Talk:University of Michigan basketball scandal

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I am sorry but all this talk about Ed Martin being a booster is a lie. My Uncle who has contacts through the boosters said no linkage exists between Martin and the U of M boosters. What I would like to see some evidence outside of Newspapers that show Martin was in effect a booster. --Mihsfbstadium (talk) 08:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * A newspaper reference is a good enough reference for Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not the place to be determining the "booster" status of Ed Martin.  The article should just be stating published information.  See WP:OR. X96lee15 17:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I understand. I did dig through the Mlive link provided from the article.  Only one newspaper said he was booster.  The ann arbor and detroit presses tend to call him just by his name or as an electrician at the plants.   In anycase one paper did state from Jalen Rose who was a member of the Fab 5 that he was not a booster but rather a detroit local that followed the local scene and helped the low income great basketball players out.  I think Jalen in the paper said he would give players coats if they needed them.  --Mihsfbstadium 00:03, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Ed Martin
It's unusual to have an entire article about this guy, and not have a wikipedia entry for Ed Martin; he deserves at least a stub-class bio before this article goes to "good article" status. Edward Vielmetti (talk) 19:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * some places to start: NY Times obituary of Ed Martin. where was he born?  which auto factory did he work for?  who was he before he got involved in this?  Edward Vielmetti (talk) 19:06, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Rename
This article should be entitled Ed Martin scandal, which is the name overwhelmingly used for it. Absolutely no one refers to it by the current title. I don't know if this is an attempt at political correctness or what, but it's just silly. Go with the name that people actually use. 24.11.127.26 (talk) 01:00, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

The article is well-written but it does in fact plagiarize some sources. It takes direct lines from sources and cites them, but doesn't put them in quotations or identify them as direct quotes. An example of this is the line “He admitted to telling a grand jury in October 1999 that he bet money but did not work for Mr. Martin. He was sentenced in August 2002 to two years' probation,” referring to Clarence Malvo. The exact same sentences appear in the New York Times article that is cited. Also, I think there should be more of a reference to the Fab Five. The Fab Five was a huge part of Michigan basketball history, so to add a bit about that would really increase the reader's understanding of how big of a deal this scandal was.Lemay1098 (talk) 14:36, 21 September 2016 (UTC)