Auburn President says Chuck Person was an 'isolated individual'

Yeah. Throw Chuck to the wolves. He knew the risk.

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"I think it says clearly that they don't think there's some structural problem or some broader problem at the university, that this was an isolated individual," Leath said in the ESPN story. "I don't think anybody else knew. I don't think there's any indication at Auburn that anybody else knew about this."

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AUESOME NEWS!!! SUCK IT BAMMERS!!!

Can I take my head out of the sand now?

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Auburn president Steven Leath told ESPN that he received a call Monday night and was advised that an FBI agent wanted to meet with Leath the next morning, without any indication of what the meeting was about. Leath said he wasn't worried, because he assumed it had to do with his security clearance related to certain projects and research work on campus -- not about athletics.

An FBI agent arrived shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday. "They told me that as a result of a long, complex investigation, they were going to make arrests and make charges related to NCAA basketball. In fact, they had already arrested one of our assistant coaches earlier that morning," Leath said.

But the university did get some reassuring news later from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which was that the university itself was not the target of the investigation, Leath said.

"I think it says clearly that they don't think there's some structural problem or some broader problem at the university, that this was an isolated individual," he said. "I don't think anybody else knew. I don't think there's any indication at Auburn that anybody else knew about this."

Leath said coaches have identified the two student-athletes referenced in the FBI's investigation, but he would not name them, and he said the school, which has hired an outside law firm to investigate the men's basketball program, will wait for information from that review to determine what further actions, if any, need to be taken.

"It's very disappointing," Leath said. "I think university presidents are always concerned that the tail doesn't wag the dog. And then you see things like this going on under people's noses, and you wonder how it's even possible."

It is telling that the President is out there making the statements on this affair and not the Athletic Director.

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It is telling that the President is out there making the statements on this affair and not the Athletic Director.

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I want going to see what you all thought about this on here. It is a little suspicious that Leath had been the one speaking, not JJ. Perhaps that is only because it's all in regard to an FBI investigation, not an NCAA matter.

I'm sure JJ isn't fired, although I think we've entered a black hole of news coming out of the department until this cloud blows over (a few weeks at least is estimated).

But perhaps this is a sign of a diminished role for JJ.

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It is telling that the President is out there making the statements on this affair and not the Athletic Director.

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When there is an ongoing federal investigation, you don't roll out your goofy arse athletic director to do the talking. This issue involves the basketball program, but the reality here is that this impacts the university as a whole. The only person who should be speaking is the president of the university. This is above JJ's pay grade. Keep him in his office dreaming up new ways to avoid actually upgrading the facilities and away from any microphones.