Jerry Tipton thinks that Enes Kanter is probably ruled ineligible in his recent article on Kentucky.com
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[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Kanter revisited
Let’s take another stab at where we are in the [B]Enes Kanter [/B]case.
Since the NCAA has not reversed itself on the ruling of permanent ineligibility, it can be presumed that UK’s efforts to get Kanter on the court have failed. The NCAA has rejected UK’s request for Kanter to be ruled eligible and denied UK’s initial appeal of that ruling.
UK’s “new information” re-started the process. Presumably, the new information pertains to an NCAA ruling permitting Auburn quarterback [B]Cam Newton[/B] to continue playing despite his father admitting he tried to sell his son’s services to Mississippi State.
There is one big distinction to draw: the NCAA said it had insufficient evidence to draw the conclusion that Newton knew of his father’s actions or profited by them. In Kanter’s case, the pro team in his native Turkey provided housing and banking records to show he received pay for play. Even UK agreed with the NCAA that Kanter received $33,033 in excess of the permitted compensation for necessary expenses in the third of his three seasons on the team.
As eagle-eye readers correctly noted, it’s that $33,033 that led to Kanter being ruled ineligible, not simply because he played for a pro team three seasons.
Since UK cited new information several weeks ago, it can be presumed that the NCAA again rejected the school’s request for a ruling of eligibility. So now we’re again at the point of an appeal hearing, which because of the holidays won’t be heard before January.
[B]Mehmet Kanter [/B]telling The Sporting News that his son would play for UK next season if the NCAA reduced the penalty to ineligibility in 2010-11 made for an attention-getting story. But NCAA spokesman [B]Chuck Wynne [/B]said that comments by the player’s father would be no factor in the case.
UK Coach [B]John Calipari [/B]complicated matters last week by throwing out the possibility of the Kanter family seeking a court injunction temporarily nullifying the ruling of ineligibility. The [B]Derrick Rose[/B] case came to mind. Memphis played the star point guard, who was ruled ineligible because of academic reasons after the season. The NCAA ordered Memphis to vacate its 38 victories and return revenue gained by a deep run in the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
If the NCAA won the court ruling upholding the permanent ineligibility, it would presumably order Kentucky to vacate any victory in which Kanter participated.
Read more: [URL]http://www.kentucky.com/2010/12/25/1579049_p2/uk-notebook-ex-vanderbilt-player.html#ixzz19Aq5oruU[/URL][/COLOR][/LEFT]
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