Randolph Morris is Ineligible - NCAA

現階段看來 Wildcats 希望讓 Randolph Morris 重新上場的機會很小
即便最終重新取得打球資格也必須要讓他接受為數不少的禁賽處分吧?

這位小朋友真的是太不懂事了
當初不知道怎麼會腦衝血選擇加入選秀
結果沒被選上後就回學校向 Tubby 老爹哭訴想回球隊
在 64 強有幾場比賽表現不錯就讓這小夥子忘記謙虛為懷的道理
即便未來真能回到 Kentucky 我也不覺得會是多大幫助
他的態度實在是太差勁了 (比起來 LaMarcus Aldridge 就好多哩)
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Updated: Nov. 30, 2005, 9:05 PM ET

Kentucky must now seek Morris' reinstatement

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Randolph Morris is ineligible -- for now -- after an NCAA committee ruled
Wednesday that his relationship with an agency during his NBA draft experience
last spring was a violation, multiple sources told ESPN.com.

Kentucky must now seek his reinstatement to see if the sophomore center will
play this season. The NCAA's reinstatement committee would determine if
Morris is ineligible as a college athlete, or is subject to a game penalty.
Morris is practicing with the Wildcats but has missed Kentucky's first six
games. If Morris is allowed to play this season and given a game penalty,
the games he missed would be applied to his penalty.

Multiple sources told ESPN.com that the membership services division in the
NCAA initially ruled that Morris would be ineligible.

Kentucky was searching for an interpretation of one part of its case, whether
Morris' relationship with SFX constituted a violation. Kentucky contended
that Morris didn't sign an agreement with SFX. But the NCAA's definition of
an agreement includes a verbal commitment. SFX represented Morris during the
NBA draft and was the contact for NBA teams for all his workouts. SFX also
set up and paid for a workout for Morris at the Lakeshore Athletic Club in
Chicago during the NBA draft camp week the first week in June. Morris worked
out for a handful of teams and, in at least one case that ESPN.com has know-
ledge of with the Houston Rockets, Morris didn't pay for all his expenses
in advance. NCAA rules clearly state a player must pay for his draft workout
expenses in advance or else suffer a potential penalty once he chooses to
return to college.

SFX also issued a press release saying that Morris was staying in the NBA
draft. Morris wasn't drafted. He met with Kentucky coach Tubby Smith over
the summer and asked to return to school. He maintained his academic standing.

The NCAA issued this statement Wednesday night to ESPN.com: "The NCAA Division
I Legislative Review and Interpretations Committee heard an appeal Wednesday
by the University of Kentucky of an NCAA interpretation in the Randolph Morris
case.

"The staff interpretation was part of a cooperative investigation by the
institution and national office into the facts of the case and whether those
facts rose to the level of violations of NCAA bylaws. The interpretation in
question is just one part of a very complex case.

"A regular function of the NCAA Membership Services staff is to interpret
rules and how they apply to a particular situation or activity. The LRIC,
which is made up of nine representatives from NCAA member conferences and
institutions, serves as an appellate body for institutions and conferences
that disagree with staff decisions. The LRIC's decision may be appealed to
the NCAA Division I Management Council.

"Unless an appeal to the Management Council is sought by the institution, the
decision by the LRIC should finalize which activities in this case constitute
violations of NCAA bylaws.

"The institution may now choose to present the facts of the case to the Student
-Athlete Reinstatement staff at the NCAA. Staff will make a determination as
to whether the student-athlete should be reinstated and, if so, whether
conditions such as repayment of extra benefits and/or withholding from
competition are necessary. Should the latter be necessary, credit would
be given for regular-season games the student-athlete has already missed."

NCAA spokesperson Kent Barrett said he expected the process to move swiftly
from this point forward.

Meanwhile, Kentucky's lawyer in this case, former NCAA staff member Rick
Evrard, told ESPN.com that Kentucky couldn't ask for Morris' reinstatement
until it had closure on the interpretation of the facts of the case.

Kentucky school officials declined comment.

Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.


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