[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=2]I was upset as the next person when I heard the evil NCAA and its infractions committee refused to let 82 year old Joe B. hall coach the former UK players in the upcoming Dominican team scrimmage. I had my pitchfork in tote and my torch was bright and had plenty of oil to last through the march to the NCAA’s president’s office. Then a funny thing happened on the way to the riot, the NCAA said “You got the wrong guy, son”. Is this true? Could it have been UK that stopped Joe B. Hall from coaching in this “exhibition” and not the [B]N[/B]imrods [B]C[/B]owards [B]A[/B]nd [B]A[/B]-holes? Huh? [/SIZE][/FONT]
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[SIZE=2][FONT=Tahoma]The NCAA released a statement saying UK was abiding by the bylaws that stated: “prohibit member schools from participating in events that pay former players and raise funds to benefit teams that include prospective student-athletes”. Now I don’t know much about bylaws, but I’d say this one here isn’t worth the toilet paper I just wiped my butt with and it was double ply. So why single out Joe B.?[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Tahoma]Firstly, this is a not a sanctioned NCAA event and no one is technically representing UK here. Calipari is the coach of the Dominican team, Eloy Vargas is playing on said team so by NCAA rule he is cleared to play, the former players have no remaining eligibility and are not representing UK, DeWayne Peevy (UK’s Associate Athletic Director of Media Relations) is representing ProCamps Worldwide and not UK. Coach Hall has long since lost his playing eligibility and has retired from coaching. He doesn’t represent UK any more than the NBA players do. That’s like saying Billy Gillispie is representing UK while coaching at Texas Tech. That logic just doesn’t make any sense. [/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Tahoma]DeWayne Peevy stated “(The NCAA) has worked with us from the start of this event,” Peevy said. “This is the first of its kind so there are no actual exceptions or rules for this type of event.” That may not be entirely true. Upon further research I found what may have been the hold up to this whole ordeal. It can be found on this [URL=”http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/83f390004e0b9d51a872f81ad6fc8b25/13-18+SUMMER+BASKETBALL+EVENT+CERTIFICATION+–+MEN%27S+BASKETBALL.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=83f390004e0b9d51a872f81ad6fc8b25″]ncaa.org page[/URL] which is [B]Title:[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=2]13.18 – SUMMER BASKETBALL EVENT CERTIFICATION — MEN’S BASKETBALL[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=2] – Item (j) [I]Individuals involved in coaching activities and in operating or managing the event must have been approved in accordance with guidelines established by the NCAA basketball certification staff[/I]; [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=2]Could it be that the whole reason that Joe B Hall was removed was because he wasn’t approved by the NCAA certification staff? I am outraged, If Coach Hall isn’t “qualified”, than I don’t know who is, where’s that pitchfork? [/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Tahoma]UK’s compliance staff was probably just making sure all of their ducks were in a row and even though this was not a UK/NCAA sanctioned event, they submitted their plans to the NCAA nonetheless. If that is true then it probably all came down to the 45 day window that UK had to have all the certifications in by. Coach Hall was probably not included in this certification process thus UK didn’t want to “anger” the gods of compliance. This is all speculation of course, but I have yet to see another argument stating anything of substance…plus it’s the off-season, what else are we going to talk about?[/FONT][/SIZE]
