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Message: [QUOTE="TRUCONN76, post: 3284738, member: 4143"] The classes were not offered to the general student population they were available to the general student population which is different. The students had to stumble on them somehow and enroll before they were filled by the athletes. The athletic department of course knew all about them as the educational advisor involved had her office in the athletic department. Of course the NCAA could have done something. Think of Ryan Boatright when he had to miss games his freshman year because the NCAA was looking into reports that a family friend had paid for an airline ticket so his mother could accompany him on his visit to UCONN. Why did UConn react and hold him out? I am sure because of the dire consequences that the NCAA told them would occur if their investigation did not clear him. Contrast that with the programs that have taken in the players whose families where implicated in wiretaps with payoffs being discussed. What message do you think the NCAA sent to them? Could they have told them that since the NCAA had agreed to not pursue their investigation until the FBI was thru, they could allow the players to play without fear of consequences to the schools even if the players were subsequently found to be ineligible? How else can you explain how Duke could accept Zion when coaches from other schools are on tape discussing the asking price that his family was demanding. I am not saying that Zion's family is proven to have done that, but I am saying there is evidence that they could have done what others in the investigation were proven to have done. Duke would not have accepted and played him without a get out of jail free card. [/QUOTE]

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