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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Auburn hires firm to investigate allegations tutor took final exam for at least one football player
Auburn University has hired a law firm to investigate an allegation that a part-time academic support staffer took a final exam for at least one football player from the 2015 team.
A source told Outside the Lines that a mentor in Auburn's student-athlete support services department took an online final exam for at least one football player. The source said a tutor who worked with the mentor became aware of the alleged misconduct while reviewing a football player's academic records in February, noticing that the player had received a perfect grade on a final exam only a few weeks into the course. The source said the player told the tutor he had not taken the exam.
After hearing that, the tutor alerted the mentor's supervisor, the source said. In August, the tutor who had reported the allegation was told her job wouldn't be renewed, according to the source; the tutor then reported the issue to Auburn's compliance director and the athletic department's human resources office.
The Auburn athletic department confirmed that the law firm of Lightfoot, Franklin & White of Birmingham, Alabama, was hired on Aug. 31, but a statement from an athletic department spokesman on Wednesday called the allegation of academic impropriety "false."
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/...gations-tutor-took-final-exam-football-player
Auburn University has hired a law firm to investigate an allegation that a part-time academic support staffer took a final exam for at least one football player from the 2015 team.
A source told Outside the Lines that a mentor in Auburn's student-athlete support services department took an online final exam for at least one football player. The source said a tutor who worked with the mentor became aware of the alleged misconduct while reviewing a football player's academic records in February, noticing that the player had received a perfect grade on a final exam only a few weeks into the course. The source said the player told the tutor he had not taken the exam.
After hearing that, the tutor alerted the mentor's supervisor, the source said. In August, the tutor who had reported the allegation was told her job wouldn't be renewed, according to the source; the tutor then reported the issue to Auburn's compliance director and the athletic department's human resources office.
The Auburn athletic department confirmed that the law firm of Lightfoot, Franklin & White of Birmingham, Alabama, was hired on Aug. 31, but a statement from an athletic department spokesman on Wednesday called the allegation of academic impropriety "false."
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/...gations-tutor-took-final-exam-football-player
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The law firm website lists one of it's partners as
they are going to have this deal worked out privately before anyone else knows what happened
of course I am a cynical bastard, could just be a complete coincidence
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
In statement, Auburn labels report of academic impropriety ‘false… not supported by facts’
Below is the school’s full statement, in its entirety:
The player for which we are conducting an investigation is not a member of the current team and was not a member of the team at the time of the allegation. He is a former player who came back to school to complete his degree. As you know from our statement he categorically denies the claim.
The allegation made in the ESPN story is false based on our review to date. The person making the accusation was a part-time employee placed on administrative leave in late August. She is making claims not supported by facts, and based on what ESPN told us this morning, before the story came out, she keeps changing her story. Neither she, her attorney, nor our investigation have produced anything to support her claims. Neither has ESPN.
It should also be noted that the accuser has signed thirty-eight bi-monthly time sheets during her part-time employment stating that she has no knowledge or has not witnessed or assisted a student-athlete in participating in academic dishonesty. She has also signed compliance forms indicating no knowledge of wrongdoing.
We have no reason to think the allegation about the former student is true.
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...mic-impropriety-false-not-supported-by-facts/
Below is the school’s full statement, in its entirety:
The player for which we are conducting an investigation is not a member of the current team and was not a member of the team at the time of the allegation. He is a former player who came back to school to complete his degree. As you know from our statement he categorically denies the claim.
The allegation made in the ESPN story is false based on our review to date. The person making the accusation was a part-time employee placed on administrative leave in late August. She is making claims not supported by facts, and based on what ESPN told us this morning, before the story came out, she keeps changing her story. Neither she, her attorney, nor our investigation have produced anything to support her claims. Neither has ESPN.
It should also be noted that the accuser has signed thirty-eight bi-monthly time sheets during her part-time employment stating that she has no knowledge or has not witnessed or assisted a student-athlete in participating in academic dishonesty. She has also signed compliance forms indicating no knowledge of wrongdoing.
We have no reason to think the allegation about the former student is true.
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...mic-impropriety-false-not-supported-by-facts/
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Who to believe? An SEC school claiming to follow the rules, or ESPN publishing an article with zero proof?
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Nutriaitch
Retired Super Hero
biggest comeback in SEC game in Tiger Stadium history.
couldn't have chosen a better group of pricks to be the opponent for that.
couldn't have chosen a better group of pricks to be the opponent for that.
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