Comments for Lights Out in Blackham documentary at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.theind.com Sat, 18 May 2013 16:55:15 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/a-a-e/arts-a-entertainment-stories/7847-lights-out-in-blackham-documentary#comment-17744 The difference between the successful integration of academics in 1954 and the disaster of integration of athletics in 1966 was in leadership, not race. - SLI Mon, 16 May 2011 16:12:56 +0100 http://www.theind.com/a-a-e/arts-a-entertainment-stories/7847-lights-out-in-blackham-documentary#comment-17177 At the time of the USL death penalty it was the worst case of academic fraud ever investigated by the NCAA. All of the GSC and Southland conference schools were integratedby this time. . It had nothing to do with racial overtones on the NCAA's part, it was simply cheating on a grand scale. USL sued to get an injunction to play in the NCAA tournament because they knew the end was near. That is never a good idea when it comes to the NCAA. They do not operate the way the justice system operates...they don't have to. - TG Mon, 02 May 2011 16:39:31 +0100 http://www.theind.com/a-a-e/arts-a-entertainment-stories/7847-lights-out-in-blackham-documentary#comment-16089 numerous universities have been found guilty of the exact same things yet never gotten the death penalty, or in UL's case a two year death penalty. The reason UL got thrown under the bus was they were multiple offenders, the reason they were multiple offenders...they signed 3 black players in the 60's. Screw preconceived notions i think we should all grow a pair - the beard for president Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:55:03 +0100 http://www.theind.com/a-a-e/arts-a-entertainment-stories/7847-lights-out-in-blackham-documentary#comment-15864 "Southwestern Louisiana was found guilty of numerous violations after the 1972-73 season, including academic fraud, recruiting violations and improper financial assistance. The most serious violations involved five instances where players were allowed to compete despite having high school GPAs that predicted a college GPA lower than the NCAA's minimum of 1.6 at the time. On one occasion, an assistant coach forged the principal's signature on a recruit's high school transcript." From USL infractions report. Hope the documentary is fair and balanced, and without preconceived notions. Good Luck. - SW Bulldog Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:28:31 +0100 http://www.theind.com/a-a-e/arts-a-entertainment-stories/7847-lights-out-in-blackham-documentary#comment-15271 I was in school during the Bo Lamar, Roy Ebron, Fred Saunders, Jerry Flake, TJ Gaspard, Marvin Winkler, Payton Townsend days and, man, that team was good. But so was La. Tech, UNO, Northeast and McNeese. The Cajuns were one game away from going to the Final Four in 1973 when they lost to Louisville. I played in the pep band so I rarely missed a game. I was sitting in the band under the west goal and watched La. Tech's 7-footer, the great Mike Green, miss two free throws that would have given Tech the game at the end of regulation. I saw Bo Lamar score six points in 19 seconds to defeat Northeast. I also saw Lamar hit 62 against Northeast. How well known was that Cajun team in the basketball world? When musical group Bruce Hornsby and the Range performed at the Heyman Center in 1988 and sang "The Old Playground," a song about playing basketball, Hornby mentioned Coach Beryl Shipley. There were hardly any cheers for the great Cajun coach, who along with La. Tech coach Scotty Robertson, coached in the NBA and ABA. Read "Slam Dunk" by former Cajun broadcaster Ron Gomez and Coach Shipley to learn how the Louisiana higher education system disgracefully bowed under pressure and played a major hand in the Cajun's death penalty. - Sam Irwin Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:49:21 +0100