Grades

[ponyscott]

From Shipp just now:

Brett Shipp ‏@brett_shipp 12m
@GARETisms Coach Brown knows who. That or his PR staff is in huge trouble.

[Treadway21]

Blow up his twitter. Being that disrespectful to a hall of game coach should get your [deleted] fired.

Already done.

@mickmcg21: @brett_shipp Pretty gutless ambushing a coach then hiding when he responds back. Your voice was awfully quivering asking ur questions. #Unic


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IS it a good idea to tick off a reporter that can make accusations on wide reaching television audience? I am sure he will give a name whether he can prove it or not.

What's he gonna do - he is gonna make it as sensational as possible for ratings? He deserves to be called out. Sitting back and taking BS won't make it any better?


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[RE Tycoon]

This is about Keith. I remember those stories he did a few years ago. Unless SMU played a hand in the grade change, don't see how we can be held accountable (not an expert on NCAA rules though). Probably means he's suspended indefinitely to protect integrity of season. Hopefully it is resolved ASAP.

My guess is the questions to Brown today are to set up a narrative Schipp had in mind for the story.

Expect the same questions/issues with Mudiay and his prime prep connections next season.

[Mustangs_Maroons]

Just heard the conference. He attacked LB and basically accused him of having no integrity. This [deleted] should get reprimanded.

[smusic 00]

NCAA cleared Frazier so wouldn't it be on them?

[Treadway21]

2012...really? you are going to ask Larry Brown something in 2014 about this? what a chump. get a real job

It was a guess, as more chime the Frazier angle makes more sense in relation to his question.


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[Mustangs_Maroons]

His voice was quivering too when asking the accusatory questions and direct implications. He sounded nervous as hell. Spineless dirt bag with no journalistic integrity.

[Treadway21]

His voice was quivering too when asking the accusatory questions and direct implications. He sounded nervous as hell. Spineless dirt bag with no journalistic integrity.

#ShakeVoice.

He was definitely nervous trying to ambush the godfather. Such BS the way he did it.


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[SMU 86]

If it is KF, which I don't know if it is, I wonder if it was something he may have done at Kimball or SMU.

[SMU 86]

His voice was quivering too when asking the accusatory questions and direct implications. He sounded nervous as hell. Spineless dirt bag with no journalistic integrity.

I think his voice kind of sounded somewhat like a smart alec.

[Stallion]

who was the Dallas area recruit who went to Kansas-considered SMU-and I believe was on Dallas Carter state championship Shipp broke a story on him and I'm not sure NCAA even suspended player because it was a hih school issue-or did hego pro.

[RGV Pony]

Twitter bomb this dude and put a . in front of the @ so everyone can see

[Stallion]

Darrell Arthur. Shipp broke a story like this when he was at Kansas

[ponyscott]

Twitter bomb this dude and put a . in front of the @ so everyone can see

I did several and didn't know why they didn't show up.

[Stallion]

Here is a very similar story done by Shipp on Darrell Arthur-was Kansas ever punished?

Grade changing questions surround high-profile amateur athlete

10:22 PM CDT on Thursday, May 15, 2008

By BRETT SHIPP / WFAA-TV



The South Oak Cliff High School boy’s basketball team has already had to forfeit their 2006 state title. Tonight, new questions about the 2005 state crown and a star athlete.

A News 8 investigation into improper grade changing has uncovered new potential problems, this time with one of the most high-profile amateur athletes in the nation. The new questions center on an athlete at South Oak Cliff who not only helped win two state basketball championships, he just pulled down a coveted college basketball crown.

Junior forward, Darrell Arthur, was an A-plus athlete on the court. But transcripts obtained by News 8 raise questions about whether he was actually making the grade in the classroom during his junior season, specifically in math.

His transcripts show he received no grades at all his fall semester. His final grade was changed to a 70 in September of 2005 with no explanation of why.

If in fact Arthur had failed math that fall, he would not have been eligible to play basketball, and many of his team’s victories in that championship season might have to be forfeited according to University Interscholastic League standards.

Similar irregularities recently uncovered by News 8 on fellow player Kendrake Johnigan has already led to the forfeiture of South Oak Cliff's 2006 state crown.

Former South Oak Cliff math teacher Winford Ashmore says Arthur had a history of trouble in math. He showed us his 2002 grade book for freshmen math in which Arthur was making weekly failing grades: 45, 25 and 24.

Ashmore says then principal Donald Moten, and current head basketball coach James Mays Jr., both asked him to by-pass the rules and award Arthur a passing grade.

"Darrell was still failing, and was not making much of an effort in class, and was not coming to tutoring,” said Ashmore. “So at that point I ensured Moten as well as James Mays Jr. that Darrell Arthur was going to get an F for the six weeks."

Days later, without teacher approval, Arthur was dropped from Ashmore's class. And despite those low grades, transcripts reflect Arthur was given a passing grade of 70.

In the Spring of 2003 school records show Arthur failed math again with a 64. But those records also show in January of 2005, that's two years later, Principal Moten signed off on changing that failing grade to a passing grade of 72.

The reason given for the grade change, according to records, "teacher bubbled (the grade) incorrectly." ut even District policy states "errors in student' grades must be corrected within ten days after the grading period ends."

Donald Moten is no longer with the district. He resigned following the News 8, and subsequent DISD internal, investigation into grade changing during the 2006 Championship season.

District officials say Coach Mays actions are still being looked into. Ashmore says a thorough investigation will reveal the truth. "Coach Mays has full knowledge of what's going on as it relates to kids being changed out of classes," said Ashmore.

Ashmore says the grade changing for athletes was improper and calls into question more than just the winning of a state championship trophy.

“Since Darrell Arthur really did not pass Algebra, which means he did not clear the clearing house, that also means that he really should not have been eligible for a Division One major college scholarship," said Ashmore.

Just last month Arthur helped lead the Kansas Jayhawks to the NCAA college basketball championship. He has recently decided to leave college and turn pro.

So did the possible cheating by adults pay off?

Not according to one upset DISD teacher and coach Jeff Sullivan who has seen our stories and believes the only one being cheated is the child.

“Taking the student out of class who is already borderline is just hurting them worse,” said Sullivan. “In the end, it makes sure that they don't have to make the work up and then changing the grade is hurting them twice as bad."

Both Moten and Coach Mays have declined to comment for this story. DISD officials have also declined to comment but say these allegations are being fully investigated.

What is unclear at this time is how this will be handled by the University of Kansas and the NCAA.

NCAA officials have confirmed to News 8 that if a player is ineligible, then among the possible punishments is forfeiture of any or all games involving that student.