Nassir Little is a SF and Rivals rates him as the No. 5 player recruit in the country. When the scandal broke Nassir sent out a very strange tweet:
The strange part is the Little hadn't committed to anyone, so ostensibly it made no sense for him to say he was re-opening his recruitment. Or maybe it did.
You see in the last few weeks word got out some programs pursuing Little had backed off because he was going to Arizona ... announced or not. With that idea the tweet fit, as a silent verbal.
Now it appears there was a very good reason for the competition to think Arizona was a lock ... because of $150,000.
We’ve already talked about the big things that showed up in Richardson’s portion of the file released by the government, but there’s something hiding in the Miami portion.
Thanks to our Miami sister site State of the U, there is another huge detail involving Arizona that doesn’t name Richardson or the Wildcat coaching staff.
Arizona appears to have offered a 2018 recruit (Nassir Little) $150,000 to play in Tucson.
https://www.azdesertswarm.com/baske...-150000-fbi-documents-charges-book-richardson
Which brings us to the original Arizona recruit tainted by the scandal ... 5 star PG Jahvon Quinerly (who was heavily pursued by UCLA). Some obvious question leap out here.
1. Will the NCAA consider him a pro due to the money, and disqualify him from playing in college ?
2. Would he ever be allowed to play for Arizona ?
3. Is there a middle ground, where Quinerly would be banned from playing for Arizona, but not banned from playing for another school ?
My guess for answers is No, No, and Yes.
1, This is a PR disaster for the NCAA, and no way are they going to be painted as vengeful ogres by banning a teenager for what adults were doing.
2. However they are never, every going to let him play for a school caught trying to buy his services.
3. The middle ground (and only answer for PR reasons) is to let Quinnerly attend any other school, but sit out some games as a penalty for what occurred.
The strange part is the Little hadn't committed to anyone, so ostensibly it made no sense for him to say he was re-opening his recruitment. Or maybe it did.
You see in the last few weeks word got out some programs pursuing Little had backed off because he was going to Arizona ... announced or not. With that idea the tweet fit, as a silent verbal.
Now it appears there was a very good reason for the competition to think Arizona was a lock ... because of $150,000.
We’ve already talked about the big things that showed up in Richardson’s portion of the file released by the government, but there’s something hiding in the Miami portion.
Thanks to our Miami sister site State of the U, there is another huge detail involving Arizona that doesn’t name Richardson or the Wildcat coaching staff.
Arizona appears to have offered a 2018 recruit (Nassir Little) $150,000 to play in Tucson.
https://www.azdesertswarm.com/baske...-150000-fbi-documents-charges-book-richardson
Which brings us to the original Arizona recruit tainted by the scandal ... 5 star PG Jahvon Quinerly (who was heavily pursued by UCLA). Some obvious question leap out here.
1. Will the NCAA consider him a pro due to the money, and disqualify him from playing in college ?
2. Would he ever be allowed to play for Arizona ?
3. Is there a middle ground, where Quinerly would be banned from playing for Arizona, but not banned from playing for another school ?
My guess for answers is No, No, and Yes.
1, This is a PR disaster for the NCAA, and no way are they going to be painted as vengeful ogres by banning a teenager for what adults were doing.
2. However they are never, every going to let him play for a school caught trying to buy his services.
3. The middle ground (and only answer for PR reasons) is to let Quinnerly attend any other school, but sit out some games as a penalty for what occurred.
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