The school board in Birmingham, Ala., will let stand a questionable grade change that helped star guard Eric Bledsoe become eligible to play at Kentucky.
An algebra teacher changed a "C" to an "A" for Bledsoe his senior year; the teacher told investigators that Bledsoe completed makeup work. Schools superintendent Craig Witherspoon said Friday that no documentation of such work could be found, but that attorneys investigating the matter could not prove the change was improper.
The attorneys obtained the class grade book for the 2008-09 school year. They found that of the 24 scores or grades entered for Bledsoe, including the final grades for each of two terms, 17 were "conspicuously changed," all to a higher score or grade. They also determined that the teacher’s explanation of makeup work was not credible. The final grade was consistent with Bledsoe’s official transcript, the attorneys said.
The attorneys also said they were unable to review all of Bledsoe’s grade books for his junior and senior years. School system employees told them the books could not located. Alabama law requires the books be maintained three years after a score or grade is recorded.
Bledsoe left Kentucky after one season and is now a rookie with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers.
Kentucky coach John Calipari declined to comment when reached by ESPN via telephone Friday night; he said UK would make all comments on the matter.
Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart said the school maintained its reliance on the high school, the university and the NCAA for initial eligibility.
"At no point was the University of Kentucky under investigation by the NCAA nor had any reason to believe we were ever under investigation," he said in a statement
An algebra teacher changed a "C" to an "A" for Bledsoe his senior year; the teacher told investigators that Bledsoe completed makeup work. Schools superintendent Craig Witherspoon said Friday that no documentation of such work could be found, but that attorneys investigating the matter could not prove the change was improper.
The attorneys obtained the class grade book for the 2008-09 school year. They found that of the 24 scores or grades entered for Bledsoe, including the final grades for each of two terms, 17 were "conspicuously changed," all to a higher score or grade. They also determined that the teacher’s explanation of makeup work was not credible. The final grade was consistent with Bledsoe’s official transcript, the attorneys said.
The attorneys also said they were unable to review all of Bledsoe’s grade books for his junior and senior years. School system employees told them the books could not located. Alabama law requires the books be maintained three years after a score or grade is recorded.
Bledsoe left Kentucky after one season and is now a rookie with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers.
Kentucky coach John Calipari declined to comment when reached by ESPN via telephone Friday night; he said UK would make all comments on the matter.
Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart said the school maintained its reliance on the high school, the university and the NCAA for initial eligibility.
"At no point was the University of Kentucky under investigation by the NCAA nor had any reason to believe we were ever under investigation," he said in a statement
The school board in Birmingham, Ala., will let stand a questionable grade change that helped star guard Eric Bledsoe become eligible to play at Kentucky.
An algebra teacher changed a "C" to an "A" for Bledsoe his senior year; the teacher told investigators that Bledsoe completed makeup work. Schools superintendent Craig Witherspoon said Friday that no documentation of such work could be found, but that attorneys investigating the matter could not prove the change was improper.
The attorneys obtained the class grade book for the 2008-09 school year. They found that of the 24 scores or grades entered for Bledsoe, including the final grades for each of two terms, 17 were "conspicuously changed," all to a higher score or grade. They also determined that the teacher’s explanation of makeup work was not credible. The final grade was consistent with Bledsoe’s official transcript, the attorneys said.
The attorneys also said they were unable to review all of Bledsoe’s grade books for his junior and senior years. School system employees told them the books could not located. Alabama law requires the books be maintained three years after a score or grade is recorded.
Bledsoe left Kentucky after one season and is now a rookie with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers.
Kentucky coach John Calipari declined to comment when reached by ESPN via telephone Friday night; he said UK would make all comments on the matter.
Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart said the school maintained its reliance on the high school, the university and the NCAA for initial eligibility.
"At no point was the University of Kentucky under investigation by the NCAA nor had any reason to believe we were ever under investigation," he said in a statement
An algebra teacher changed a "C" to an "A" for Bledsoe his senior year; the teacher told investigators that Bledsoe completed makeup work. Schools superintendent Craig Witherspoon said Friday that no documentation of such work could be found, but that attorneys investigating the matter could not prove the change was improper.
The attorneys obtained the class grade book for the 2008-09 school year. They found that of the 24 scores or grades entered for Bledsoe, including the final grades for each of two terms, 17 were "conspicuously changed," all to a higher score or grade. They also determined that the teacher’s explanation of makeup work was not credible. The final grade was consistent with Bledsoe’s official transcript, the attorneys said.
The attorneys also said they were unable to review all of Bledsoe’s grade books for his junior and senior years. School system employees told them the books could not located. Alabama law requires the books be maintained three years after a score or grade is recorded.
Bledsoe left Kentucky after one season and is now a rookie with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers.
Kentucky coach John Calipari declined to comment when reached by ESPN via telephone Friday night; he said UK would make all comments on the matter.
Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart said the school maintained its reliance on the high school, the university and the NCAA for initial eligibility.
"At no point was the University of Kentucky under investigation by the NCAA nor had any reason to believe we were ever under investigation," he said in a statement
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