Usually, we like to avoid delving into matters that have little to no legal implications. However, I want to share this article I ran across today about John Calipari's recruiting practices at UK. After reading it, one can't help but think that there may soon be some controversy brewing in Lexington. Apparently, a facebook user (a Louisville fan, perhaps?) created a fake account claiming he was John Calipari. In posing as Coach Cal, the user sent a rather controversial message to Marquis Teague, a recent 2011 top 5 national recruit--and yet another one of UK's seemingly endless top-shelf commits. And what did the message say?Just wanted to make sure you know that it is very important nobody ever know any of the details. We will make big things happen for you and make you a star player, but this commitment must work both ways. If the public ever got word of exactly what goes on behind the scenes, it would be bad news for a lot of people. Cool?
Yikes! Surely one would think that Teague would ignore the message. But, according to the article, he simply responded, "Yea."
I don't need to tell most basketball fans the controversies that have followed Coach Cal (cough! cough! two vacated final four appearances at two different schools because of NCAA recruiting rules violations). However, in all disclosure, we must say that we cannot vouch for the veracity of this report, but it certainly must give one pause if it is true.
This provides an interesting legal hook: what of Coach Cal's privacy considerations? Thoughts? This site provides a screenshot of the alleged exchange.
Coach Cal doesn't have any right to privacy. I believe in a living constitution, and I believe that if the framers were around today, they would have inserted a special provision stating that the constitution doesn't protect cheating imbeciles like John Calipari. Almost 100% sure on this.
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