catmandoo
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posted 01-11-2011 05:40 PM
It's getting obvious to more and more basketball guru's that Emmert treated the Kanter case much differently than many of his other current rulings. Inconsistent to say the least.
New NCAA president Mark Emmert decided he didn’t wish to be alone in making the organization’s case regarding the ineligibility of Kentucky freshman Enes Kanter. So Emmert brought along a straw man.
“The facts are utterly unambiguous, the rule is utterly unambiguous, and the intention of the membership is utterly unambiguous," Emmert told Sports Illustrated’s Seth Davis. "The vast majority of people in collegiate basketball knew that this was an issue with Enes Kanter. Kentucky knew it. Everybody who talked with him knew it. So I'm amazed that people are shocked by the fact that he is ineligible."
You’d think someone as educated and erudite as Emmert could have done a better job of rhetoric than deflecting questions of NCAA inconsistency in recent eligibility decisions by conjuring the notion that people are “shocked” by the Kanter ruling. People who followed this case were no more shocked with the result than when a No. 1 seed knocks a No. 16 from the NCAA Tournament.
Emmert’s hollow argument disintegrates the moment one considers the cases of Kansas guard Josh Selby and Mississippi State forward Renardo Sidney. “Everybody” knew those two had amateurism issues, as well.
And they’re playing ball.
Amazing, isn’t it?
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posted 01-11-2011 08:22 PM
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