RE: Another Uninformed Person

[Michael Ryan]

I looked it up and he's from Aurora, which is in the Chicago area. 
You're right.... And your memory is better than mine. 

I would ask for focus on the article though.  It got me stirred up that
folks with the ability to have a positive impact on students lives,
doesn't do his research.  Its one thing for a writer to screw it up, but
this is the head of a huge school system making these statements. 

Mike Ryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Nabeel Kaukab [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:45 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Another Uninformed Person


Not to nitpick, but wasn't Aaron McGee a Chicago recruit?

Nabeel

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Ryan [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:29 AM
To: Bearcats BB Forum
Subject: [UC Basketball] Another Uninformed Person


Here is another example of someone with power not getting all the facts
before making statements to the press. 

Arne Duncan is the head of the Chicago Public School System. 

"The whole thing is a travesty," Duncan said of Huggins' record and West
Virginia's seeming apathy about it. "This exemplifies everything that's
wrong with big-time athletics.   "There is no sense of academics having
any importance whatsoever. There's just a coach and a school becoming
wealthy, largely on the backs of poor inner-city kids.   "The fact this
gets rewarded, that another school (WVU) wants to hire this guy is
mind-boggling to me. I would discourage our athletes from going to a
program like that. It just infuriates me."

http://chicagosports.com/columnists/content/column/0,2007,179061,00.html

FYI:  the last recruit to come out of Chicago to Cincinnati was Levertis
Robinson.  If Duncan is going to say these things without investigating
them first, we can forget about Chicago talent coming to Clifton.  If
you wish to voice a complain, the writers email address is at the bottom
of the article. 


Mike Ryan


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