Call Waiting

Yesterday the NCAA ruled that IU transfer Jordan Crawford would have to sit out the season before being eligible to play next Fall for Xavier. Meanwhile Kelvin Sampson is on the bench with the Milwaukee Bucks and serving the first year of his 5 Year NCAA ban.

Of course this ban doesn't do anything to help Crawford, and fellow hopeful transfer Armon Bassett (UAB). I can understand the NCAA's hesitancy to open the floodgates on transfer regulations, but can strongly empathize with the player's desire to flee Indiana.

Yes, player choose a "school" not a coach.

But consider this: You are one of the most promising scientists in the nation. Dozens of schools are competing for you (some even texting you incessantly...) You make your selection after becoming enamored with the teachings of a particular professor; the one you believe can provide the best tutiledge for helping you achieve your dream career...

Then, suddenly, and under the cloud of scandal, that professor is dismissed from the university. Naturally, you are confused, disspointed; betrayed. SO you decide to revist some of the multitude of options you had just 12 months ago... and select another option that can best help you reach your goals and aspirations - since it is now apparent your original selection (and your fired/disgraced "mentor") can not.

Sound rational? Logical? Even sensible?

It is. Unless you are a collegiate "student-athlete." In which case, YOU pay for your coaches indiscretion. The NCAA has it's rules, and by the letter of the law, made the correct ruling on Crawford.

But that doesn't mean it is fair for Jordan. He has every right to be dissapointed in the NCAA. He even has the right to call Kelvin Sampson and complain... several hundred times.

Something stinks here...