Brand New Recruiting Violation Allegations at UK
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebask...A-rules-040111
OMG none of us saw this coming, oh wait, yes we did. Can Cal really get THREE final 4's stripped away?
I'm sure this is getting downplayed right now because of UK's presence at the Final 4, but it might blow up in the offseason.
Here's to Calipari, the future coach of the Miami Heat!
Serious Accusations against Kentucky
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licc85
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebask...A-rules-040111
OMG none of us saw this coming, oh wait, yes we did. Can Cal really get THREE final 4's stripped away?
I'm sure this is getting downplayed right now because of UK's presence at the Final 4, but it might blow up in the offseason.
Here's to Calipari, the future coach of the Miami Heat!
I don't know how seriously the NCAA takes phones calls to recruits from unauthorized officials at a university, but if it does, Kentucky is in a world of hurt. Here's an excerpt from the FOXSports article:
"But a nearly two-year FOXSports.com investigation revealed that [assistant director of basketball operations Bilal] Batley also broke NCAA rules by making repeated impermissible telephone calls while at both Memphis and Kentucky to recruits, such as DeMarcus Cousins, and their parents."
Batley was by no means one of the "three countable assistant coaches" who can participate in recruiting. Not only did he participate, but he was brought along to Ky by Calipari from Memphis.
Ugh!
sagegrouse
Add the Kanter question to this mix . . .
In January, the NCAA ruled (a second time, I believe) that Enes Kanter was permanently ineligible and could not play, PRACTICE or travel with the Kentucky team, due to his professional status in and earnings derived from Turkish basketball. Several recent reports indicate that Kanter is operating as a "volunteer, undergraduate student, assistant coach." This is a rather unique position and, without question, he ROUTINELY PRACTICES with the Wildcats. From a common sense perspective -- not a legal one -- might this suggest that Kentucky/Calipari is flaunting the NCAA's Kanter decisions, since he is receiving his scholarship (permissible in the NCAA's rulings), but is practicing with the team as a "coach," which specifically defies the NCAA's determinations?
Further, at some point, is it likely that the aggregation of several "minor" infractions might be interpreted as willfully creating a culture of non-compliance and demonstrating a lack of institutional control?