So Syracuse is out of the big dance. (Cue the lame "dance references" that ESPN loves to throw in our face during the first few weeks of March.....) Syracuse is taking off its tuxedo and putting it the closet for next year. They are shining their shoes before they put them back under their bed. They call the limo driver and tell him he has to pick them up early. (Okay, let's stop that now.)
Anyway, unfortuately Fab Melo, Syracuse Orange's leading rebounder was declared ineligible to play in the tournament a few days ago for 'academic reasons'. I know the NCAA is very big on maintaining the legitimacy of the 'student-athlete' title--- school comes before sports, as evidenced in the placement of the words around the hyphen---but please, can we punish players for school stuff at ANOTHER TIME ???? Not during March???? Its the BIGGEST college sports activity, March Madness, and you choose to punish a player for an academic offense now? Why didn't you do it during Winter Break or something? This leads to the question of "What was his offense, exactly?" and until I get a good answer on it, I really can't be too harsh on the Syracuse brass about this.
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