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Saturday, April 08, 2006
Lehigh forfeits made official
The Patriot League Friday finally made official Lehigh's forfeiture of 13 games from the 2004-2005 season in which Joe Knight played.

Knight's individual records, including his 45-point game against Colgate in the league tournament, will stand, but Billy Taylor's coaching record will be adjusted to reflect the forfeited games.

As has been the case throughout this saga, Lehigh continues to refuse to acknowledge any wrongdoing or to apologize to the league, or more importantly, to Knight, who lost half his senior season thanks to the actions of athletic department officials.

In a statement released by the school, Lehigh A.D. Joe Sterrett simply says the school accepts the penalty imposed by the league.

Lehigh spokesman Jeff Tourial, in an AP story, says "We misinterpreted an NCAA rule."

It is wonderful PR for a league that basked in the glow of all those nice stories about Bucknell and the league's academics during the NCAA TOurnament. You can almost hear the Memphis fans snickering, eh?

The question the print media has ignored from day one of this whole mess is how a rule that seems pretty clear could be "misinterpreted." We have writted more than enough about this whole affair throughout the season. Rather than rehash it, here are a few links to some of our season-long coverage.
  • Knight hurt?
  • Woe is Juco Joe
  • From the mailbag
  • Knight's status clarified
  • Latest on Juco Joe
  • A Lehigh view of the Knight affair
  • Another Apologist
  • Lehigh offers forfeits
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