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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4480132, member: 833"]
The deal was never just Calipari gets a lot of money but has to deliver.  Kentucky offered the perfect platform to Calipari.  Money for him, but also a willingness to help the dirtiest coach in college basketball history cheat at a level never before imagined.  Does anyone think Calipari was able to put together an unprecedented series of recruiting classes because he was so charming?  He was able to stockpile class after class of NBA lottery picks because he was paying them very well.

Kentucky had the resources to pay these recruits, and the muscle to protect Calipari from getting caught and his wins vacated like he did at UMass and Memphis.  But in return, they wanted championships, and lots of them.  One championship and four Final Fours for a program that has had the amount of top tier NBA talent come through that Kentucky has bought is pathetic.

Now it is all over.  There is basically no such thing as cheating, and the talent can and will go anywhere and get paid.  I think people really do not appreciate what a seismic shift NIL is for college sports, and especially for programs like Kentucky basketball.
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