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Message: [QUOTE="VirginiaOrange, post: 228748, member: 1085"] You are right - this is not a scandal or a big deal. If you believe that then reading Dick Weiss in the NY Daily News today must make you happy. But again, it is only a kid flunking out and not a reflection on the program as a whole. Who said that there is no such thing as bad publicity? [I]How did this Brazilian import, who was suspended for three games for academics at the start of the second semester, become ineligible again, less than two months later?[/I] [I] Even though sources claim both suspensions are linked, [B]it doesn’t add up[/B].[/I] [I] This is just [B]another unsolved mystery[/B] connected with this Big East program, which is the No. 1 seed in the East Regional, but has been [B]mired under a heap of controversy[/B] ever since the [URL='http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bernie+Fine'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Bernie Fine[/COLOR][/U][/URL] scandal and the revelations in a Yahoo.com report last week that the NCAA was investigating the school’s drug-testing policy. Four sources close to the program suggested that at least 10 former players practiced and played after testing positive on multiple occasions.[/I] [I][B] Hiding [/B]behind student-privacy laws, Syracuse officials are not commenting on Melo. Melo will never have to answer questions, either, since he is reportedly declaring for the NBA draft, in which he will be a potential first-round pick.[/I] [I] He almost didn’t even make it this far, as sources say Melo was ready to quit school after the first suspension, but was talked into staying by coaches.[/I] [I][B] Once again[/B] there are questions about when Syracuse knew about this latest issue and if it played an ineligible player in the Big East tournament. [B]Did Syracuse choose not to inform the selection committee about Melo’s status to ensure it would be the top seed in Boston?[/B] If so, it comes across as [B]unethical[/B] at best. If the committee had knowledge of Melo’s status, it might have switched Syracuse with Midwest region top seed North Carolina and moved the Orange to St. Louis, or even worse, elevated big 12 champion Missouri to the top line over the Orange.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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