Kentucky basketball recruit Enes Kanter has been ruled permanently ineligible for receiving impermissible compensation while playing for a professional team, the NCAA ruled Friday. The NCAA reinstatement committee confirmed that Kanter received $33,033 above his actual and necessary expenses for one year while playing for a club basketball team in Turkey. "We were informed by the NCAA that the flexible decisions made by the NCAA staff in other high-profile cases could not be used in case precedent and were not binding on the NCAA going forward," Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart said. "The University of Kentucky was very hopeful that our student-athlete might receive the same type of consideration afforded to these other athletes but that did not happen." Kentucky had appealed an earlier decision by another NCAA department. The reinstatement committee is the final appeal opportunity. Kanter will not be allowed to compete, practice or travel with the team, but is able to receive financial aid to stay in school. Read more:http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6000134
