Kept in the dark

So how did certain Mountain West Conference game announcers know about the official dismissals of Jordan Baker and Frank Rogers plus the transfer of Matt Pollard (as was posted on screen in a graphic during a game last Saturday)?

Was this knowledge due to a requirement that each team in the MWC keep the league office current with its officially eligible players?

Regardless of the circumstances, "outsiders" if you will had this information and posted it.

San Jose State University athletics didn't bother to do so, at least not to its basketball fans, supporters and donors.

Hey SJSU, news alert -- roster changes happen.

Spartan basketball fans and supporters deserved to be among the first notified. They pony up the money for season tickets, gameday tickets and donations. That kind of information exchange is an informal quid pro quo.

Why should anyone come to a game if they don't have any way of knowing who will be playing for San Jose State University?

It's making a statement (even if, to be generous, this was an inadvertent oversight) that those who make the effort to be in the stands, sometimes requiring an hour or two drive, aren't important.

This clandestine mindset is disingenuous and serves no positive purpose. It makes the affiliation with SJSU men's basketball harder to gain traction, let alone maintain. That's deadly given the decades of futility Spartan hoops fans have already endured.