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St. John's Red Storm => In The Jungle... => Topic started by: paultzman on November 26, 2015, 08:14:14 AM

Title: Outstanding NYT Piece on Yakwe/Diallo
Post by: paultzman on November 26, 2015, 08:14:14 AM

@JayBilas: NYT's Joe Nocera on NCAA's questionable actions, and self-absolution: https://t.co/ykwo24DclR What a colossal mess...again. Shameful.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/sports/ncaabasketball/ncaa-clears-players-then-absolves-itself.html?ref=sports&_r=3&mc_cid=ddc0a643e6&mc_eid=b15777272b

Kudos to SJU for legally intervening!

Title: Re: Outstanding NYT Piece on Yakwe/Diallo
Post by: redmen4life on November 26, 2015, 05:14:11 PM

I wrote the author, Joe Nacero, about Lovett.  I explained the situation and asked him to research it a bit more.  His response:

"I will take a look. I have been wondering about that case."

Title: Re: Outstanding NYT Piece on Yakwe/Diallo
Post by: redslope on November 26, 2015, 08:43:34 PM

Thanks for posting; when I read this this morning (still read the paper/paper), I went through the roof.  Joe has written a number of great pieces and he is a bulldog.  Would love to see him continue on the sham that is the NCAA. 

Title: Re: Outstanding NYT Piece on Yakwe/Diallo
Post by: desco80 on December 01, 2015, 08:22:32 PM

Nocera has moved to the sports section fulltime, so I imagine this is not the last we'll see of him poking the NCAA.

Title: Re: Outstanding NYT Piece on Yakwe/Diallo
Post by: Tha Kid on December 02, 2015, 09:20:19 AM

Great article.  The NCAA should have no place in reviewing Coursework.  Let's hope this also leads to Lovett being cleared soon.