The Auburn Tigers might have some explaining to do. According to an ESPN Outside the Lines report, a part-time tutor at the university took at least one exam for a college football player.
Since the report became public, Auburn has since released a statement denying any such wrongdoing:
“It’s simply not true,” the statement reads, according to ESPN. “The person making the accusation is a part-time employee placed on administrative leave on Aug. 31 because of a dispute with a coworker. She is making claims not supported by facts, and based on what ESPN told us, she keeps changing her story. Neither she, her attorney nor our investigation have produced anything to support her claims.”
The alleged misconduct was first brought to Auburn's attention last February.
Whether or not this allegation is rooted in facts or not, something this serious will likely be strongly investigated. If not by the university, then by the governing body of college sports. Since we know the NCAA likes to get involved in these types of things — hello, North Carolina — the governing body has already claimed jurisdiction in these matters.
The Tigers are not in a great position to claim any sort of blissful ignorance after releasing the statement they did, either. One can't say “it is not true” then later say “we didn't know” or that it was just a few bad eggs.
Anyway, no one actually cares if a kid — or a dozen — didn't take his or her own exam. We just care if a football program is going to get in trouble. Sad!
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