Thursday, February 07, 2008

Unbelievable

If you haven't been following the story this week, a senior football player at Fernley High School has gotten himself in a spot of trouble. He held a press conference and announced that he was going to sign a letter of intent to play at the University of California-Berkley.


Fantastic news for him, right?

No.

Upon hearing about the player's commitment, different recruiting services and universities he named in his recruiting process began asking questions.

Why?

The Cal Bears had never recruited this player. 

After the questions were raised, the player claimed that he had a paid a recruiter--a middle man between the player and schools--to help him get a scholarship. As the investigation continued, a bombshell was dropped:

The player made up the entire story.

You can read about it here.

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