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The letter says coaches sometimes fill out admissions applications for student-athletes and “in many instances, athletes have not even signed the form.” Harold Baily, director of the UNM Afro-American Studies Program, recommends the hiring of a black academic council for black student-athletes. Thursday, Dec. 20 An investigation of UNM basketball team travel expenses has led to investigations of all major athletic programs and some of the smaller programs. Travel vouchers, subpoenaed by the federal grand jury, are being audited by the FBI to determine whether the state paid for expensive motels, when the team stayed at cheaper locations. Friday, Dec. 21 Davis confirms that he was questioned in early October by journalism professor Charles Coates, concerning suspect credits given a basketball player. Coates said a player he had flunked in a summer course was practicing with the team. Coates said he had been told that without a passing grade, the player would be ineligible. Gary Colson, coach of Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., is named as the 13th Lobo basketball coach. Colson, 45, signs a five-year, $37,500-peryear contract. Weaver says athletes who plan to attend UNM must send transcripts directly to the Registrar’s Office and not through members of the Athletic Department.
Saturday, Dec. 22 UNM officials were aware in 1978 of an alleged gradepurchasing system between UNM athletes and a California college, according to a report to the Athletic Council. The allegations to the council are contained in a three-page report from Coates, who says he warned officials last fall that a basketball player had failed a journalism course and might be academically ineligible. Friday, Dec. 28 Davis calls Coates’ questions about Davis’ handling of the athletic investigation “malicious.” Saturday, Dec. 29 Sen. Les Houston (D-Bern.) requests the state Legislature to open its own probe of the scandal. Thursday, Jan. 3 Davis testifies for more than two hours before a federal grand jury probing the UNM athletic scandal. Friday, Jan. 4 Minority hiring practices at UNM and the athletic department are under investigation by the Department of Labor. Questions have been raised about whether affirmative action guidelines were followed in hiring Athletic Director John Bridgers, football coach Joe Morrison and basketball coach Gary Colson. Monday, Jan. 7 Basketball players Michael Johnson and Keith Magee are ruled academically ineligible for the second semester beginning Jan. 21.
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