Monday, October 25, 2010

Saga Of Enes Kanter

Who is Enes Kanter you ask? He's a 6'11" 260 pound center that is at Kentucky on a basketball scholarship. He's been cleared to play academically but there are questions about his amateur status. I have played professional basketball overseas so here's the deal. The teams overseas bring a kid at 14 onto their lower club teams. They play him and develop his skills. Technically you can't sign a contract until you are 18. The club can pay for expenses such as gas,food, etc. Usually the kid stays with the club until they get drafted by an NBA team. Then the club "claims" they have the kids rights and the NBA team that drafts him has to pay a "buyout" to get the kid to the NBA. Problem (for the club team) with Kanter is he came to the US at 16 because he wanted to play college basketball. The Turkish team that "developed" Kanter can't have that happen. Why? Because once he plays college  basketball, the Turkish team loses their "rights" to Kanter. Which means no" buyout" for the club, no return on their investment for "developing" Kanter. So the Turkish teams comes up with  a  trumped up charge that they paid Kanter and his family over $100,000 US. The (PARDON MY LANGUAGE HERE) NCAA-HOLES are too stupid to realize this farce trumped up by the Turkish team. Kanter should be ruled eligible immediately. Where are the canceled checks? Where is the paper trail on this supposed $100,000 US? It should be an easy case to decide. But no........THE NCAA-HOLES want to show their gestapo powers and show Kanter who is boss. This is a high profile case and it will have repercussions in the future for the 2AY. More foreign players might want to come and play college basketball. And in the Commonwealth a lot of "FREE ENES" shirts have popped up. Free him from what? He is not a slave or in chains. It's very stupid of Kentucky fans to have those shirts. As a Kentucky fan myself I feel this case is simple. LET KANTER PLAY IMMEDIATELY NCAA-HOLES!!!!!!!!! That is my RANT for today. God Bless and Peace to the creatures.    

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