Derrick Rose’s Reputation At Risk
June 2, 2009 by Lyndsey D'Arcangelo
Filed under Basketball
Derrick Rose quickly went from the NBA’s 2009 Rookie of the Year (and the Chicago Bulls’ savior) to the center of an NCAA investigation into allegations that he had someone take the SAT test for him so that he could play at Memphis.
Derrick Rose is currently at the center of NCAA investigation into his academic eligibilty at Memphis.
According to the Chicago-Sun Times, his high school grades were even altered to help him stay academically eligible.
The investigation has once again brought attention to the NBA’s age regulation rule, in which players have to be at least 19 years old in order to play professional basketball.
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, asks: “Why the heck did he have to take [the SAT test] in the first place?”
He makes a good point. Rose could have avoided this scandal altogether if he had simply been able to jump directly to the NBA from high school instead.
As Wetzel argues effectively:
“No one cared when Danica Patrick went pro as a race car driver at 16. No one tried to prevent Shawn Johnson from winning an Olympic gold at the same age or Miley Cyrus from making millions singing and acting with her dad even younger than that. And no one ever required them to recognize analogies before doing so. So why do we make Derrick Rose?”
Why, indeed.
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You are correct in some kids motivations.
I the Memphis case, the NCAA has not presented any information to Memphis to support their may “libelous” accustions concerning Rose.
Memphis essentailly said that there is a level of proof that is required to make certain charges about a person. Given that Memphis has good lawyers, I’m sure that Memphis was not willing to cross that line.
But is the NCAA willing to cross the line.
The NCAA should be careful. Memphis has made it very clear that details will be given to the public.
AND if they are incorrect (NCAA), Rose has $90M to sue the NCAA.