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Monday, September 8, 2008

"Special" treatment for star athletes, Indianapolis Star

By Mark Alesia
September 7, 2008

Former Indiana University football coach Gerry DiNardo doesn't recall any battles to get recruits into school, including the 42 percent of his first class that didn't meet IU's normal entrance requirements.

As at Louisiana State, where DiNardo also coached, he said if players met the NCAA's minimum academic standards, he could count on them being admitted.

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