NCAA Has It Backwards

Yesterday the NCAA announced that they were investigating the involvement of John Wall and his AAU movements and his coaches.

It seems that the NCAA like our Federal Government is a day late and a dollar short in every thing they touch. Why was Carolina, Duke and State all cool on the recruitment of of John Wall? They had a bird's eye view of Wall's every day life and the people he associated with. He was a recruiting violation waiting to happen and along comes John Calipari the coach who would recruit the devil if he could shoot.

There is nothing the NCAA can do now to John Wall if it is found that he was not an amateur, was receiving cash under the table while still in high school. There is something that can be done to the Calipari's of the world , ban them from coaching any where in the NCAA.

It is obvious to me Calipari can recruit players others find that can not get into their school. Put him in the NBA where there is no advantage to cheating and he is an average coach at best.

I think the NCAA has too many rules but there should be a few. Any coach caught cheating is banned coaching in the NCAA for a specified period and if occurs more than once ban for life. No high school coach or individual responsible for coaching a player outside of the NCAA should not be hired by any institution during the stay of that player at said college.

It is not by accident that every coaching stop Calipari has been to has been penalized after he left. Kentucky is next.

I want to give you and update on Lauren Doughtie and her trials trying to make it on the Futures golf tour. The last two tournament Lauren has been in the money, just barely. Two weeks ago the Futures tour had their players Championship and Lauren was fifth after the first round. Her last two rounds of 74 and 79 she finish 72nd which was last for those who cashed in for the week.

Last week she shot an opening 79 but followed with the best score in the tournament 67 to make the cut right on the line. She then shot a third round 79 to finish 68 out of 72 in the money.

Lauren is beginning to make cuts but in Futures tour life making the cut earns $259 a week then you have your expenses. In order to improve she has to get to the point a bad round is 74 not 79 or worse. In early August there is a tournament in Richmond. I hope to cheer her on that weekend.