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I don't subscribe to the theory that the AJC is out to get us at GT, but their handling of the news from Athens and from us is dopey. They are writing as if-and this includes Bisher, who usually has more sense- there is an equivalence between GT players flunking classes and UGag players breaking NCAA rules by selling their rings.
These are not equivalent! Flunking is no "scandal"! It may be disappointing to various people, mostly the students themselves, but it is hardly scandalous. Nine kids selling championship rings, against clear rules, after well-publicized "ethics" classes, is embarrassing, comical, AND scandalous.
For a newspaper to get in a pious huff about Bosh calling a press conference to announce his leaving is just about the ultimate hypocrisy. They are the ones who have made it "news" for a kid to go pro, and non-news for a regular student to leave school.
But to suggest that the Bosh press conference is a "scandal" on the order of Jim Harrick's creepy behavior is not merely hypocrisy, it is a lie worthy of the Nixon (pubs, fill in your own) White House.
I'm sure their defense is "balanced reporting." In fact , it's unbalanced bs.
These are not equivalent! Flunking is no "scandal"! It may be disappointing to various people, mostly the students themselves, but it is hardly scandalous. Nine kids selling championship rings, against clear rules, after well-publicized "ethics" classes, is embarrassing, comical, AND scandalous.
For a newspaper to get in a pious huff about Bosh calling a press conference to announce his leaving is just about the ultimate hypocrisy. They are the ones who have made it "news" for a kid to go pro, and non-news for a regular student to leave school.
But to suggest that the Bosh press conference is a "scandal" on the order of Jim Harrick's creepy behavior is not merely hypocrisy, it is a lie worthy of the Nixon (pubs, fill in your own) White House.
I'm sure their defense is "balanced reporting." In fact , it's unbalanced bs.