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"...In that story, the paper alleged that Wichita State's officals paid for an abortion of a girlfriend of one of the players and helped a menber of the team finance a home for his mother.
'It's totally ridiculous,' Smithson said of the paper's charges. 'It's a bunch of crap.'
The NCAA investigation, however, stems from the dismissal from the team last year of players Richard Williams and Ray Shirley. An NCAA official spoke to Williams at his Florida home that summer. From that conversation with Williams, the NCAA initiated its investigation.
Smithson said there was nothing improper surrounding the dismissal of Williams.
'It was for breaking curfew,' Smithson said, 'And a few other things before that.'
Smithson did not specify what those other things were...."
"...In that story, the paper alleged that Wichita State's officals paid for an abortion of a girlfriend of one of the players and helped a menber of the team finance a home for his mother.
'It's totally ridiculous,' Smithson said of the paper's charges. 'It's a bunch of crap.'
The NCAA investigation, however, stems from the dismissal from the team last year of players Richard Williams and Ray Shirley. An NCAA official spoke to Williams at his Florida home that summer. From that conversation with Williams, the NCAA initiated its investigation.
Smithson said there was nothing improper surrounding the dismissal of Williams.
'It was for breaking curfew,' Smithson said, 'And a few other things before that.'
Smithson did not specify what those other things were...."
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