A first for the NCAA?

[Assembly Hall]

This is a pretty interesting situation....

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25354709/report-purdue-freshman-caleb-swanigan-not-yet-eligible-to-play

[WVRed]

Michael Oher immediately comes to mind.

[Assembly Hall]

Michael Oher immediately comes to mind.

Have to fill me in on that one.

[WVRed]

Have to fill me in on that one.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Side_(film)

Oher was taken in by a family eerily similar to Swanigan. The family raising Oher had massive connections to Ole Miss and it caused a NCAA investigation, but he was cleared to play.

[Assembly Hall]

Gotcha, but this is a little bit different. Barnes is not only a Purdue alum(played basketball and football), but he is also a sports agent.

[WVRed]

In that way, yes. Ole Miss hired Ohers high school football coach, a guy by the name of Hugh Freeze, to a position.

The movie does a really good job though. Sean Tuohy was actually a former Ole Miss PG who holds the all time assist record for the conference.

[Brutus]

I believe the Jamal Crawford situation was pretty similar to this as well. Crawford, in high school, began living with a guy who furnished him with gifts during his stay. No one believed it had anything to do with his going to Michigan. However, the NCAA deemed it a violation of 'amateurism' and he was suspended at Michigan for living with the guy in high school.

[Assembly Hall]

In this case here, Roosevelt Barnes actually adopted this kid.

[Assembly Hall]

http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2015/10/27/9620640/caleb-swanigan-eligibility-purdue-basketball

[Assembly Hall]

http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/purdue/NCAA-clears-Swanigan-to-play-9642138

[Assembly Hall]

A great article talking about the kid...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2580780-homelessness-heartache-and-hoops-caleb-swanigans-rough-road-to-purdue