Late Thursday night, ESPN/Rivals/247/you-name-it Top 100 prospect Jahvon Quinerly announced he was “retract[ing]” his verbal commitment to play basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
Just to set the record straight: This should matter not one bit to fans of the Virginia Cavaliers.
In the criminal charges filed against former UA assistant Emanuel “Book” Richardson, there are numerous references to alleged occurrences that point to Quinerly’s family receiving cash payments to secure his commitment to the Wildcats. If true, that is the original sin in the eyes of the NCAA. (Unless, of course, $20,000 in cash was available to undecided regular students too; right, UNC?