I shall sing you the songs of Cam Newton, child.
Cam Newton was dirty, and we all knew Cam Newton was dirty. He was dirty, and he had a college career stained with controversy, and Cam's dad accepted $200,000 from Auburn to play ball there. NCAA even found the money, but Cam said he had no knowledge of it whatsoever, thus, he had no involvement, and was eligible.
Enter Skal Labissiere, a kid who comes from Haiti in 2010 following the massive earthquake, which left him buried under his house. A guy comes from America, promising him a better life, and Skal takes it, just as anybody in that situation would.
No news of this for a very long time,
until he commits to UK, and not Memphis. It isn't a day later, this article comes out, originally from Yahoo if I'm not mistaken, and it may have been written by Pat Forde, who is slightly notorious for his despise of UK.
Let's assume that the guy really did ask this, which nobody can actually confirm one way or another it seems. Did it suddenly make him a lot of money? Did Skal become a professional basketball player after Hamilton asked that? No. The only way that Hamilton could actually profit off the kid is through his AAU program, and as long as he's Skal's legal guardian, and Skal plays on that AAU team, while technically he would be profiting from Skal's abilities, he would actually be profiting from the AAU program, which is not illegal.
So no, tool, Skal's eligibility is not in question. He's an upstanding kid, who is known for good academics, and goes to a school known for good academics, and he's a kid that's been a victim of bad situation after bad situation. The NCAA wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole if there was even a reason to.
