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Date Posted: Monday, November 22, 10:23:41pm
Author: El Duque
Subject: Three days later ...

The Dukes play a much better game, demolishing Bowling Green on the road. Damian Saunders plays better, but it sounds as though he is really hobbled by the ankle. BJ and Billy Clark dominate the scoring. TJ nearly has a triple double. Sean Johnson has a big second half. Step-up ame for Andre Marhold, who I believe is pushing for minutes.

Meanwhile, I've still yet to read any account anywhere that either Texas Tech or Kansas State for their role in contributions of equipment to the troops in Afghanistan via Broward Community College - and K-State just added a former Broward player to its roster.

BTW, while I think it's a good idea for DU to "self report a potential secondary violation," I've done a little (very little, in fact) research and offer this obvservation.

The purpose of the NCAA rules against providing equipment to JUCO coaches and players is to prevent inequities in the recruiting process. In other words, the donations can not be made for the sake of benefitting or luring a recruit.

Since the shoes were sent to the troops in Afghanistan, there has been a "technical" violation but not a "de facto" violation.

I don't expect any sanctions against Duquesne.

Little bit of an embarrassing set of circumstances in the middle of all of this, but certainly not a black eye on the program. In fact, the University would do well to collect donations at an upcoming game and send them to the troops. It would be a very classy and appropriate gesture.

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Like (NT) -- Alan, Monday, November 22, 10:40:31pm
ED...one of the things that hasn't been touched upon in any of the reporting (inside): -- Slim, Tuesday, November 23, 10:09:57am
- Good point Slim. Doubtful he would comment publicly to clarify this, because it's in the hands of the NCAA, but it's more likely a case of brain flatulence than anything else. PS, there's a "fan" page for Ron that someone started on Facebook. (NT) -- El Duque, Tuesday, November 23, 11:15:06am
- Still troublesome that RE did not pay the kid until this whole story blew up. Is he that cheap or did he simply forget? Is this kid exaggerating or is this reported incorrectly. I know its a small thing but for some reason this bugs me. (NT) -- Greg, Tuesday, November 23, 06:09:59pm
What Slim refers to makes sense. These instructions could also explain why the student manager was stiffed his money. The manager could have been told to mail the shoes to a unit but screwed it up and mailed the shoes to the coach. (NT) -- Econ69, Tuesday, November 23, 11:12:59am

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