Sounds like Sidney probably won't end up getting in.

[mstateglfr]

if the parents made the deal it has nothing to do with sydney and would not affect his elgibility(of course the ncaa can do whatever they want)...also, of course lebron was never going to college but his mom did get a loan to get him that hummer based on "potential" income....

Totally incorrect.

 

[RebelBruiser]

and he knows the loopholes. He is basically making a mockery of college basketball, and he knows that unless the rules change, there is not a damn thing the NCAA can do about it.

I honestly don't see what they'll be able to do to stop him, but knowing the NCAA, they'll attempt something. As I've said before, college basketball recruiting is a joke. The sport is by far the most tainted of all college sports, and Calipari is the poster child for why the sport is so tainted, and the NCAA can't stop it.

 

[patdog]

It looks like Memphis may be about to take a hit for some **** that went down while he was there. He may have skipped town just in time.</p>

 

[MSUCostanza]

is that why UMass got stripped of its Final Four appearance? He skipped town (for the NBA) right after that season, too. Coincidence?

Ask anyone in Memphis who isn't a Tiger homer. Hell, even some Tiger homers will admit it. Not to say he isn't a good coach - he is. But it's easier to coach when you get 3 or 4 of the top 10 national recruits.

 

[mstateglfr]

is that why UMass got stripped of its Final Four appearance?

He was cleared of any wrongdoing in that.

Im all for calling the guy sketch, but dont cite something that the NCAA said he had nothing to do with and no knowledge of to support your view that he is crooked and has been caught.

 

[MSUCostanza]

because Calipari had nothing at all to do with the recruitment process of Marcus Camby.

Give me a break. Just because he was "cleared" (and we all know what a great job the NCAA does) doesn't mean he had nothing to do with it. Just means he is a master at not getting his nose dirty and having plausible deniability. Ask anyone around here and they'll tell you. His bagmen do all the heavy lifting.

 

[TBonewannabe]

That is one of the few times the NCAA actually gave a pass in writing to a school, normally they just don't acknowledge it. How you can ignore the fact that a booster sent a 1500 or 2000 dollar wire transfer to the starting QB is completely beyond me. That is the poster child for "if your a bigtime school, you get a free pass". If MSU had done what UT or USC was proven to have done then we would have like 50 scholarships over the next couple of years.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Funny thing is, the things Calipari's teams have gotten in trouble for are unrelated to the way he gets players.

At UMass, they had to vacate their Final Four because Camby was in contact with and accepted financial assistant from an agent. It had nothing to do with Camby's recruitment or how Calipari landed him.

At Memphis, they are getting in trouble in large part because Derek Rose had someone take his ACT for him, and they may have to vacate their Final Four because of it. Again, that had nothing to do with Rose's recruitment or how Calipari was able to sign him.

None of those incidents have anything to do with what he does with Worldwide Wes and how Wes gets courtside seats to his team's games, and how Wes basically runs Calipari's recruiting ring.

That's what I'm saying, the NCAA may eventually get him on something, but it won't be for the way he makes a mockery of the recruiting process. He's using the same loopholes everyone else uses, except he does it to the largest degree, and the NCAA can't do anything about it. The only thing they can do is try to catch him in something else that they can regulate. The fact that he's thumbing his nose at the NCAA and making college basketball look bad will put him under more intense scrutiny, but they won't get him unless they can find something else to get him on besides his recruiting ways.

 

[patdog]

The NCAA gave Tennessee a pass because it was the booster's WIFE who sent him the wire transfer and not the booster himself.

 

[Roy Munson.sixpack]

the lebron or the dad deal?

If my dad made some shady back door deal with someone that i knew nothing about how the hell am i responsible? From all accounts the dad was getting paid for a "job" and everyone just assumes that he was getting kickbacks too. We all know it was a shady deal, but him getting that job is no different than ole miss hiring a coach or 2 of recruits for their signatures...

Albert Means was bought, signed and delivered and it NEVER affected his elgibility...how is that any different? He "didnt" know about the deal and whos to say that renardo sydney does IF in fact that there was a deal?