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Investigators examine Pell grants, work-study
Question of abuse reaches grand jury
WASHINGTON — The Education Department is auditing university records for possible abuse of federal financial aid to support college athletes.
The Associated Press
Assistant Inspector General Dianne Van Riper said Aug. 13 that agents have begun a closer look at grants, work-study programs and other financial aid. She would not say which or how many universities were being examined.
She also confirmed a federal grand jury is separately investigating aid practices at a university, but she gave no details.
ESPN reported Aug. 12 that players at 22 universities — almost all football powers — have been pinpointed by investigators. Mississippi State was one of the campuses visited, "The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger" reported.
The decision to pursue a broader investigation follows information uncovered during a
"It was indicated during that investigation that other schools may have been doing similar things," said Van Riper, who gave no indication how long the current investigation would take.
The Miami investigation led to the conviction of Anthony Russell, a former academic adviser. Russell was sentenced to three years in 1994 for helping athletes, mostly football players, fraudulently get federal aid.
The Education Department also was told by the General Accounting Office, an investigative arm of Congress, about problems with Pell Grants, which help students from poor families pay for college
widely publicized investigation at the University of Miami, and from other sources.
"We were also getting some of these smaller isolated allegations coming in about other schools, which caused us to believe we ought to take a closer look," Van Riper said. The larger investigation has been under way for about two years, but only now have agents begun collecting records at institutions.
No cases have been referred to federal prosecutors as a result of
this broader look.
If students get a grant, other forms of aid may have to be lowered. Many athletes get scholarships in addition to the grants.
Although the focus is on football, other sports are involved.
About 3.7 million people received the grants, of up to $2,700, last year. The average grant is $1,700. The 1997 budget appropriated $6 billion for grants.
Van Riper said investigators were looking at whether information on Pell Grant applications was true and whether the students who are supposed to be eligible are the ones who got the money.
At Mississippi State, four federal officials requested financial-aid files of all members of the football team after arriving Tuesday morning at the Starkville campus, an MSU vice president told "The Clarion-Ledger."
The investigators are also looking at work-study, which helps finance part-time jobs for needy students.
"We will cooperate in their investigation to the fullest," Roy Ruby said. "We are confident the office has awarded the financial aid properly."
Nebraska backfield takes another hit
The Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska I-back Jay Sims will be sidelined for three to four weeks and will miss the season's opening game after straining a ligament in his right knee during a scrimmage.
The injury was a blow to a backfield already plagued with injuries.
With DeAngelo Evans still recovering from a pelvis injury, Sims was the only L-back behind Ahman Green with experience. He played in 20 games the past two seasons, carrying 76 times for 483 vards.
("The injury) is at a position where we couldn't afford any more injuries," coach Tom Osborne said. "Jay apparently got hit as he planted his foot, and the knee rolled a little."
Freshmen Correll Buckhalter and Dan White are left to back up Green, who had an injury-plagued season in 1996.
"We figured one of the freshmen would have to play this year,
even before we had the injuries.
Osborne said. "Now maybe both
of them will."
Redshirt freshman Dan Alexander, who is listed as a fullback and an I-back, also is recovering from a knee injury. He has been cleared for noncontact practice but will be out for at least the season opener against Akron Aug. 30.
Forget cheering, player needs crowd to wiggle
At fullback, Ben Kingston is recovering from a knee injury, and Willie Miller is recuperating from shoulder surgery.
The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — When Dwight Collins scores a touchdown, he's not interested in the roar of the crowd.
What the University of Central Florida running back wants to see is thousands of arms and wiggling fingers in the air. That lets Collins, who has been deaf since infancy, know he's being cheered.
When Collins was looking at schools last year, many colleges were impressed with his high school career stats of 2,587 yards and 27 touchdowns. But he only got offers from Central Florida, Tulane, Gallaudet, the nation's top university for deaf students, and McNeeSE State, near his hometown of Lake Charles, La.
And he is being cheered — by his Golden Knight teammates and fans who see a player who hasn't let a disability get in the way of his career.
"Not all the colleges were interested in me because of my deaf
Deafness wasn't an issue when the school recruited the muscled, 210-pound running back, coach Gene McDowell said. "He's a heck of a football player. He runs real fast. He's driven to excel and he has a high skill level."
ness," Collins said through an interpreter. "They saw it as a handicap even though I didn't think it was."
Collin's hearing impairment, which is at a 98 percent loss, forces him to concentrate harder than his teammates and he rarely needs to be told twice to do something, the coach said.
Collins was 11 months old when he lost his hearing after contracting meningitis, said his mother, Annie Collins, a bank worker. His father enrolled him in a karate class at age 6. From there, it was on to weightlifting, track and football.
Since his arrival this summer, Collins has been treated like a celebrity.
Collins doesn't read lips. He relies on his interpreter, Angel Carenter.
NCAA upholds Slippery Rock scholarship sanctions
The Associated Press
OVERLAND PARK — Last week an NCAA appeals committee upheld scholarship sanctions imposed on Slippery Rock for violations in its basketball program.
Slippery Rock had appealed the scholarship portion of the penalties imposed in August 1996, calling them excessive and inappropriate.
Penalties imposed by the NCAA committee on infractions limited scholarships for the 1996-97 year and for 1997-98.
Slippery Rock had argued that its self-imposed penalties and corrective actions were substantial enough that scholarships should be restored for 1997-98.
The NCAA Division II steering committee upheld the scholarship restrictions for 1997-98 because of the advantage gained by Slippery Rock, because of the seriousness of the violations and because of a lack of institutional control.
The committee said the fact that the violations continued for several years proved lack of institutional control.
At various times since as early as the 1985-86 season, Barlett improperly arranged for transportation, loans, long-distance telephone calls and payments for imaginary work for other players, the NCAA said.
The NCAA committee on infractions found that head coach Bob Barlett, who resigned in November 1994, improperly used his own money and falsified school employment forms to get cash to pay for tuition, housing and books for five basketball players before the 1994-95 school year.
After it discovered the violations, Slippery Rock barred itself from post-season play for one season, cut in half the number of on-campus visits by prospective recruits and reduced the men's basketball budget by 15 percent for one year.
Slippery Rock placed itself on probation for 1996-97, but the NCAA extended the probationary period through 1997-98.
Despite age, 60-year-old battles on gridiron College allows man to practice with team
The Associated Press
They cheered and yelled when he made a lunging attempt to catch a pass. They offered advice on technique when he faltered.
ASHLAND, Ohio — Edgard Barreto receives plenty of support from his teammates on the Ashland College football team.
Encouraging a teammate is normal for football practices. But Barretto's situation is far from normal. The 60-year-old is attempting to play for his alma mater 39 years after last taking the field.
"When I'm 60 years old, I hope I can move as well and run as well as he does," senior safety Chris Fichtner said. "For his age, I'd say he's doing real well. We're all rooting him on."
The idea of a 60-year-old chasing men 40 years his junior might seem crazy, but it matches Barreto's lifestyle. Having completed more than 200 marathons, including two a weekend for a year, Barreto, of Napples, Fla., said he and his family never have been limited by social norms.
"We try very hard not to be patterned by society,not to behave our age," he said.
But wanting to compete and actually playing college football are different things.
Eagles coach Gary Keller said it's unlikely Barreto will see action.
"We have a policy that we dress everybody on the team," Keller said. "We're not going to discriminate in terms of who's going to be on the sidelines."
Although Barreto is in great shape, he lacks the size (5-foot-10, 180 pounds), speed and agility required to shadow the speediest receivers. His coaches said he probably would spend much of practice, and all season, watching.
In practice, Barreto will work out with the defensive backs. Secondary coach Doug DeVito is concerned about the situation.
"As long as he can accept his role and not impede the development of other players, then he can come out," DeVito said. "But I refuse to let it be a disruption to our team and our secondary.
"I'm not going to let him get into contact drills. I can't consciously do that," he said.
Fichtner feels Barreto is being treated like any other incoming first-year player. But he is glad Barreto will not participate in contact drills.
"I really don't know if I could hit him as hard as I hit somebody in a game," he said. "That'd be tough."
A retired chemistry teacher sporting a gold stud in his left ear, Barreto will return to Ashland this fall to begin work on a master's degree in sports science.
As far as eligibility, he has two semesters remaining, and under NCAA rules for Division II and III, there is no time restriction on when he can use them and no age limit.
His status with the team didn't deter Barreto after his first full practice Aug. 12. Despite observing all contact drills, he couldn't wait for the afternoon session.
"I feel absolutely great," Barreto said. "I'm never discouraged."
"My knees have been through so many marathons, and I ran so much, that I just can't keep up with the young guys," he said.
Barreto clearly knows his physical limitations.
But, he notes, Ashland's motto is, "Accent the Individual."
"And that's exactly what they do," he said. "I didn't get kicked out. That's why regardless of how bad I am or how short I fall, I'm not going to walk out."
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