The “New York Times” is reporting that Eric Bledsoe may not have been eligible and the NCAA is now investigating. It seems Bledsoe’s grades are in question and his high school coach is in the thick of it. I’m sure the question now is how much did Calipari and UK know.
I hope none of this is true but there’s definitely a storm brewing. If you’re a Kentucky fan, you should be ready to answer some questions from the “haters”. I’ve already been asked about Calipari and how this story may affect the NBA speculation. Who knows…
Here’s an excerpt from the New York Times….
[QUOTE]Brenda Axle, the landlord for the house where Bledsoe and his mother moved for his senior year of high school, said that Bledsoe’s high school coach paid her at least three months’ rent, or $1,200. By moving there, Bledsoe was eligible to play for Parker, which he led to the Alabama Class 5A title game. Maurice Ford, the coach, denied paying the money.
A copy of Bledsoe’s high school transcript from his first three years reveals that it would have taken an improbable academic makeover — a jump from about a 1.9 grade-point average in core courses to just under a 2.5 during his senior year — for Bledsoe to achieve minimum N.C.A.A. standards to qualify for a scholarship.
A college coach who recruited Bledsoe said that Ford explicitly told his coaching staff that he needed a specific amount of money to let Bledsoe sign with that university. The coach, who did not want to be named out of fear of repercussions when recruiting in Birmingham, said Ford told him and his staff that he was asking for money because he was helping pay rent for Bledsoe and his mother. Ford denied this, saying, “I don’t prostitute my kids.”
He said he had done nothing wrong, adding: “I’m a poor black man. And when one black man tries to help another black man, there’s always something wrong.”
Calipari did not return a telephone call and text message seeking comment. A Kentucky spokesman said he was tending to his ill mother.
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