Maybe, according to SEC commissioner Mike Silve. Per ESPN…
A source also told ESPN.com that Kentucky has been investigating Wall’s eligibility for months because his former AAU coach was a certified agent.
Brian Clifton, Wall’s AAU coach, was a certified agent with FIBA, basketball’s international governing body, for nearly a year. Under NCAA rule that equates to Wall accepting illegal benefits from an agent. Consequently Wall could have to repay any and all expenses Clifton footed during that period before he can play with Kentucky.
NCAA rule also stipulates that an athlete can be withheld from at least 10 percent of a team’s games as part of the punishment.
Wall was one of the top recruits — if not the top recruit — of the ‘09 class and if he’s ineligible for any part of the season it’s going to be a blow to the Wildcats. If not for the NBA’s age-limit rule, Wall probably would have headed straight for the pros, so this is another situation that could have been avoided if qualified high schoolers could bypass the collegiate ranks and play in the NBA immediately after graduating.
A blow to the Wildcats? You do know that the Cats have more than one point guard, don’cha? I suppose you never heard of Eric Bledsoe? Rated 3rd best point guard and 23rd best player overall by Rivals? Oh, and Wall played for a man wbo coincidentally happened to be an agent who had no clients? And that means what, exactly? Undue influence on the player? But whose brother wanted Wall where and didn’t get him? And this was an AAU team, remember? Technicality from an organization that makes billions of dollars from the efforts of players like Wall. Nope, no appearances of impropriety with that last one, huh?