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UO’s “Art of the Athlete” course gave all the athletes A+’s

By uomatters on 10/12/2015

10/12/2015: Today’s report by the Daily Emerald on this course, here, doesn’t mention that little detail. How did UO’s Faculty Athletics Representative miss this irregularity?

Fortunately for the Ducks, the UO Senate Intercollegiate Athletics Committee discovered this and put an end to it several years ago. The course is now pass/fail.

What other questionable courses are UO’s student-athletes taking? Hard to say. AD Rob Mullens and his designees have refused to meet with the IAC since a few days after Mullens and Mike Gottfredson read the EPD report on the basketball rape allegations, and Gottfredson then appointed his handpicked “Presidential Advisory Group on Intercollegiate Athletics” to take over the IAC’s job. The IAC asked too many questions.

And the PAGIA’s meetings are closed.

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10/23/2014: Report on gut classes for athletes leads UNC to fire nine employees

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UO Ducks avoid Notre Dame scandal by not making athletes write papers

By uomatters on 08/16/2014

It’s a national scandal – the NYT has the details here. Notre Dame was trying to make football players write papers. Fortunately the players, or their coaches, hired real students to do the work before any actual damage was done. Jim O’Fallon’s NCAA Infractions Committee will conduct a thorough investigation,…

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Athletics tutors gave indicted professor a “guest coach” tit-for-tat

By uomatters on 01/07/2014

That would be at UNC, part of what will likely be a long series of revelations: On three occasions, the records show two athlete support program counselors offered football tickets and food to Nyang’oro and his family. In one, Reynolds told Nyang’oro he would be “guest coaching,” which meant that…

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Presidents pushed to reform athletics, lack confidence in boards

By uomatters on 09/04/2013

9/4/2013: Excellent report in Insidehigered.com, from former ODE reporter Allie Grasgreen, on the latest effort to pressure university presidents to take control back from athletics departments. Also check out the Ry Rivard story on lack of confidence by presidents in their boards: Only 20 percent of public four-year college presidents…

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