KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A television report that Kansas basketball star Darrell Arthur may have been ineligible to play at his Dallas high school has fueled speculation about whether he should have ever played for the national champion Jayhawks.

A former math teacher at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas told WFAA-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth that Arthur's grades were improperly altered to show he passed math when he hadn't.

The 6-foot-9 Kansas sophomore was instrumental in leading Kansas to its national championship, finishing second in scoring at 12.8 points a game and second in rebounding. He had 20 points and 10 rebounds in Kansas' national title win against Memphis.

Arthur has applied for early entry into the NBA draft but did not sign with an agent, so he could return to Kansas.

Arthur was one of the nation's top recruits out of high school. The McDonald's All-American led South Oak Cliff to consecutive state titles, earning tournament MVP both times. However, the school had to forfeit its 2006 state championship because of similar academic problems with another player, Kendrake Johnigan.

The station said the NCAA told it that if a player is found to be ineligible, his college team might have to forfeit any or all games involving that student.

But Jim Marchiony, KU's associate athletic director for external affairs, said he believed that the investigation into Arthur likely would not affect the school's basketball program.

Marchiony said high schools send athletes' transcripts to the NCAA, which determines whether an athlete is eligible to play in college. Because the NCAA declared Arthur eligible, Kansas would not have known about any grading problems in high school, he said.

FSU president says

grid playoff inevitable

The president of Florida State not only believes a national football playoff is coming, he thinks it'll start with four teams, then grow to eight and eventually 16.

"The bottom line is the money, unfortunately, is going to drive the train," FSU's T.K. Wetherell said.

Wetherell's comments came Friday at the National Football Forum in Texas, during a panel discussion of the future of college football. He spoke after the playoff concept was pretty much rejected by Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, Washington coach Ty Willingham, Kansas coach Mark Mangino, TCU coach Gary Patterson, Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White and Army athletic director Kevin Anderson.

"We have a tournament -- it starts the first week in September," White said.

Getting his say at the very end, Wetherell turned the discussion upside down.

Once the problems are solved and the "ungodly amount of money that it will produce" starts rolling in, Wetherell expects everyone decide it's a good thing.

"It'll start off with plus-one, then it'll go to four or eight or 16 at some point in time."