Maybe that led to Carter going to Duke instead of GT.
"Well, I liked Georgia Tech, but then they took me to a strip club when I was 16. Who takes a 16 year old kid to a strip club? Duke didn't. Duke won."
Maybe that led to Carter going to Duke instead of GT.
"Well, I liked Georgia Tech, but then they took me to a strip club when I was 16. Who takes a 16 year old kid to a strip club? Duke didn't. Duke won."
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Well, regardless of who provided it, if a player accepted impermissible benefits, he becomes an inelligible player, and any wins a team earned with an inelligible player in the game can potentially get wiped off the books.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
IIRC Duke was penalized for a Duke booster buying him a sports jacket, and I'm not sure what NC state bought him (maybe a whole suit, since he enrolled there.) Both programs were placed on probation for a year and banned from the post season. This made little difference for Duke, but meant the undefeated wolfpack (27-0) had no chance to compete for an national title. However, no wins were vacated.
Yeah I agree that we’re not totally in the clear here as far as player ineligibility, even if this has nothing to do with Duke’s program. But with that said, this type of violation would generally lead to a player having to repay the cost of the benefit. We’re not talking about him receiving tens of thousands of dollars. I forget what the threshold is, but I remember a similar discussion came up when the reports came out about Carter’s mom meeting with an agent over a meal (during which she claims she did not eat any food).
My recollection is that the money that is repaid would go to some sort of NCAA scholarship fund. So I guess it’s true that stripping really does help kids pay for college!
I believe the benefits were thus...
1) Improper tryout. Recruit was playing a pickup game that an assistant coach watched outside of the contact window.
2) Said assistant coach then proceeded to purchase for the recruit one Coca-Cola
3) Same assistant coach committed the grievous sin of giving the recruit a ride home in his personal automobile.
...and most importantly...
4) The recruit was given the opportunity to play for the beloved Carolina Tarheels and declined, thus angering the powers that be.