There is no meat to the SDS rumor, either. There is zero evidence that this Maryland booster payment happened. Frankly, to my knowledge there isn't any actual evidence that the $2,500 payment from the Adidas guy actually happened, either, other than the fact that he said it did. Again, how is that any different than what there is regarding the alleged Maryland booster payment to SDS's guardian? If you can't suspend a Duke player because a Kansas guy heard there was a demand for payment before Zion chose Duke then how can you suspend a Kansas player because an Adidas guy heard that there was a payment from a Maryland guy to SDS's guardian?IllinoisJayhawk wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 1:33 pmThere is no meat to the Zion rumor though....there is nothing from Duke or his camp. Only from a Kansas coach, and regardless if that pretty much assures that there was foul play on the other side, that's nothing similar to what these former Adidas employees are admitting was happening at Adidas schools...there's no real evidence. You can't suspend a duke player because a Kansas coach was willing to break rules to get him on campus, unless there's some evidence that Duke did the same (and while we all know they did, there is not hard evidence of foul play by their staff).
Whining and doing the "but.but.but Duke!" thing is pointless. Yes, other schools cheat...but we got caught and need to accept responsibility that our program wasn't on the "clean" end of the spectrum. It sucks, but it's reality.
My point isn't to try to sick the ncaa on Zion/Duke. My point is that it is absurd that the ncaa is doing something to a Kansas player that it is not doing to a Duke player. I don't care if a ref calls a game tight, so long as they call it both directions. Same with the ncaa. You can't apply one set of rules to one group and another to a different group.
It is clear that the ncaa is punishing SDS for more than the alleged $2,500 because if that was what they were punishing him for then he would be several games into his season already. Oh, and the ncaa hasn't actually punished him at all. They are punishing him by just ignoring him, which is akin to leaving a guy in jail for months on end just for jaywalking without ever giving him a court date because you THINK he might have committed a more serious offense.