Duh. Kansas makes it different. Their players are allowed to receive extra benefits with no penalty. It's in the NCAA rule book. Just ask Ben McLemore's agent.
200% agree Erik. It really is a disgusting tactic since we know where some of these players were brought up.
Wrong. Agents. Runners. Boosters. None of them really care about the NCAA. They want whatever makes them the $$$. If this means messing with a current college player, his parents, coaches or handlers, so be it. It takes two to tango, and if you're going to choose to play at a prestigious program (or any for that matter), you don't jeopardize yourself, your school or your coach/teammates by taking stuff that could get you in trouble. Now, we don't know what the allegations are, but if it's something significant (like Camby), the majority of the blame goes to Alexander and his dad.
The article did say benefits the family received. In Camby's case it was benefits he himself accepted. Not sure if that is significant or not but if you look at the Cam Newton case the NCAA did not hold him accountable for his father's behavior because supposedly Cam was not aware of what his father had done. However, this is the NCAA and well, there is no real consistency in how they interpret rules or administer penalties, if they administer them at all. My best guess is that he will be re-instated at some point (unless he is goes to the NBA) with time served setting out the only punishment.
If there is anything to this and it does go public then is KU 14'-15' season in question? They're a 2 or 3 now how does the NCAA handle this?
He isn't wrong. Knowingly doing something that causes a player to lose eligibility is unethical. The idea that you would do this to a prospective client makes it that much worse.
We are lucky we didn't get the "death penalty" for that one,I think it weas a fake ball so it didn't count...you know like fake classes.
Still wondering how they got absolutely nothing regarding Darrell Arthur. Not much different than Derrick Rose, other than it was grades and not a standardized test. Memphis got the hammer and nobody hardly knows about Arthur.
Who are we praying to?Originally posted by UKErik:
KA4Prez, so you're saying agents care for nothing but themselves? Thanks for clearing that up!
Of course, that's obvious. And as I mentioned, it is also on the person who may have taken something. All I'm saying is that when you come across a person who might need something (or just wants something), it's probably not that difficult to pray on them. If that happened, I hope the agents name becomes public and distributed to potential clients.
IMO, parents and the kids themselves need to know that while the agent himself might not be breaking any rules, the fallout from a kid screwing over his school could follow you for the rest of your life (just ask Camby).
GBB!!!
This post was edited on 3/6 12:30 AM by UKErik
Folks can say all they want.....but this is a true statement.
What would this problem have to do with the move of this young man to the NBA. The NBA doesn't care what the agents do. They just want players.
Because it is stated as a "family member" . Marcus received his gift himself . The NCAA decided in the Cam Newton case that even if cash is given to the father , if the son says he didn't know , he will not be punished .
