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Message: [QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 283122, member: 237"] maybe disturbing is the wrong word.. to go along with the one and done precedent.. it really adds even more dirt to how cal recruits. Essentially, the way I see it (and this is purely opinion) Cal gets to recruit risk free- so he can throw the kitchen sink at a kid.. all the connections to the pro world he could ever want.. while accepting the reality the kid might not be eligible. For cal.. its a gamble ..but one where the fact he has connections that if used the wrong way could hurt the program and the kids... and those connections can easily land him 9 more that won't be ineligible. It is essentially maximizing all the loopholes that do exist. If you bring in every top recruit with skeletons and force the NCAA's hand to do the legwork of determining eligibility from the get go.. he is everything but an NBA farm organization. Also - if money does not exchange hands from UK to the players but advice and directions come instead as to how those handlers should move forward is it any less sticky? The way I look at it is this lets UK become the sponsor for John Cal incorporated. The concept of student athlete and kentucky basketball is left for walkons and benchwarmers only, the idea of pointing a kid in the right direction is replaced with the "let the ncaa ensure he is eligible" and otherwise be an enabler to the fullest. Its dirty.. and its legal... and its bad for college hoops if it catches on which I hope it does not. Now if indeed money exchanged hands from UK.. then throw the legal aspect out the door... I am purely reflecting upon the details provided by a co-worker. The thing I see is that this takes away from a university doing the right thing to say Noel needs to distance himself from a guy like driscoll and instead follow protocol vs cal saying sure you might be ineligible but I have the right group to connect you and your entourage up for life... [/QUOTE]

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