Friday, September 24, 2010
Bledsoe Keeps NCAA Eligibility
KENTUCKY....
The Birmingham school board decided Friday to let basketball star Eric Bledsoe keep a grade that helped him gain NCAA eligibility to play at Kentucky. Superintendent Craig Witherspoon said a teacher claims Bledsoe completed makeup work to justify a higher grade in an algebra course during the 2008-2009 school year. The teacher alleged the mark was switched from a "C" to an "A" after that, but an investigation found no documentation to justify the improvement, although it didn't prove that it was improper, either. Bledsoe left the Wildcats after one season and is now a rookie with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart said the school maintained its reliance on the high school, the university and the NCAA for initial eligibility, and, at no point, was the University of Kentucky under investigation by the NCAA nor was there any reason to believe UK was ever under investigation.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:16 PM 
