Saturday, March 1, 2014

OSG High: 7 Ineligible For Chicago-Curie, Forfeiting Everything... But...

((HT: MyFoxChicago))

This classifies itself as "not good" for both Curie High and the Chicago Public Schools system...

7 of the players for the top-ranked team in the state of Illinois and the second-ranked team in the country were declared ineligible from the beginning of the season. As a result, the school is forfeiting 24 wins and the city title...

In Michael O'Brien's piece in the Sun-Times, Chicago Public School students can be eligible with a 2.0 GPA. If the GPA is less than that, an Independent Study Program has to be filed.

Neither was done...

Here's the latest from Curie High...
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In an interesting twist, Curie can still compete for the state title since the IHSA and CPS have different eligibility requirements. Condors coach Mike Oliver will be suspended for an amount of time to be determined by CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett.

"We are unable to make an official comment until reviewing the final report from the CPS athletic administration on the investigation," IHSA executive director Marty Hickman said in a statement. "We hope to be in a position to do so by Monday."

"Chicago Public Schools has a proud tradition of athletic competition and sportsmanship, but our No. 1 responsibility to our students is providing them with a solid academic foundation that will serve them the rest of their lives," Byrd-Bennett said in a statement. "A district investigation into the academic eligibility of members of the Curie Metropolitan High School boys varsity basketball team found that a number of the players are academically ineligible to compete and, as a result, their season must be forfeited. As adults, educators and mentors, it is our responsibility to teach our students right from wrong and, unfortunately, the adults let these student-athletes down by failing to do that and comply with CPS policies."

It all started with an anonymous e-mail and a week-long investigation that wrapped up Friday.

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