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Friday, January 07, 2011
The only thing certain about the NCAA's decision making process is that it will be consistently inconsistent
This is a good article and does touch on all the points I believe UK tried to make to the NCAA. I really hate the conspiracy theories going around that he was only ruled ineligible because he went to UK though. Just take a look at John Wall and Eric Bledsoe if you need further proof the NCAA doesn't simply have it out for UK. I feel bad for Enes and would like more clarification on why he is not allowed to play and all the others are. Alas, I don't think I will ever get it though...
Source of the funds, Nick. Enes isn't allowed to play because a professional basketball team gave him more than the NCAA considered was necessary for his expenses. In short, the NCAA found that he received a salary from a pro team and that made him a professional basketball player. Regardless of circumstance.
It's a total fiction, of course. But that's why he doesn't get to play and the others do. The others took money in violation of the rules, but not from a pro team.
So the NBA sees no distinction whatsoever betweeen Enes Kanter and Kobe Bryant. None. And the reason they see no difference is that they refused to acknowledge any of the many mitigating factors (age, knowledge, intent, actions to protect against professionalism, sequestration of funds, etc.) None of that made any difference whatsoever.
And that, my friend, is how they treated Enes differently. In every other case, the NCAA reinstated amateur status and eligibility due to mitigating circumstances. They did not give Enes that same benefit; they denied him that process.
This is what has Barnhart upset. The NCAA showed none of that flexibility here.
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Very well written piece
This is a good article and does touch on all the points I believe UK tried to make to the NCAA. I really hate the conspiracy theories going around that he was only ruled ineligible because he went to UK though. Just take a look at John Wall and Eric Bledsoe if you need further proof the NCAA doesn't simply have it out for UK. I feel bad for Enes and would like more clarification on why he is not allowed to play and all the others are. Alas, I don't think I will ever get it though...
Source of the funds, Nick. Enes isn't allowed to play because a professional basketball team gave him more than the NCAA considered was necessary for his expenses. In short, the NCAA found that he received a salary from a pro team and that made him a professional basketball player. Regardless of circumstance.
It's a total fiction, of course. But that's why he doesn't get to play and the others do. The others took money in violation of the rules, but not from a pro team.
So the NBA sees no distinction whatsoever betweeen Enes Kanter and Kobe Bryant. None. And the reason they see no difference is that they refused to acknowledge any of the many mitigating factors (age, knowledge, intent, actions to protect against professionalism, sequestration of funds, etc.) None of that made any difference whatsoever.
And that, my friend, is how they treated Enes differently. In every other case, the NCAA reinstated amateur status and eligibility due to mitigating circumstances. They did not give Enes that same benefit; they denied him that process.
This is what has Barnhart upset. The NCAA showed none of that flexibility here.
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