Well, Bill, from an academic viewpoint I would say this is what you get
with money greedy overhyped Division One sports, but I won't :-)

(BTW, my first taste of this kind of stuff was in grad school with the
HUGE slush fund scandal at the U of Illinois, Urbana, in the mid to late
60s.... that one started with football and spilled over into every
aspect, resulting in fired coaches, lost players ... and total
embarassment, not to mention many losing seasons to follow. Needless to
say, it has colored my feeling towards big time college sports ever
since. It was related to HUGE amounts of illegal money given from an
alumni association directlyt to players for plane tickets home, cars, etc.)

Grades are changed all the time, I have changed a few due to calculation
errors myself .... but if it were done under pressure from the athletic
side, then it is clearly wrong and something that cannot be tolerated.

Just my two pesos from California.

Tony Buffa
RPI '64

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> As I sit here and watch the local news about the Gopher basketball problems, I wonder if any of it will spill over into the Gopher hockey program.  One issue that the NCAA is looking at is the changing of a Gopher Hockey player's grade to let him remain academically eligible.  I wonder what will happen with that.  Probably nothing, but it technically is still wrong.
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> Then they go on to say that Haskins gave money to one of his players, which made me think back to when Woog gave money to one of his players.  (Note:  The money Woog gave was indirect.)  What does this mean for the hockey program?  Again, probably nothing.
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> Any thoughts on this?
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> Bill
> St. Cloud State '93  (Go Huskies!!!!)