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[LEFT]Eamonn Brennan of ESPN.com says the Enes Kanter eligibility case is not looking good for Big Blue Nation.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]A new press release by the NCAA has statements in it that seem to hint at a potentially negative outcome for Kanter and Kentucky.[/LEFT]
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [LEFT]Here are the statements from [URL=”http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Resources/Latest+News/2010+news+stories/December/NCAA+statement+on+fairness+of+rules+decisions”][COLOR=#0d1db8]the release[/COLOR][/URL]:[/LEFT]
[QUOTE]While efforts are being championed by NCAA President Mark Emmert to further clarify and strengthen recruiting and amateurism rules when benefits or money are solicited (but not received), current NCAA rules would be violated and students declared ineligible should a parent or third party receive benefits or money, regardless of the student’s knowledge.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Put simply, had Cam Newton’s father or a third party actually received money or benefits for his recruitment, Cam Newton would have been declared ineligible regardless of his lack of knowledge.[/QUOTE][LEFT]
[LEFT]Here is an excerpt of Brennan’s thoughts:[/LEFT]
[LEFT][QUOTE]Why does this matter for Kentucky and Enes Kanter? Because Kentucky’s current case for Kanter’s eligibility is based on the idea that Kanter is just like Newton: His parents may have been organizing and/or receiving benefits for their son’s talent, but the son didn’t know about it, and that makes it OK. That’s the “new information” Kentucky presented to the NCAA to land a second hearing and a second chance at getting its all-important Turkish big man eligible.[/QUOTE][/LEFT]
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[QUOTE]With the quoted portion above, the NCAA seems to have squashed that notion, albeit indirectly. Kentucky, the Kanters and the NCAA have all agreed to the basic fact that Kanter did receive about $30,000 for his time with a club team in Turkey. Whether he knew about that monetary exchange or not doesn’t seem to matter. All that matters, apparently, is whether money was exchanged at all.
[LEFT][LEFT]In other words, Kanter’s eligibility case isn’t looking good.[/QUOTE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][URL=”http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/20335/does-ncaa-release-shed-light-on-kanter”][COLOR=#0d1db8]Complete Article[/COLOR][/URL][/LEFT]
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