Says going to be here but eligibility issues on the horizon.
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Be interesting to see how it plays out Based off the past no way it works out for us but im optimistic.This is a new era of college ball.But of course...
NCAA be like:
Have not researched anything, so question - how does his situation differ from the guys UCLA signed, Arizona/Gonzaga sign every season? Serious question ... I know the NCAA sucks.
Probably the lateness of the addition. It's a lot of paperwork to complete in a short amount of time. Red tape is never fast
Green can get er done.
It's Kentucky and they hate Cal 😟
That's why I don't think it will be an issue. In this day and age where money talks and it's out in the open. He's going to get eligible.
Isaac Humphries signed in late August (three weeks later than this) back before the era of open transfers and NIL. This will work out. Just a little drama to keep people checking in...
Going to be the same as Kanter situation? NCAA drags their feet and never declares him eligible.
After all of the shenanigans from Duke, Miami, Louisville, Kansas, UNC, etc the NCAA did nothing about, they better not give us trouble over this.
It should. UCLA just grabbed two high profile international kids and Arizona has too many to count.
College basketball has become a free for all on rules or lack there of, but of course NCAA will finally step up an enforce/invoke a rule when Kentucky tries to add a player
Don't know about drama, we all know how the NCAA treats us. Especially when it comes to this kind of stuff. We're still waiting for a decision on Enes....lol
Who cares. Just play him no matter what and when the NCAA tries to punish us, tell them to eat shit, like every other major program.
But of course...
NCAA be like:
No doubt. UK should have had Kanter get cleared through Washington before he came to us. That move cost us a 2011 national title. With Kanter, there's no way we're losing to UConn by 1 point. Our frontline would have swallowed them alive.
This is precisely what we should do.
We won’t get the same curtesy Kansas and Tennessee got, the NCAA would use Kentucky as An example
While I'm not opposed we are the only unprotected blue blood. We won't get the treatment KU, Duke and UNC got. We will be pitchforked, tarred, feathered, and our puppies will be stolen.
It's like the NCAA has lost all jurisdiction on paying player and illegal benefits....but they still own the eligibility/certification to attend college academically....so they lean in heavily on this subject.
All the while some of the dumbest dudes possible in American High schools skirt right into college with some of the most bogus high school credentials known to man.
Yep, EXACTLY what I just said. Especially since we have a "past probation". We will get the UofL treatment.
But being serious if UCLA can get two guys late and have no eligibility issues then why is Kentucky going to have to face them
At this point I would just play him.... any rules the NCAA wants to enforce give them the middle finger.
I'm not so sure I agree with this. Times have changed. The "old guard" has changed. The NCAA in completely impotent now. We've brought some guys in here who had eligibility shade around them. The "NCAA hates UK" argument is about 7 to 8 years beyond its expiration date now. Cal's no longer wearing the black hate like he was in 2009, and the NCAA has conceded to almost all of Cal's original points, and even surpassed some of Cal's liberalisms to the point where Calipari looks conservative on some of the most recent developments.
What "example" would the NCAA be making when there's absolutely no structure from which to point to that example? It's a wild west show now, and the exploits UNC, Kansas, Duke (the Zion and Bagley stuff) and others have only worked to establish that point.
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Again, if we live in an age where Rob Dillingham, Marvin Bagley, and Skal Labissiere can be eligible, I have no worries about this Euro kid coming to Kentucky and playing for us.
I can see either side but the Kentucky has never gotten the treatment the other 3 have. But I think the motto of whatever one of the big schools does southern Illinois or some other school gets in trouble is becoming more true
I think there's been a few cases where the NCAA could have hammered us recently if they had looked into eligibility issues a bit more: Bledsoe, Noel, Skal, Dillingham, etc. We all had doubts about all four of those guys being eligible here, and the NCAA let us skate on all four.
True, but is that even relevant anymore? Kanter was 12 or 13 years ago. Obama wasn't even in his second term yet.
Was Skal from overseas? That seems to ALWAYS be the hangup for us. The overseas guys always get more scrutiny.
Why you gotta make us all feel instantly older man.....lol
It's a new age. Guys are openly getting endorsements while still in high school and still playing for college programs. Dillingham signed with OTE for a base salary of $100,000.
What would be the difference? We aren't in the days of Enes Kanter amateurism status anymore. The amateurism big bad wolves of the NCAA have been taken out to the woodshed, shot through the spine, and hung on a wall. It's a wild west now.
Get the kid. Play him, and like my buddy @MWes11 noted, just ignore the NCAA if they make any issue about it.
Beat me to it.
The NCAA does not exist anymore, they have as much authority as Paul Blart at this point.
It wouldn’t be a problem if the kid wanted to go to Duke.
I agree plus when we're good its good for the sport.Ratings suck across the board. We move the needle. Cal is one of the last made guys out there.Its about time he start using some of his pull.
Suddenly, what had been considered UK's weak spot (frontcourt) looks more and more like a corresponding strength to that elite backcourt. We might have three future first round picks in the frontline. Somebody help me out, but we haven't had that since 2015, right (Lyles, WCS, Towns)?
If the ncaa doesn’t let him play, I hope UK sues the ever loving shit out of them
