{"id":5617,"date":"2016-04-18T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2021-05-14T17:04:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T21:04:38","slug":"sharks-forfeit-seven-games-due-to-ineligible-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sharks-forfeit-seven-games-due-to-ineligible-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Forfeit Seven Games Due To Ineligible Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Miami Dade College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/bsb\/index\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">baseball team<\/span><\/a> was forced to forfeit seven games<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014four of which were versus Southern Conference opponents\u2014after it was discovered that two of the team\u2019s athletes were academically ineligible during the games. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In question were games played between Feb. 24 and March 9. As a result of the forfeited games, the Sharks fell from first place in the Southern Conference to fourth at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5620\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5620 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Alejandro-Blanco-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Alejandro Blanco, who was ineligible.\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Alejandro-Blanco-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Alejandro-Blanco-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Alejandro-Blanco-783x1024.jpg 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BLANCO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ineligible players are pitcher Alejandro Blanco and third baseman Ian Acevedo, according to MDC officials. Both players became ineligible when they fell below full-time enrollment status. To be considered a full-time student, an athlete must be enrolled in at least 12 credits in the semester they are competing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blanco and Acevedo could not be reached for comment for this story when the paper was sent to the printer. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College Athletic Director Anthony Fiorenza said the College became aware of the issue when a professor notified him that they had withdrawn one of the players from a class. It is unclear how the issue with the second was discovered. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiorenza said the College regularly checks to see if players are academically eligible but that mistakes sometimes happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSometimes, some things go through the cracks,\u201d Fiorenza said. \u201cHappens all the time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5622\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5622 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ian-Acevedo-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Ian Acevedo.\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ian-Acevedo-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ian-Acevedo-768x970.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ian-Acevedo-811x1024.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ACEVEDO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiorenza said that the College immediately reported the problem to NJCAA Region 8 Men&#8217;s Commissioner Bob Zelinski, who enacted the punishment, that included the forfeiture of the seven games. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sharks have managed to bounce back. They are currently 25-16 (14-9 in the Southern Conference)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">second place in the conference<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trailing only Eastern Florida State College (29-13).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe&#8217;re in a one-game playoff system everyday,\u201d said MDC head baseball coach, Danny Price. \u201cIt\u2019s a feeling that we know we have to come out and play every day. We don&#8217;t have that luxury of being close to clinching.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Price, the two student athletes who were ruled ineligible were given the opportunity to return to the team if they were willing to do community service at where ever Price wished for them to serve. The students declined the offer, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Dade College baseball team was forced to forfeit seven games\u2014four of which were versus Southern Conference opponents\u2014after it was discovered that two of the team\u2019s athletes were academically ineligible during the games. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In question were games played between Feb. 24 and March 9. 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