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Friday, March 10, 2006
Same Shit: Costs the School A Fortune, No Real Penalty Imposed, Nothing's Going to Change So here's the background on big ol' "Boban" Savovic, who could neither write nor speak English but was moving very impressively through an academic career at Ohio State while playing on its basketball team, until his university-issued paper-writer/class-attender/player-impersonator complained she wasn't being paid enough. If she hadn't filed a lawsuit, little of the extensive criminality of Ohio's program (which the USA Today article I'm about to quote details) would have come to light, but, as in many complex illegal enterprises, you dislodge one little rock and a whole wall might come tumbling down... 'Ohio State was placed on three years' probation Friday for using an ineligible player, a ruling that wipes out records from four NCAA tournament appearances by the men's basketball team — including a trip to the 1999 Final Four. Taking down the banner. That's gotta hurt. As for the $800,000, I'm sure OSU fans don't mind one bit coughing that up for the guys. |