University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 11, 1988
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received numerous small loans from Marshall ranging from $5 to $10 but that Manning always paid him back.
Neither Grinker nor Manning could be reached for comment yesterday.
Marx, who wrote the article for Sports Illustrated, confirmed that he was the reporter present at two interview sessions and said that Marshall approached him about sitting in on the meetings.
"He called me the morning of Sept. 9 and invited me to a meeting with Mr. Moss," Marx said. "He knew me as a reporter because I had worked
with him before on an article, and he trusted me."
Marx said that Marshall had not been paid by Sports Illustrated to do the article.
Marx said neither of the NCAA investigators was aware that he was a reporter. He said he would not answer if the investigators had asked.
"They asked me for my name and I told them," Marx said yesterday in a telephone interview from his Washington D.C. office. "They never asked me what my profession was. If they had asked, I would have told them. If they would have told me to leave I
Berst said investigators should have questioned Marx more thoroughly, but that it was unethical for Marx not to identify himself as a reporter.
would have."
Berst said the NCAA occasionally allowed friends to sit in because "it sometimes helps us to get better information because it makes the person being questioned feel more at ease."
Berst said he would meet with officials from KU next week to determine whether to reopen the NCAA infractions case. On Nov. 1, the NCAA put Kansas on three years of probation for recruiting
violations that occurred during the summer of 1986.
Bob Frederick, Kansas athletic director, issued a statement yesterday that said, "It is our intention to fully pursue the questions that were raised and seek a quick solution to the matter. It would be helpful if you could give any further comment regarding the issue until that time."
Under NCAA rules, such loans could have made Manning ineligible during last season if the loans occurred when Manning was a student and when Marshall was considered a representative of the University. The article does not
state when the loans were made.
Marshall was one of three University representatives of the Kansas basketball program who the NCAA Infractions Committee said were to be disassociated from the University's athletics program based upon their involvement in the recruiting violations.
Other allegations in the Sports Illustrated article included:
- that former Kansas coach Larry Brown told Sports Illustrated that in the summer of 1966, he had a phone conversation with then Memphis State coach Dana Kirk. In that conversation, Brown
admitted having paid for a plane ticket for Vincent Askew, a Memphis State player who had considered transferring to Kansas. Brown said Kirk informed him that he had taped the phone call. He concluded that Kirk, in turn, informed the NCAA of recruiting violations at the NCAF.
■ that Marschal, who played for McNeese State during the 1983-86 season, said he had received thousands of dollars from McNeese State boosters. McNeese State is currently on probation for rule violations in its basketball program.
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