This is a pretty interesting situation....
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...igible-to-play
This is a pretty interesting situation....
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...igible-to-play
bucksfan2 (10-27-2015)
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.
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.
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.
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.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
In this case here, Roosevelt Barnes actually adopted this kid.
Donder (11-01-2015)
A great article talking about the kid...
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...road-to-purdue
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