Trouble for FSU

[Durty South Swamp]

This is nothing guys, people are making too big a deal out of it. A couple guys quoted a few authors but forgot to hit the " button. Who among them was ever charged with a felony? They were young kids who made an honest mistake. And the coaches bear no responsibility for any of this and I'm also sure the players were disciplined appropriately in house. We shouldn't be so judgmental about these things. It's not like they were slacking on company time...

 

[MidwestChomp]

This is nothing guys, people are making too big a deal out of it. A couple guys quoted a few authors but forgot to hit the " button. Who among them was ever charged with a felony? They were young kids who made an honest mistake. And the coaches bear no responsibility for any of this and I'm also sure the players were disciplined appropriately in house. We shouldn't be so judgmental about these things. It's not like they were slacking on company time...

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

A class on coffee, tea, and wine requires that much plagiarism?

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

A class on coffee, tea, and wine requires that much plagiarism?

They were told thunderbird and night train don't count

 

[cover2]

Isn't this old news? Why do I feel like we've heard this before?

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2008-02-05/sports/fsuprobe05_1_aass-wetherell-athletic

Florida State professor says his online music course, which football players cheated on, was a 'state-of-the-art class'

February 5, 2008|By Andrew Carter, Sentinel Staff Writer

TALLAHASSEE -- The professor of the online music course that is the focal point of Florida State's investigation into academic fraud by athletes told the Orlando Sentinel he "wrote a beautiful class and it was abused."

During an exclusive interview with the Sentinel last week, Dale Olsen described how "MUH 2051: Music of World Cultures"-- a course designed for non-music majors -- became a breeding ground for academic dishonesty without his knowledge.

 

[Okeechobee Joe]

These FSU players are smarter than I thought. In order to plagiarize you have to know how to copy.

 

[kepler]

And I went to a college where they made me do the work to get my degree. I can see the FSU route working for some of the not-so-bright population.

 

[Gatorraid81]

I think we all know this will have no effect on Fsu and nothing will come of it, but this same thing would end up burying us. SMH. I'm really beginning to wonder if it's a necessity now a days for a program to have to do shady things like these to be elite and sweep things under a rug. It just seems like there's a lot of shadiness surrounding a lot of elite programs these days. Probably always been that way and we definitely were labeled that way under Meyer, but Spurrier seemed to run a program that was a lot cleaner and respectful. I'm just trying to think recently what school has been successful without some controversy.

 

[ChiefGator]

Back in the day U of M was thought to have a class in "underwater basket weaving" for players to pass easily.

 

[MJMGator]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-preferential-treatment-according-to-ny-times

Thank goodness someone else is having some trouble!

Where's 2222 to defend this practice. If you ever glanced at an answer book or peeked at someone else's work, then you are just as guilty and should not pass judgment.

 

[CGgater]

Isn't this old news? Why do I feel like we've heard this before?

Because this crap has happened at f$u before... and been reported by the nyt before... and for some reason nobody seems to care. But if a UF LB barks at a police dog, it gets national bspn exposure with an infinite video loop. I don't get it.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...ry-academic-fraud-involving-football-players/

Oh look, fsu responds. Apparently they hired someone and conducted their own internal investigation... and found no fault.

Guess that settles it then!

 

[cover2]

A class on coffee, tea, and wine requires that much plagiarism?

I believe there's better info on the subject(s) to be had from the alcohol threads in the Chatter Lounge. In fact, I recall that you are quite knowledgable in this area. Hell, don't you and Queenie live close to Cigar Gity brewery? That alone should be enough for at least adjunct status (if not tenured faculty) at that particular bastion of knowledge and academic integrity.

 

[Omar's Coming Yo!]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-preferential-treatment-according-to-ny-times

Thank goodness someone else is having some trouble!

This is why I laugh when people say athletes in FB and basketball are getting a free "education"

 

[CGgater]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...ry-academic-fraud-involving-football-players/

Oh look, fsu responds. Apparently they hired someone and conducted their own internal investigation... and found no fault.

Guess that settles it then!

As usual... why is it they continue to repeat similar (and sometimes exactly the same) offenses, yet the school is never at fault?

 

[Oklahoma Gator]

So FSU got curb stomped.. That's a positive

 

[GBHOR]

So FSU got curb stomped.. That's a positive

Unfortunately they'll do the same to us

 

[NavetG8r]

So FSU got curb stomped.. That's a positive

Kinda hard to get excited about that when we lost worse to a lower ranked team...

 

[Oklahoma Gator]

Hey I will take small victories wherever I can get them at this point.

 

[BNAG8R]

Does anyone know why the assistant/whistleblower is now dead?