Eight Preseason Minutes Do Not Make RJ Luis a Pro
A Louisiana judge cleared RJ Luis for LSU after NBA deals and zero regular-season games, exposing the NCAA’s collapsing line between pro contracts and actual play.
Category: College Basketball
Duke’s Brotherhood Went Mute When Singler Started Begging
Kyle Singler’s latest Instagram pleas expose how fast Duke’s family mythology vanishes once a champion stops being useful to the brand.
Power Conferences Just Locked the Door on Pro Returns
Big Ten and SEC bans on former pros hit basketball too. SEC covers NBA/WNBA, penalties mirror ghost transfers, and the first school that tests it will pay.
Mulkey Called a War a Business Conflict and Lost Koval
Kim Mulkey told Kate Koval she could not let a war stop recruiting. Ten days after signing a Russian prospect, the Ukrainian center left LSU anyway.
Sankey’s Integrity Speech Cannot Save a Dead Model
Sankey’s affidavit paints RJ Luis as a threat to college sports integrity. Eight preseason minutes and a bare LSU roster say the model already cracked.
NCAA Erased Yaacov and Left Utah Holding a Maybe
The NCAA denied Noam Yaacov without a clear public reason, forcing Utah onto Trey Campbell amid his own eligibility fight and exposing the system’s late-August chaos.
Louisville Bet the Season on Trimble and a Judge
Seth Trimble makes Louisville’s portal haul No. 1, but a Tenth Circuit stay leaves his fifth year hanging on a lawsuit Kelsey is willing to ride.
The Class of 2022 Turned Eligibility Into a Courthouse Sport
The NCAA’s stay paused one waiver and created a two-tier eligibility market. State TROs keep printing while tip-off sits two months away and rosters stay provisional.
Mitchell Chose the School He Already Cooked
Mark Mitchell’s fifth-year TRO and Kentucky commitment turn Mark Pope’s roster into a Final Four threat while the NCAA keeps losing in state court.
A Walk-On Just Ended the Times’ 50-Year Defamation Streak
An Alabama jury hit the New York Times for $9.25 million after it wrongly tied walk-on Kai Spears to a fatal shooting, ending the paper’s 50-year U.S. defamation win stre