by Jason Whitlock
Let me clarify my position on Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun and his alleged illegal recruiting tactics by discussing Kentucky’s flirtation with Memphis’ John Calipari.
If a sports media outlet reported today that Calipari and his Memphis assistants had NCAA-impermissible contact with a recruit from an at-risk situation and a manager-turned-agent, no one in the sports world would express an ounce of surprise.
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NCAA: If John Calipari was “dirty,” would Kentucky care? Should anyone? The real mud is all over the NCAA. Wrong number: So UConn gets some heat for a few phone calls. The NCAA’s smooth operators are the real problem. Women’s lib: If women’s hoops is going to succeed, it must liberate itself from the men’s tourney (for starters).
Coach Cal’s rep is that he plays loosey-goosey with the NCAA rulebook. He recruits prep-school kids, late-academic qualifiers and he’s not above…
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