That's a great point. It's actually an annoyance for them. Some year the Chiefs or Royals will win something and they won't know what to do with themselves.

Ben McLemore breaks silence about payments to former AAU coach
May 17
THE KANSAS CITY STAR

Former KU guard Ben McLemore spoke Thursday at the NBA Combine in Chicago about AAU coach Darius Cobb’s revelation that he accepted $10,000 in cash payments to steer McLemore toward Rodney Blackstock, a middleman with connections to agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles.

McLemore gave an interview to Sports Illustrated and Campusinsiders.com in which he said he would be willing to meet with NCAA investigators even though he is no longer a player for the Jayhawks.

“I would tell them the truth and tell them what I know, and just cooperate with them,” McLemore told reporters from SI and Campusinsiders. “Hopefully they’ll cooperate with me and hear my side.”

McLemore also said he had not heard of the payments to Cobb until he read a May 3 article in USA Today in which Cobb first revealed he received money a middleman. In addition to the $10,000, Cobb received three paid trips to Los Angeles, and he alleged that a cousin of McLemore’s, Richard Boyd, traveled with him to meet agents and financial advisers on two of those trips.

The cash and trips would be in violation of an NCAA rule that prohibits athletes (and their relatives and friends) from accepting benefits and transportation from anyone working as an agent.

McLemore said he has not spoken to Cobb since the USA Today story was published and has “pushed him out of my circle.”

“My reaction was like, ‘Wow,’” he said. “That was someone that I could trust, and I put a person in my circle that I felt comfortable with and I know a long time that I wanted to help me through this process (of selecting an agent). And for him to say the things he did and put that out there like that, I wish it wasn’t true … (Cobb) put me in jeopardy and my family in jeopardy.

“I hope it don’t affect Kansas because there’s so much tradition there,” McLemore added. “I don’t want to be one of those guys that can’t be allowed to come back.”

I may be misinterpreting what Ben said, but what former Jayhawks aren't allowed back to visit?

i don't think he meant specifically kansas, but just generally some guys mess up and have their school distant themselves.

didn't Reggie Bush get told to 'go away' by USC?



i can't think of any player that has been 'banned' by KU

That's kind of what I thought.

I didn't know if it was a generalization or in regards to KU.

Kind of like that whole Chris Webber and Michigan thing. They pretty much disowned him and two other players after they found out a booster had given them hundreds of thousands of dollars when they played there. They're just now trying to make amends and reconnect with the school.

Didn't he make it to the title game in April?

Are there any other players which have been banned by their colleges?

I read it on ESPN a while back. I'd post the link but I'm a n00b. I'm guessing since he brought infractions upon the school and it banned them from postseason play for a year Michigan didn't want to acknowledge him in anyway. But I'm not aware of this kind of thing happening anywhere else. I'm sure it has though.

ahhaahahah! Dude awesome rebuttal. I'd totally forgotten about that clown. Whatever became of him? I heard he got a girl preggers his first week up at KU and never bothered to see it or pay for it. Probably a bogus rumor.

Neither of those guys graduated or left KU early for the NBA draft.

So I would consider them void.

I’ve heard a bunch of stories about ole Giles. The one that sticks out was him dragging some girl down the stairs by her hair and almost pulling her scalp off.

Is it me or does that picture pretty much nail Giddens in the perfect context?

I heard that too. But I hear he had roughed her up one other time.