Dominique Yates, Louisville Courier Journal
John Calipari means well. His instincts are paternal. His efforts at social engineering are mostly benign and arguably enlightened.
But when the University of Kentucky head basketball coach says advocates of an expanded NBA Draft are “trying to ruin college basketball,” the head Wildcat is crying wolf.
College basketball has been rocked, but it defies ruin. It has survived a long series of sky-is-falling events including point-shaving scandals, an FBI investigation, chronic cheating, the one-and-done phenomenon, the NCAA’s transfer portal, Snoop Dogg at Kansas and Dick Vitale’s throat surgery.