Sports Thread #1 for 5/28/09: Another Blow To College Basketball
(Photo from Google)Is Derek Rose the player who cooked his SAT exam? You seriously get tired of this happening again and again and again. A school violating (or accused of) NCAA rules and on the brink of being hammered in massive proportions. That is the case with Memphis today , and it may involve Derek Rose fudging that famous three letter exam. The Memphis Commercial Appeal first reported the story on Wednesday after obtaining a letter detailing the allegations through the Freedom of Information Act. The allegations include "knowing fraudulence or misconduct" on an SAT exam by a player on the 2007-08 team. The wording of the letter to Memphis indicates that the player in question competed only during the 2007-08 season and the 2008 NCAA tournament. The player's name was redacted in the letter due to privacy laws. The power of a FOIA request strikes again. Everything could be gone from that Final Two runner up season, and questions (if they aren't already)on John C...