Shame on Auburn - Notre Dame Football Discussion

**maison bleu** · 12-10-2006, 08:00 AM

Check this out--a player's grade gets changed without the professor's knowledge.

It's bad when corrupt individual professors help keep kids eligible. It's an utter lack of institutional control when someone else changes their grades.

Note it's not necessarily a fb player, just a athlete on a scholly.

NYTimes Story

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AUBURN, Ala., Dec. 7 — An internal audit at Auburn University found that a grade for a scholarship athlete was changed without the knowledge of the professor, raising the athlete’s average in the final semester just over the 2.0 minimum for graduation.

The grade, which was changed to an A from an incomplete, was one of four A’s the athlete received in the spring semester of 2003. None of the courses required classroom attendance.

The athlete, who was not identified because of privacy laws, received the other three A’s in directed-readings courses supervised by Professor Thomas Petee. Petee was forced to resign as chairman of the sociology department in August because of “poor judgment” in the number of his directed-readings classes, one-on-one courses similar to independent study.

**hmoney** · 12-10-2006, 10:45 AM

why is this not suprising

**hmoney** · 12-10-2006, 10:46 AM

What school did Dexter Manly go? I think it was an SEC team he could not read nor write and still got his college diploma.

**tchris555** · 12-10-2006, 11:55 AM

Ok St

**tedwick** · 12-10-2006, 01:55 PM

lmao. and i thought the "directed reading" courses were bad. now, one of their athletes can't even pass one, and they come in and SAVE him (and probably a couple schollys due to the new graduation rate rules). This is an absolute joke.

**ChiND** · 12-10-2006, 02:26 PM

This is almost like a 5-6 year rotation with Auburn...these guys are always in trouble with the NCAA, no? I would also imagine that this was either a football or basketball player as these things mostly happen with high revenue/visibility sports.

**RichardRiot** · 12-10-2006, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tedwick

lmao. and i thought the "directed reading" courses were bad. now, one of their athletes can't even pass one, and they come in and SAVE him (and probably a couple schollys due to the new graduation rate rules). This is an absolute joke.

I think you guys are being too rough on Auburn standards. I have seen some of the directed reading texts in stores, and they are pretty tough.

Example
From the "I Spy" Halloween book; Find: 2 Pumpkins (shows picture of pumpkin), 5 Candies (shows picture of candies), and 1 Black Cat (shows picture of black cat)

Now this may not be a good example, because this was from a Master's level course..............

12-10-2006, 08:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
maison bleu Kitten w/ a sniper rifle Join Date: May 2005 Location: new orleans Posts: 634 Cash: 1,742.20 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,742.20 Donate	Shame on Auburn Check this out--a player's grade gets changed without the professor's knowledge. It's bad when corrupt individual professors help keep kids eligible. It's an utter lack of institutional control when someone else changes their grades. Note it's not necessarily a fb player, just a athlete on a scholly. NYTimes Story NT Times requires registration, so here are the first few graphs. AUBURN, Ala., Dec. 7 — An internal audit at Auburn University found that a grade for a scholarship athlete was changed without the knowledge of the professor, raising the athlete’s average in the final semester just over the 2.0 minimum for graduation. The grade, which was changed to an A from an incomplete, was one of four A’s the athlete received in the spring semester of 2003. None of the courses required classroom attendance. The athlete, who was not identified because of privacy laws, received the other three A’s in directed-readings courses supervised by Professor Thomas Petee. Petee was forced to resign as chairman of the sociology department in August because of “poor judgment” in the number of his directed-readings classes, one-on-one courses similar to independent study.

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12-10-2006, 10:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
hmoney Walk-On Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indy Posts: 96 Cash: 1,181.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,181.00 Donate	why is this not suprising

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hmoney Walk-On Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indy Posts: 96 Cash: 1,181.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,181.00 Donate	What school did Dexter Manly go? I think it was an SEC team he could not read nor write and still got his college diploma.

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tchris555 Blue Chip Recruit Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ocean township, NJ Posts: 69 Cash: 1,024.75 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,024.75 Donate	Ok St

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tedwick GBL WRMNG ISA LIE Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bahston Posts: 499 Cash: 1,341.25 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,341.25 Donate	lmao. and i thought the "directed reading" courses were bad. now, one of their athletes can't even pass one, and they come in and SAVE him (and probably a couple schollys due to the new graduation rate rules). This is an absolute joke.

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ChiND Walk-On Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 136 Cash: 1,130.25 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,130.25 Donate	This is almost like a 5-6 year rotation with Auburn...these guys are always in trouble with the NCAA, no? I would also imagine that this was either a football or basketball player as these things mostly happen with high revenue/visibility sports.

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