after they had exhausted their eligibility." How this makes any sense (or is of any interest to the NCAA) I have no idea. I guess in the NCAA's eyes, Williams should have just dropped out instead of trying to keep pursuing a degree between the 2005 Sugar Bowl and April 2005 NFL Draft.
2 comments:
Amen! The media always quick to slander , slow to absolve (and never will apologise for lies). They know the power of indelible ink.....once printed a thousand times believed. But I still say GLory Glory Auburn!
Amen! The media is quick to slander , slow to absolve. They know the power of indelible ink and they will never apologize for lies. As regards the truth coming out...I say Glory Glory Auburn!
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