03-02-2012, 01:35 PM
The NCAA has warned schools to be cautious in recruiting Shabazz Muhammad due to financial dealings that could jeopardize Muhammad's amateur status, possibly making him ineligible next season.
According to the CBS Sports story about Muhammad, the NCAA is concerned with his family's connections to financial advisers Benjamin Lincoln from North Carolina and Ken Kavanagh from New York. Lincoln's brother is an assistant on Shabazz's high school team and paid for 2 of Muhammad's unofficial college visits. Kavanagh has funded Shabazz's summer team.
Shabazz is considering Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA, UNLV, Duke and USC.
Will this be a serious issue or will it blow over? Is the NCAA over-reacting? I don't think it'll be enough of an issue to make Shabazz ineligible.
According to the CBS Sports story about Muhammad, the NCAA is concerned with his family's connections to financial advisers Benjamin Lincoln from North Carolina and Ken Kavanagh from New York. Lincoln's brother is an assistant on Shabazz's high school team and paid for 2 of Muhammad's unofficial college visits. Kavanagh has funded Shabazz's summer team.
Shabazz is considering Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA, UNLV, Duke and USC.
Will this be a serious issue or will it blow over? Is the NCAA over-reacting? I don't think it'll be enough of an issue to make Shabazz ineligible.