I think we'll send Lew and MF'n Dooley down to Texas. Bloodbath.
Seriously, what part of this NCAA bylaw is not in play here?
14.1.2 Validity of Academic Credentials. As a condition and obligation of membership, it is the responsibility of a member institution to determine the validity of the information on which the eligibility of a student-athlete is based. Therefore, it is the responsibility of a member institution to determine whether a transcript is valid for purposes of applying appropriate NCAA legislation to the eligibility of a student-athlete when the institution receives notification, or otherwise has cause to believe, that a student-athlete's high school, preparatory school or two-year college transcript is not valid.
So the NCAA is calling themselves invalid? The NCAA CLEARED HIM. They deemed him eligible to play. if anything, the only thing an investigation will prove is the incompetence of the ncaa to accurately grant eligibility. to try to spin this and say that ku had anything to do with Darrell Arthur's HS grades is pretty comical.
While I think most of us agree that ku is unlikely to get in trouble, I think it is very likely they were complicit with the grade change. Let's think logically for once:
Arthur is a recruit who is at great risk of not qualifying. ku is in touch with him regularly. Would it not be highly probable that the coaches who call him would talk about his academics, encourage him and, yes, ask him how he did on his tests?
If so, either Arthur told them the truth ,that he was flunking every math test he took, or Arthur was lying to them.
ku can hide behind the NCAA all they want, but it is not unlikely that they were complicit with the changing of a grade. It would be incredulous to believe that Arthur was not complicit with the grade changes and lied to the NCAA.
Yes, nothing will likely happen to ku. Yet we all know that ku won the National Championship with a key player who clearly should not have been eligible. Congrats.