Well, I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.
A "shocker" in the New York Time last night, stating that the NCAA is investigating former Kentucky guard Eric Bledsoe for serious violations regarding both his academic history and recruitment. This includes his improbably drastic improvement as a student after his transfer to A.H. Parker High School for his senior season, a jump which enabled him to meet the minimum standards for receiving a scholarship to Kentucky. Further, it is alleged that his high school coach, Maurice Ford, paid "at least" three months rent on his mother's house during that time, and an anonymous college coach reported that Ford asked him for money to recruit Bledsoe. All three of these charges are extremely serious, and if they are proven will result in much more dire consequences for Kentucky than would those pending against UConn, and are much more embarassing for the university than is the ticket scandal at Kansas . . . or at least it WOULD be embarrassing, were it not for the fact that Wildcats don't seem to give a damn how they win, as long as they do so.
The NCAA does not comment on ongoing investigations, and neither Bledsoe nor Calipari were "available to comment" . . . maybe because their lawyers have taken a long weekend.
Back when Calipari first took the job at Lexington, I took flak from some because I predicted it would be a toss-up what he did first . . . win Kentucky another national championship or land the school back on probation. I think the odds have shifted now.
