May 29, 201016 yr The whole system is flawed...I know several athletes who were given things and paid in certain ways by mid and large university's. The clearinghouse is a TOTAL joke...let's be honest...look at the Top 100 football and basketball players coming out this year. I would say 35% actually work hard and qualify the right way...rest transfer around, take cake classes, etc and are cleared...WHY??? SIMPLE...$$$...NCAA turns their head... I'm NOT too worried and this is always going to be around, but if you don't blame the NCAA from the top down then you should look deeper...THIS REALLY TICKS ME OFF!!! ;-(
May 29, 201016 yr Bledsoe should sue whoever gave his transcripts to the media. Those are private and someone really did him wrong letting the New York Times and whoever else get to them. Regardless, Pete Thamel has been trying to get after Coach Calipari for a long time and maybe he finally dug deep enough. Even though all of this happened before Cal was at UK let alone involved in recruiting him to UK, I don't think the national media will pay much attention to that part of the story. I guess one lucky thing is that this came out Friday night and may get lost in other news of the weekend (someone call Brett Favre and tell him he's about due to hold another press conference!). Interesting that UK has not heard anything from the NCAA thus far though, one would think if UK were going to be involved they would know about it by now.
May 29, 201016 yr In the end, if he's deemed ineligible, some wins will be gone. And UK can celebrate 2,000 wins for a second time
May 29, 201016 yr Author ESPN.com reviewed copies of Bledsoe's transcript after his sophomore and junior year, as well as his senior year at Parker High School. Though coaches projected Bledsoe as a non-qualifier entering his final year, he performed markedly better in the classroom as a senior with a college basketball scholarship on the line, taking a heavier workload that included a night school class and an online course to improve an earlier grade. His grade-point average improved significantly after scoring an A in an online biology course, which replaced a D from his sophomore year. And, after failing to achieve an A in his first three years, Bledsoe scored two others in his senior year at Parker -- Algebra 2 and Algebra 3, the latter taken in night classes. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5231161
May 29, 201016 yr There isn't much they could do to UK even if they wanted to because almost all of this went down before UK got even remotely involved... They stripped Memphis of their wins didn't they? How is this situation any different?
May 29, 201016 yr Author They stripped Memphis of their wins didn't they? How is this situation any different? I didn't say there was NOTHING they could do to UK... :thumb:
May 29, 201016 yr I didn't say there was NOTHING they could do to UK... :thumb: So do you think UK will have to forfeit all of their wins from this year if the allegations are proven true?
May 29, 201016 yr Author So do you think UK will have to forfeit all of their wins from this year if the allegations are proven true? If Bledsoe is deemed an ineligible player, they don't really have any other choice...
May 29, 201016 yr If Bledsoe is deemed an ineligible player, they don't really have any other choice... Wow, that won't go over very well. From 1st to 3rd in wins just like that. :scared::lol:
May 29, 201016 yr I've asked this at least a dozen times and very few Kentucky fans are willing to answer it, but at what point does it become Calipari's fault......
May 29, 201016 yr I've asked this at least a dozen times and very few Kentucky fans are willing to answer it, but at what point does it become Calipari's fault...... When you prove that he had knowledge of the situation.
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