Last week Pete Thamel of the New York Times reported that prized Kentucky recruit Enes Kanter was being paid by a professional Turkish basketball team. Now today, in this morning's Birmingham News comes word that former Wildcat and current LA Clipper Eric Bledsoe has conflicting grades in his high school transcripts, allegedly fudged so he could be eligible to play basketball.
Bledsoe Allegations
For John Calipari, it's the same old song and dance for him; this situation sounds eerily similar to one Derrick Rose and what happened in Memphis. Yes, there was the SAT score, but Derrick's also involved grade changing that got him into Memphis. The result of that investigation cost the Tigers the 2007-08 season, in which they appeared in the National Championship game, and we can see loud and clear what can happen when a player is found ineligible by the NCAA (Looking at you, Reggie Bush).
It is in this writer's opinion that if these and the Kanter allegations are found to be true that the University of Kentucky should re-evaluate how Mr. Calipari is running their basketball program. The University of Kentucky has more at stake than possibly vacating the 2009-10 season and their Elite 8 appearance; their reputation as one of the elite basketball programs in the country is also on the line.
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