We're confusedYou really need to read the entire article, but the story boils down to as follows:
An offensive lineman from Nevada named Kevin Hart committed to California Friday, staging a big announcing ceremony in front of his entire high school. Problem is, Cal apparently hasn't offered the kid or even contacted him.
"The Cal staff has had no contact whatsoever with Coach Hodges or Hart, and that they have not visited him; nor has Hart been on a recruiting trip to any school," recruiting Web site rivals.com reported.Now, law enforcement is involved (fraud, we presume?) in investigating what happened. Further muddying the waters, Hart claims to have visited Oklahoma State, even though Rivals.com says he has yet to make an official visit anywhere. Hart also claims to have spoken extensively with Cal's coach Jeff Tedford, another of his handful of claims in dispute.
Looks like either the kid's got an active imagination or someone took him for a ride.
The Nevada Interscholastic Athletics Association is looking into the matter as well, and executive director Eddie Bonine told the Gazette-Journal, "It could be that someone was impersonating those schools."Unfortunately things remain unclear because law enforcement isn't talking, the NCAA prohibits schools from speaking about recruits and his coach can only elaborate so much on what happened.
(H/T: EDSBS)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-04-2008 @ 3:07PM
cdhjba said...
Why would this kid have any reason to lie about going to Cal? I mean, don't you think he would've been upstream without a paddle when next year comes along and he's not going to Cal? It it pretty clear that either someone was impersonating college coaches or else there is some mix up between the college and the athlete. Tedford and staff and everyone at the school for that matter arent allowed to speak about recruits so I want to know where rivals.com or whatever is getting their info. Give the kid a break.
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2-04-2008 @ 5:27PM
FREDTERP said...
Unreal. HVAC is his recruiting advisor? FREDTERP
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2-04-2008 @ 6:52PM
kkv65 said...
This just sounds too bizzare.
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2-04-2008 @ 9:22PM
kpacheco said...
Just so you know Kevin wouldnt lie about anything like this.
That person above is right
give my friend a BREAK
for gods sake
HES A KID.
a very hurt kid at this moment
he doesnt need anymore nagging
what he needs right now is the peoples support
especially the ones from his friends and family.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS PLEASE KEEP THEM TO YOUR SELF
HES VERY DEVASTATED RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE DO NOT TALK ABOUT MY FRIEND ANYMORE.
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2-05-2008 @ 12:05AM
AL said...
Recruiting can be so tough and unfair to many young men. I feel sorry for the young man and I hope it all works out. I wish the poloticians would focus on this and not MLB.
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2-05-2008 @ 12:14AM
Dave Hall said...
Hasn't Nevada illegalized drugs?
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2-05-2008 @ 12:28AM
Ernie said...
The same thing happend to my son he was told he was going to Old Miss for football and Med school, GPA 4.2, Dean honor list and more, when we took him there all the way from california They didn't even know him , we even received a letter telling us how he was accepted into there advance programs, Real big let down and a costly one for us. We showed them the letter but they wouldn't even look at it.
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2-05-2008 @ 7:40PM
biz said...
ernie you should contact law enforcement, i'm sure some bumbling small town nevada cops would thank you for it.
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2-06-2008 @ 1:12PM
Matt D. said...
kpacheco: Kevin wouldn't lie about anything like this? He already lied about making official visits to multiple schools, saying there is no way that he could be making the whole story up is foolish. That said, if somebody went through all the trouble to impersonate multiple coaches from at least 6-10 schools for months no reason other than to be evil that would have to be the best prank ever. Do you think the prankster met Kevin at the different schools in disguise for each of his "official" visits?
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2-08-2008 @ 11:40AM
The REAL Jeff Tedford said...
Hey come back to Berkely my projected starting guard just won the lottery and is quiting school. I need ya back Kevin.
- Jeff Tedford
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