SEC tells ESPN that John Wall is facing eligibility issue

Update: First impression, this doesn’t look like a huge deal to me. It would depend if Wall took money knowing that his AAU coach was a certified agent. And who paid for Wall to attend those UK functions, both of which occurred well before Calipari became coach, by the way. So this issue would be present even if Billy Gillispie was still the Kentucky coach. Still, it wouldn’t surprise me if Wall has to sit 2-3 games. But that’s just a first impression.

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Mike Slive confirmed to espn.com that UK freshman John Wall is facing an eligibility issue.

Sources told ESPN that the issue concerns Wall’s former AAU coach.

An excerpt:

A source told ESPN.com that the Kentucky compliance department had been working feverishly to clarify Wall’s eligibility in recent weeks and had been going back to the 2007 to see exactly how much money is owed. Wall made two unofficial visits to Kentucky that fall while Billy Gillispie was head coach — in September he attended a UK-Louisville basketball game and in October returned for the Wildcats’ Big Blue Madness opening night practice.

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