Headlines presented with a smirk and a nod: Kentucky spends the most on college hoops recruiting
Mar 26, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
Well, at least now John Calipari has a title that they can’t vacate. From Bloomberg:
“The University of Kentucky … spent more on recruiting last year than any public university in the six biggest conferences in college sports.”
You don’t say?
The Wildcats dropped over $430,000 on recruiting “expenses” in the last fiscal year. But we’ll just chalk that up to the rising price of gas, eh Mr. NCAA Investigator? Say, you look like you could use a couple bucks…
Congrats to Coach Cal and his squad of student-athletes for their defeat of tournament favorite Ohio State on Friday night, as they’ll next take on the streaking Tarheels of North Carolina in a blue-blooded battle for a berth to the Final Four.
Just don’t be surprised if a few years from now, it never happened.
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Kentucky Wins NCAA Basketball Title in Recruitment Spending [Bloomberg]
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- mostdiggity - Mar 28, 2011 at 6:03 PM
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LISTEN, it’s really no secret that in the grimy bowels of the college sports for money world, it has become trendy for top flight recruits to pay large sums of money just to play their college ball for John Calipari at Kentucky.
These, so called, student-athletes are stacking the deck, and it’s all under the table. how else could kentucky afford to spend this much on recruiting? word is that it comes through the back door from young hopsters on a mission, like brandon knight, of florida.
Knight, an A student (YEAH, AS IN STUDENT-AQTHLETE) who lead his team to this year’s final four, is suspected of giving Caliari large sums of cash, just to, “run my friggin ass off with drills twice daily, while expecting me to keep up my A average.”, it was reported as saying to (oh, i sure by someone but i’m not exactly sure whom).
Of course, he likely now wishes he had gone to duke , or kansas… to get some extra rest, before it all starts up again in the fall. And who knows? Maybe he’ll be in the NBA making millions next year, capitalizing on his secret money-for-ball pact with Calipari. A good investment, yes. but fair?
wouldn’t that be a shame?
(we at Bloomberg keep a penny jar in the coffee room and stay at motel6 on trips involving overnight stay)
