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Gallion challenged Vol Swain's test score
By MIKE GRIFFITH, knsgriff@aol.com
August 15, 2004
Alabama attorney Thomas Gallion said he forwarded a possible violation involving Tennessee receiver Jayson Swain to the NCAA, but no action was taken.
According to Gallion, a former Huntsville Grissom High School administrator has gone on record challenging the legitimacy of Swain's standardized test score.
"I don't have anything against the University of Tennessee," Gallion said. "I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy of the system.''
Gallion is representing former Alabama football assistants Ivy Williams and Ronnie Cottrell in a lawsuit against the NCAA. Among Gallion's claims is that Tennessee received favorable treatment from the NCAA in compliance cases in exchange for information leading to violations against Alabama.
UT athletic director Mike Hamilton said he wasn't aware Swain's ACT score had been challenged until last week.
"It's the first I've heard of it,'' Hamilton said. "But now that I'm aware of it, I can assure you we'll follow up on it diligently.''
Swain, a sophomore from Huntsville, said he had heard about the charge that someone else took his test for him from people back in his home state.
"Yeah, I heard all of that,'' Swain said. "They're still mad I left the state. We can dig up all of the archives. We'll get my ACT score out, and I'll even show them the ACT prep program I studied on CD-ROM. I studied that every day.''
Swain said the various attacks and charges being made against Tennessee have only served to bring the team closer together. The accusations about his test score are no different in that respect, he said.
"That's not a smart thing for them to do,'' Swain said. "We already feel we don't get enough respect.''
Swain said that contrary to the report, he played in a high school game on a Friday night and traveled to Atlanta and took the test.
"We won an easy game Friday night, and I pretty much left for Atlanta right after that,'' Swain said. "I didn't even sleep. They can come here, and we can talk about it.''
By MIKE GRIFFITH, knsgriff@aol.com
August 15, 2004
Alabama attorney Thomas Gallion said he forwarded a possible violation involving Tennessee receiver Jayson Swain to the NCAA, but no action was taken.
According to Gallion, a former Huntsville Grissom High School administrator has gone on record challenging the legitimacy of Swain's standardized test score.
"I don't have anything against the University of Tennessee," Gallion said. "I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy of the system.''
Gallion is representing former Alabama football assistants Ivy Williams and Ronnie Cottrell in a lawsuit against the NCAA. Among Gallion's claims is that Tennessee received favorable treatment from the NCAA in compliance cases in exchange for information leading to violations against Alabama.
UT athletic director Mike Hamilton said he wasn't aware Swain's ACT score had been challenged until last week.
"It's the first I've heard of it,'' Hamilton said. "But now that I'm aware of it, I can assure you we'll follow up on it diligently.''
Swain, a sophomore from Huntsville, said he had heard about the charge that someone else took his test for him from people back in his home state.
"Yeah, I heard all of that,'' Swain said. "They're still mad I left the state. We can dig up all of the archives. We'll get my ACT score out, and I'll even show them the ACT prep program I studied on CD-ROM. I studied that every day.''
Swain said the various attacks and charges being made against Tennessee have only served to bring the team closer together. The accusations about his test score are no different in that respect, he said.
"That's not a smart thing for them to do,'' Swain said. "We already feel we don't get enough respect.''
Swain said that contrary to the report, he played in a high school game on a Friday night and traveled to Atlanta and took the test.
"We won an easy game Friday night, and I pretty much left for Atlanta right after that,'' Swain said. "I didn't even sleep. They can come here, and we can talk about it.''
