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Hill said his alma mater isn't exactly known for its thuggery. "Are you kidding? I know 'G' [Henderson]. He isn't like that," Hill said. "Gerald played on his high school golf team. He played up to his sophomore year. Come on, he's a golfer."
--Brian Schmitz, Orlando Sentinel
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What is Jason Williams up to? You may have seen him doing some broadcasting, but last year he had an interesting job "targeting" college players as a recruiter for Ceruzzi Sports. Link
Williams was there to woo Love. Barrett was there to introduce them. Barrett also was there to help avoid trouble - by picking up the check.
The NBA's four-year-old age-limit rule has such dealings on the rise, and the case of the interaction between Ceruzzi Sports, Barrett, Love and Williams provides a glimpse into what the NCAA sees as a growing problem.
NCAA rules prohibit college players from accepting anything of value from sports agents, and NBA players association rules prohibit sports agents from giving college stars anything of value. But no rule explicitly prohibits AAU basketball coaches such as Barrett from accepting a $250,000 donation from an agency such as Ceruzzi Sports, and then playing semantics by paying for dinner when the agency's front man is there to recruit a player such as Love.
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Coach K and Elizabeth Dole -
Coach K held a reception at Duke for Elizabeth Dole when she was running for a US Senate seat.
As this NY Times article says, K got criticized by a lot of folks for this:
The issue caused a stir from Asheville to Kitty Hawk. Even the Duke newspaper, The Chronicle, criticized the unsavory appearance of Krzyzewski's role in the reception. It was like being heckled by his own Cameron Crazies.
Suddenly, Coach Klean had been sullied, as if his halo had been made of nothing more than tinfoil and pipe cleaners. For some reason, the meticulous coach who had always kept a lid on his politics in the past hadn't anticipated a game plan for the outrage.
Here's another article about Coach K's support of the republicans, vs. Dean Smith's and UNC's support of the democrats.
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