Buford

[okienole3]

So, is he not allowed to travel with the team? Don't see him in any of the photos being tweeted out by the OU basketball twitter account.

 

[AdaSooner]

So, is he not allowed to travel with the team? Don't see him in any of the photos being tweeted out by the OU basketball twitter account.

Practice only. The NCAA did not give him permission to travel with the team. It doesn't seem fair, does it?

 

[MNsooner]

Practice only. The NCAA did not give him permission to travel with the team. It doesn't seem fair, does it?

That may as well be the NCAA's motto.

 

[chuckb]

Practice only. The NCAA did not give him permission to travel with the team. It doesn't seem fair, does it?

Ridiculous. What possible harm could this do?

 

[AdaSooner]

Ridiculous. What possible harm could this do?

None that I can see. IMO, it's more about power with the NCAA than doing what's best for the student athlete.

 

[usedtobe1]

Was Buford's "issue" basically the same as Cliff Alexander at KU? Except Alexander got to play in about 30 games. Is he traveling with KU now? I doubt it.

I think they both had to do with prep school course accreditation but maybe I'm wrong.

 

[chuckb]

None that I can see. IMO, it's more about power with the NCAA than doing what's best for the student athlete.

I couldn't agree more. If he's in good standing academically, he should be able to travel to tournament games.

 

[campbest]

Was Buford's "issue" basically the same as Cliff Alexander at KU? Except Alexander got to play in about 30 games. Is he traveling with KU now? I doubt it.

I think they both had to do with prep school course accreditation but maybe I'm wrong.

Not the same issue.

 

[AdaSooner]

Was Buford's "issue" basically the same as Cliff Alexander at KU? Except Alexander got to play in about 30 games. Is he traveling with KU now? I doubt it.

I think they both had to do with prep school course accreditation but maybe I'm wrong.

The details I've read are sketchy. But I think Alexander's eligibility issues center around his family receiving improper benefits from a third party.

Buford was an entirely different story. He and OU's coaches thought he had taken and passed all of his requirements to play this season. They were notified after he was already on campus that the NCAA was challenging one or more courses on his transcript from Arlington County Day. OU, Dante and ACD lost the appeal and Dante was ruled ineligible to play this year. Judging by everything I have read and heard, none of it was his fault.

 

[Max Power]

The details I've read are sketchy. But I think Alexander's eligibility issues center around his family receiving improper benefits from a third party.

Buford was an entirely different story. He and OU's coaches thought he had taken and passed all of his requirements to play this season. They were notified after he was already on campus that the NCAA was challenging one or more courses on his transcript from Arlington County Day. OU, Dante and ACD lost the appeal and Dante was ruled ineligible to play this year. Judging by everything I have read and heard, none of it was his fault.

Can somebody explain to me how these schools can even offer classes that wouldn't count? Like how is that even allowed?

 

[usedtobe1]

The details I've read are sketchy. But I think Alexander's eligibility issues center around his family receiving improper benefits from a third party.

Buford was an entirely different story. He and OU's coaches thought he had taken and passed all of his requirements to play this season. They were notified after he was already on campus that the NCAA was challenging one or more courses on his transcript from Arlington County Day. OU, Dante and ACD lost the appeal and Dante was ruled ineligible to play this year. Judging by everything I have read and heard, none of it was his fault.

You're right. I just researched the issues. They're completely different.

Buford is caught in a political battle. The NCAA is "evaluating" the Arlington County Day (ACD) curriculum. 18 class offerings are being evaluated. That's where Buford went to school. They can request players to produce proof of their progress in a class..... taken a few years before. Evidently Buford and another high recruit from U of Florida were forced to sit out, but 2 other players were allowed to play even though they took the same basic courses

Alexander's deal has nothing to do with his prep school. Evidentially his mother secured a loan from a sports agent, and it's publically documented. I don't know if Alexander knew it but I assume he did. The NCAA hasn't interviewed him yet but his mother was the one who got the loan..... that would have never been approved. It was the type of loan a player would get from his agent before the draft and signing his contract. I don't know the amount of the loan. KU wasn't at fault either. .... a little different than the Tiny Gallon loan.

That's my perspective in a nutshell.

 

[Zimwillett]

I'd say there are degrees of fault in situations like this. This was something KU compliance could have easily discovered with even the slightest degree of diligence. There is apparently a UCC filing from August 2014 evidencing the loan to Alexander's mother from a known sports agency. These things are pretty easy to find. I suspect that the people in and around the KU program probably had at least some inkling, if not direct knowledge, of this arrangement long before Alexander was suspended.