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Wasn't MU forced to vacate its 1994 Elite 8 run due to a
Posted on: April 11, 2018 at 00:02:09 CT
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player being ruled ineligible after the fact, despite the university being unaware of the circumstances that made the player ineligible?
If so, this KU situation is exactly the same. Even if we ASSUME that KU's coaches, AD/staff, boosters, etc., were all completely oblivious to the bribes paid to De Sousa to steer him to KU, the fact remains that he was an ineligible player who played in the majority of their games last season, including all 8 postseason games en route to the Final Four.
From the KC Star:
According to court documents, Gatto, his associate and others also agreed to make payments to the legal guardian of another top-rated prospect. The guardian told Gatto's associate in August 2017 that he had been paid to steer the prospect to a university sponsored by a rival company of Adidas and would need to make repayment in order for the player to attend KU.
On Aug. 30, 2017, the same day Silvio De Sousa announced he would play at KU, court documents say an unnamed prospect announced, in a "surprise" decision, that he would enroll at Kansas over the school sponsored by the Adidas rival.
Court documents also say the prospect signed financial aid paperwork with Kansas on Nov. 13, 2017, which is the same day KU announced De Sousa had signed to play basketball for the Jayhawks. De Sousa appeared in 20 of 23 games last season, including all eight postseason games on the Jayhawks' run to the Final Four.
source: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article208515439.html
Edited by zounami at 00:02:52 on 04/11/18
If so, this KU situation is exactly the same. Even if we ASSUME that KU's coaches, AD/staff, boosters, etc., were all completely oblivious to the bribes paid to De Sousa to steer him to KU, the fact remains that he was an ineligible player who played in the majority of their games last season, including all 8 postseason games en route to the Final Four.
From the KC Star:
According to court documents, Gatto, his associate and others also agreed to make payments to the legal guardian of another top-rated prospect. The guardian told Gatto's associate in August 2017 that he had been paid to steer the prospect to a university sponsored by a rival company of Adidas and would need to make repayment in order for the player to attend KU.
On Aug. 30, 2017, the same day Silvio De Sousa announced he would play at KU, court documents say an unnamed prospect announced, in a "surprise" decision, that he would enroll at Kansas over the school sponsored by the Adidas rival.
Court documents also say the prospect signed financial aid paperwork with Kansas on Nov. 13, 2017, which is the same day KU announced De Sousa had signed to play basketball for the Jayhawks. De Sousa appeared in 20 of 23 games last season, including all eight postseason games on the Jayhawks' run to the Final Four.
source: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article208515439.html
Edited by zounami at 00:02:52 on 04/11/18
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