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SF LaQuinton Ross (Memphis Hustle - NBA G-League)

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I'm not sure how you can be such an adament fan and feel kids who dont receive good grades in hs shouldn't be able to come to college. The number of kids Big name school sign from Juco's and Prep school are not that high due to lack of development its mostly because lack of grades.

Amir Williams needed to take the ACT after graduation to cement elgibility, I dont remember seeing people complain about that situation.

Would you like to have sullinger out of OSU because his father did bench him in high school during the playoffs for having poor grades.

Also i repeat this all came from the hs of his FRESHMEN year, not problems with his ACT/SAT or recent grades, so your worries about his attitude i think should be put to rest.
 
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College is not for strugglers and I hate that college is being turned into nothing more than a platform for athletics for some kids.
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Being? That's a good one.

Student athletes have no correlation to the school itself, outside of a very small set of exceptions (Stanford, Northwestern, etc).

They major in their sport while pursuing a second major to fall back upon, though for many the alumni network is more valuable than the degree itself for career pursuits after their athletic career ends.
 
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I'm sorry if I've come off as bashing. That's not my intention. I guess I just wish college athletics were a little different, nationwide.

"I'm not sure how you can be such an adament fan and feel kids who dont receive good grades in hs shouldn't be able to come to college." So I can't be a fan because I think college should be for those who want to continue their education, rather than continue their athletic careers? It's just my opinion about college in general, not ONE kid. Again, my hope is that LaQuinton has since gotten his acadmics together and is ready to be a student here.

You also brought up Sully. I can assure you that he didn't take academics seriously because he knew basketball was his way out. He had good people around him that got him on track. He's a great, committed student. You say you "repeat" that these bad grades came from his frosh year, that's the first I'd heard.

I wish LaQuinton the best here at Ohio State. My beef is not with him but more with the persona of college athletics in todays world. I think it's a shame that many college athletes glide through HS and get into a top-tier University they have no business being in while real students are being denied. Wrong thread for my rant probably. Feel feel to regulate mods.
 
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jwinslow;1973180; said:
Being? That's a good one.

Student athletes have no correlation to the school itself, outside of a very small set of exceptions (Stanford, Northwestern, etc).

They major in their sport while pursuing a second major to fall back upon, though for many the alumni network is more valuable than the degree itself for career pursuits after their athletic career ends.
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Pardon me for not taking my sentence syntax as serious on a message board.

Student athletes have no correlation to the school itself? You don't see a problem with that? Some of us pay tuition for that education.
 
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It remains unclear whether Ohio State freshman LaQuinton Ross will be academically eligible to play men?s basketball this season.

Wilson Arroyo, Ross? coach last season at Life Center Academy in Burlington, N.J., told The Dispatch that the NCAA Eligibility Center has red-flagged two grades Ross received at his previous school in his hometown of Jackson, Miss. He transferred in January 2010 during his junior year.

Ohio State officials declined to comment, but the school apparently has appealed the ruling.

Bucknuts.com reported last week that two D grades Ross received in Mississippi were registered as C grades on his transcript. The NCAA has ruled they should be D?s. The problem is probably related to the grade scale being changed at the school at some point.

The difference in Ross? cumulative grade-point average, combined with his entrance test score, could make him ineligible as a freshman.

A 6-foot-8 wing player, Ross was rated the No. 52 prospect nationally in the class of 2011 by ESPNU. He is part of a five-man recruiting class ranked as the best in the Big Ten and sixth-best nationally.
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http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2011/08/26/rumblings-8-26-art-g3odst0s-1.html
 
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The rest of the story on Ross

There are details to the LaQuinton Ross case beyond those that made it into the Rumblings in today's paper.

For one, Wilson's coach at Life Center Academy in Burlington, N.J., Wilson Arroyo, said he is "positive there hasn't been a (final) decision made" regarding the freshman's academic eligibility for this season.

But it's difficult to see why the NCAA Eligibility Center would change what is believed to be its initial ruling of "ineligible," which Ohio State apparently is appealing. The athletic department has declined comment, citing federal privacy law (FERPA) prohibiting disclosure of a student's academic records, but Arroyo said the university's compliance office is handling the matter.

Attributing its information to an unnamed source, Bucknuts.com reported last week that two "D" grades Ross received while in a high school in Jackson, Miss., were registered as "C" grades on his final transcript that was submitted to OSU and the NCAA.

That apparently is because Jackson schools changed grading scales at the start of the 2009-10 school year, to a 10-point scale that changed the Ds to Cs. Under the old scale, a D equaled 70 to 74.5 points out of 100. Under the new scale, scores from 70 to 79 are a C.

It is not known when Ross received the Ds, but it would have had to be before January 2010, when he transferred to the New Jersey private school. Before that, he attended two different high schools in Jackson -- Callaway as a freshman in 2007-08 and Murrah from 2008 until his transfer to Life Center.

Regardless, the change in grade scale "was not retroactive" for grades earned prior to the change, said Debbie Carrington, a Murrah guidance counselor, which explains why the NCAA ruled as it did.

It is not known how soon the NCAA will rule on the appeal. The NCAA media relations office did not respond to an email seeking information.

If ineligible, Ross would be able to practice with the Buckeyes this season but not play in games.

Summer session ended this week and the players are off until mid-September. Coaches can begin skill instruction with them Sept. 15. Full-squad practice begins Oct. 14.
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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/blogs/hoops-and-scoops/2011/08/laquinton-ross.html
 
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Via Twitter~~~

Bill Rabinowitz
@brdispatch
NCAA rules #OhioState freshman basketball player LaQuinton Ross a non-qualifier. He will not be on the roster when practice starts Oct. 14.
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I'm looking for confirmation on this....Not good.
 
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Heres the article from Rivals

Guess this year is basically a redshirt. Any chance of him rejoining after this semester? Seems like there should be a way for him to take a remedial class at tOSU or knock one out in prep school and be back with the team after the semester.
 
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lord vegas;1999671; said:
Heres the article from Rivals

Guess this year is basically a redshirt. Any chance of him rejoining after this semester? Seems like there should be a way for him to take a remedial class at tOSU or knock one out in prep school and be back with the team after the semester.
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From what i remember reading about this kid was that he stated he was a one and done... Now he may have changed his mind since so who knows...and im not sure how the nba rules work...can someone be ruled ineligible for the year and then jump to the nba the following year? Either way i hope he follows witherspoons lead and sit out the year and come back hungry to succeed
 
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