define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); nick macarchuk – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:56:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Morning Five: 08.05.10 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/05/morning-five-08-05-10-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/05/morning-five-08-05-10-edition/#respond Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:56:34 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=23106

The University of Kentucky responded with some legal saber-rattling as a result of yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times article that alleged a $200,000 payment to super-recruit Anthony Davis.  In parsing the letter from UK’s attorneys to author Michael O’Brien, we find it notable that the second paragraph asserts that no member of UK or its athletic department “offered or paid any money or other illegal benefits to the [redacted] family.”  That’s all fine and well, but even the most naive of us knows that direct payments from universities to players is soooo ’80s.  All the money and illegal benefits run through runners [...]]]>
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