The Birmingham City Schools’ investigation into the academic transcript of former Kentucky player Eric Bledsoe will be made public on Friday.
“The report should be made public as part of a special called Board of Education meeting at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24,” wrote Michaelle Chapman, Director of Communications for Birmingham City Schools in an e-mail message.
The report is the result of a private investigation commissioned by the Birmingham City Schools. The investigation resulted from a story in The New York Times which alleged several questionable improvements made by Bledsoe after he transferred from Hayes High School to Parker High School in his native Birmingham.
Kentucky basketball and the NCAA have an interest in the Bledsoe report. The NCAA could base any conclusion about Bledsoe’s eligibility on the findings. If Bledsoe is ruled ineligible, UK could be ordered to vacate the 35 victories in which he participated in the 2009-10 season.
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
