NCAA let Rose play, so why does Memphis have to pay?

It is not uncommon for history to be altered after it is written. Pluto once was considered a planet but now is not. Harry Truman left office with an approval rating in the low 20s but eventually became the model of the modern Democrat. Jim Rice was not deemed worthy of baseball's Hall of Fame for 14 years, and then he was. Villanova in 1971, UCLA in 1980 and Ohio State in 1999 all competed in the NCAA Final Four, but they no longer are considered Final Four teams. So the NCAA infractions committee's decision to vacate Memphis' accomplishments from the 2007-08 basketball season is not without precedent. And yet it appears to be unprecedented. Because out of all the previous Final Four teams that have disappeared into history's dumpster, none arrived there with an arm of the NCAA serving as an unwitting participant in the transgression. Before Derrick Rose could play basketball at the University of Memphis, the NCAA eligibility clearinghouse examined his academic ...