2008.06.01
Athletes' GPA rule should be slam dunk
A few years back, when he was principal at Noel C. Taylor Learning Academy, George Miller was asked to accompany 10 high school students to a football tryout at St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville.
The students six from William Fleming and four from Patrick Henry were standout athletes and wowed the college coaching staff. The Division II school was interested in all of the young men.
"Everybody was happy," recalled Miller, now Roanoke schools' athletic director. Crosstown rivalries faded as guys from Fleming and Patrick Henry talked about rooming together at St. Paul.
Then the phone call came.
