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Arizona now implicated in academic fraud too
Posted on: September 12, 2019 at 15:33:54 CT
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Arizona’s men’s basketball program was hit with a new allegation Wednesday, when Yahoo reported that former assistant coach Book Richardson discussed paying $40,000 to get former player Rawle Alkins immediately eligible to play in college.
Yahoo reported that Richardson said he paid an unnamed high school coach to add a course to Alkins’ academic record so that he would have enough core credits to become academically eligible as a freshman in 2016-17.
Yahoo said Richardson’s conversation with Dawkins and the undercover agents revolved around a course at Bishop Ford High School in Brooklyn, which closed in 2014.
Yahoo reported that Richardson said he initially resisted paying the coach but returned because, “He had the school seal, and the great thing about the seal that he had, the school, and Bishop Ford closed down in Brooklyn, so you can’t investigate. … So, when the NCAA says I need to see the coursework and all — the school’s closed.”
Richardson said the coach’s plan to alter the transcript and get paid for it was “ingenious,” Yahoo reported. Richardson did not say on the tape where he obtained the $40,000.
Arizona’s men’s basketball program was hit with a new allegation Wednesday, when Yahoo reported that former assistant coach Book Richardson discussed paying $40,000 to get former player Rawle Alkins immediately eligible to play in college.
Yahoo reported that Richardson said he paid an unnamed high school coach to add a course to Alkins’ academic record so that he would have enough core credits to become academically eligible as a freshman in 2016-17.
Yahoo said Richardson’s conversation with Dawkins and the undercover agents revolved around a course at Bishop Ford High School in Brooklyn, which closed in 2014.
Yahoo reported that Richardson said he initially resisted paying the coach but returned because, “He had the school seal, and the great thing about the seal that he had, the school, and Bishop Ford closed down in Brooklyn, so you can’t investigate. … So, when the NCAA says I need to see the coursework and all — the school’s closed.”
Richardson said the coach’s plan to alter the transcript and get paid for it was “ingenious,” Yahoo reported. Richardson did not say on the tape where he obtained the $40,000.
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Arizona now implicated in academic fraud too - FIJItiger MU - 9/12 15:33:54