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#FreeTacko

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ajwellman_'s picture
November 10, 2015 at 6:55pm
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As a UCF student I have a personal connection to this. But, I'm sure most of us have at least heard of 7' 6 UCF freshman Tacko Fall, by now. Four star center out of Orlando, FL who has only been playing ball/living in the US for two years after he came over from Senegal.  Like Mickey Mitchell, currently the NCAA has yet to clear him academically(they've cleared his amateurism, etc.). even though he graduated with a 3.6 GPA, destroyed his SATs, was already accepted into UCF's engineering program and has been getting A's in his classes so far. The NCAA is saying many of his high school credits haven't qualified(went to Liberty Christian Prep in Orlando, which is kinda small, but has had student-athletes go on to college with no complications, before.). Tacko and his family are preparing to sue the NCAA if their final academic waiver doesn't win out. I pray that he wins out, he's a really good kid, who the NCAA should want most of their student-athletes to be like. Have met him a couple times and he genuinely is a great kid.

Here's more on the current situation: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14099980

More on who Tacko is(with a great headline might I add): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xfmePTTsyg

If you want to see awesome highlights of the monster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiNzsp6ior0

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