Darrell Arthur dunking for Kansas.
Thanks to a loyal reader who passed along this Sunday column from Tim Cowlishaw of the Dallas Morning News, questioning just exactly what good it does for the NCAA to “vacate” any team’s tournament appearaces, etc.
Tim also gets into the NCAA Clearing House issue that I wrote about this morning, but even better he draws a good, if ridiculous on the NCAA’s part, comparison between what happened with Derrick Rose and Memphis and what happened with Darrell Arthur and Kansas.
An excerpt:
And what does the NCAA have to say about the Jayhawks?
The team that remains the champion of that season, now so stained by Memphis’ presence, had a starter named Darrell Arthur. Maybe you’ve heard of him. He won a state title at South Oak Cliff in 2006, only the championship was later vacated by the UIL because he and others had failing grades changed to passing grades as reported by WFAA-TV (Ch. 8).
So there you have that fine line as drawn by the NCAA.
Passing high school but cheating on your college entrance exam? Not OK.
Failing high school but cheating in order to pass, stay eligible and go on to college? No problem.
