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[QUOTE="tep624, post: 283171, member: 430"]
The Kentucky basketball player being a "student athlete" is an antiquated concept, at least as long as Calipari is their coach. Calipari may not pay players out of his pocket, or a booster's pocket, but he manipulates the system in the worst possible way. I'm pretty confident he's knowledgeable of infractions that happen with these kids prior to them coming to Kentucky, most notably with the handlers. It's legal, it's effective and it's completely scummy. But as long as the Kentucky administration is happy with this direction for their basketball program, and he's not breaking any NCAA rules, it is what it is. I think Calipari operates like a scumbag, but I'm far less angry with him than I am with the NCAA for allowing this to be the current state.
 
I think we need to get back to the era where if a high schooler wants to jump to the pros, so be it. At least everyone was on the same level (outside of the blatant cheaters breaking NCAA rules) and generally the kids that decided to go to school were there for 3 or 4 years and were earning degrees. And you didn't have guys like Calipari turning their roster over every single year with the latest one and dones.  You also tend to not have handlers and wannabe agents targeting kids that are going to college - they're moreso after the prep to pro types.
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