Yahoo Sports sources: investigation into academic fraud underway at Notre Dame, football players (as well as regular students) part of probe— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) August 15, 2014
That's per Yahoo!'s Pat Forde, a normally credible source.
Dan Murphy of 247Sports reported Notre Dame players were missing from Friday's practice: http://notredame.247sports.com/Bolt/Players-Missing-From-Fridays-Practic....
A foursome of Notre Dame veterans was not seen leaving the Irish practice field Friday afternoon. Cornerback KeiVarae Russell, defensive end Ishaq Williams, linebacker Kendall Moore and wide receiver DaVaris Daniels were not among the players who exited the LaBar Practice Field Friday.
Notre Dame did not respond to questions about their absence. The Irish are planning to host a practice open to faculty and media Saturday morning.

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If I remember correctly Davaris Daniels was kicked off the team for the Spring Semester and only rejoined the team this August... What for you ask... Academics!! Also the QB Golson was kicked off for last year due to academics.
Starting to see a theme here, the student athlete is turning into a $tudent Athlete. It's only a matter of time before they start to get paid.
In the end they had such a good recruiting class it won't effect them at all. If UNC got by the big $ donors from ND will pay off the NCAA.
I can't help but think that players are seeing how others are being paid, whether caught or not, and wanting their own piece of the pie/cake. If I had to guess, they look at Reggie Bush's situation and see that he's still in the NFL making bank and aren't afraid of being declared ineligible as long as they still get into the league. Or they have been treated with an "above the law" mentality for so long that they think they can get away with it.
Ok...so athletes wanna get paid, and the NCAA wants them to get good grades.
Duh! Pay them to get good grades! My mom did this with me in middle school with amazing results. Here are the details of her master plan -
A - $4
B - $3
C - push no pay
D - owed a $1
F - owed $2.
This is such a no-brainer.
Someone send this to the NCAA IMMEDIATELY. This is the best proposal I have ever read.
Question: If they get a 4.0, do they get ice cream?
My mom used to tell me that if I got As in math all year I would get $100. I always got at least one B.
Your mom knew you too well.
Edit: I cracked up at work at your post by the way. Great, hilarious idea.
nope, I'm with you there. I mean my parents paid me...minimum wage to work on my dad's construction site.
I wasn't paid to get good grades. My parents had the expectation that I would get good grades.
My parents had a similar plan.
A - $10
B - $5
C - $0
D - Owed $10
F - Owed $20. They really wanted to focus on the penalties.
my father was more competitive with me and my brother
$25 for the brother with the highest gpa
$20 for the one with the most A's
bonus $25/class for the one with the highest grade when we had same class together
and after my brother graduated the pay for grades scheme was over, and he said "you know how to get the grades now"
No way! Not the saints! Lets hope its not as bad as North Carolina.
you beat me by 21 seconds... please just go ahead and delete my forum topic if you would, in the meantime I'll just leave this here;

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/notre-dame-fighting-iris...
Bruce Feldman is reporting "Notre Dame dismisses four players connected to academic fraud": http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/notre-dame-fighting-iris....
Yup, things are gonna get interesting.
All the dismissed players might come back and compete for starting position like Everet Golson did .
I guess they should striken that National Champio....
Oh wait..thats right..Alabama ripped them a new one on national t.v.
Yeah, I feel like there isn't much point to vacating wins from 2012, cause Bama already annihilated the legitimacy of that season anyways.
Well I guess now they have to throw the book at UNC, to teach ND a lesson
That book was intercepted by Kendall Fuller and returned for a MF'ing Touchdown!!!!!!!!!
That's impossible. Manti Te'o's girlfriend is the team tutor.
Here's a picture of her in the library before a tutoring session.
Joke of the day! Nice Job Turkey Leg for YOU!!!
You beat me to it. Well done. have a leg! I'll just leave this:
This joke will never be appropriate... however, it was also never not be funny.
This makes me wonder if they tried to scapegoat Everett Golson in hopes of keeping the larger issue hidden.
Apparently, some girl was doing their homework in exchange for sex. If that isn't the best deal in the world, I don't know what is.
Wow. Girls that will have sex with you only if you let them do your homework.
If there is an NFL future in it. Try to get that keep-a-player baby
Does she mow lawns too??!?!!!
Was this Manti Taos girl friend ?
Clearly ND is making a play to be UNC's cross division rivals... well played Irish, well played
Alternatively,

http://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/college/notredame/football/notre-...
Am I the only one who had to answer a question related to whether or not I have researched and/or purchased "intimate apparel" in the last 12 months in order to view the full article?
I had to answer if I wanted to buy a smartwatch.
Apparently, I'm a nerd and you're Buffalo Bill.
Yes and your answer was ??????
Even if these allegations are true , ND will get no punishment by NCAA .Hey, it's Notre Dame , everyone knows how "SPECIAL" & coveted they are. NCAA has already set precedents by allowing North Carolina to go virtually scott free.
That's not fair..Scott Free was a 4 star prospect by Rivals that ran a 4.3 40
Yes , he was a 6' 14 3/16" 301lb TE .But his 40 time was not 4.4, it was 3.6854319 sec.
Let me get this straight...the tutor would only do the hw if the players do her? She must have a little Irish in her somewhere. God Bless America!!!
Apparently she had quite a bit of Irish in her...
...among other things.
Ka-Chow!
somewhere? Sounds like everywhere
What ever happened to the Oklahoma State allegations? I guess T Boone Pickens wrote a nice check to the NCAA
"Let me show you my shocked face."

Ive got admit, ND reacts faster and better than that school in the state of North Carolina.
I mean, bar's set pretty low there, but yes, yes they have.