NCAA To Investigate Butler Basketball<\/strong> <\/p>\n
INDIANAPOLIS\u2013Butler\u2019s run in the NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball National Championship Game may be tarnished after reports surfaced today that all 15 players on the roster are being given good educations in an effort to help them find good jobs after they leave the school. \u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that right now these are only allegations \u2014 allegations that we are looking into,\u201d said acting NCAA president James Isch. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut, obviously, if true, this would be very disappointing. The NCAA has certain expectations and standards. It\u2019s not fair for players at one school to be given good educations while athletes at other member schools receive basic, remedial instruction that is worth essentially nothing.\u201d According to documents seized from the school\u2019s registrar\u2019s office, Butler players have received an education worth $38,616 per year totaling more than $150,000 over a four-year career. <\/p>\n
Compare that to player at a school like Kentucky , where tuition is set at $4,051 \u2014 but with an actual value far below that. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to say too much until these reports are confirmed,\u201d said Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari. \u201cBut we\u2019re talking about almost $140,000 difference in education per player \u2014 and that\u2019s even if my players stayed four years or graduated, which many of them do not. Then these Butler players are reportedly stepping into good jobs after graduation while my kids, if they don\u2019t make the NBA, have absolutely no job prospects or life skills. It\u2019s far from a balanced playing field. They are buying the best players by giving them a high-priced education.\u201d <\/p>\n
In addition to the allegations that they were given an expensive education, many Butler players have been spotted around campus holding books, studying and engaging in interesting conversations. Others have been seen with people who are known to not be tutors. Butler point guard and Alabama native Ronald Nored, who is reportedly a secondary education major, denied allegations that the Bulldog program is cheating. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe discourse on this matter is fatuous and inane,\u201d he said, implicating the program further.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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