Charles Bediako has been a hot topic in men’s college basketball for a while now. He played in the G League and then returned to Alabama to complete his graduation. He wanted to play college basketball again after seeing Baylor sign James Nnaji. Bediako had hoped he would also be able to return to college basketball without a hiccup.
However, that was not the case. Many renowned names like Arkansas’ John Calipari, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, Purdue’s Matt Painter, Illinois’ Brad Underwood, and UConn’s Dan Hurley opposed the allowance of pros to return and play college basketball. They demanded more regulations and restrictions on eligibility from the NCAA. As a result of the collective outburst, the NCAA did not grant Bediako eligibility.
However, Bediako sued the league, and the NCAA had to grant him a temporary restraining order. He played five games for Nate Oats’ team when an Alabama judge ruled in his favor. However, that judge had a conflict of interest as he was an Alabama alumnus and also a school donor. The new judge revoked the restraining order, and Bediako was again ineligible to play for Oats’ side.
Due to the whole fiasco, there were reports that Alabama would suffer consequences for the games in which Charles Bediako played. However, that’s not going to happen.
Crimson Tide Sports’ recent Instagram post read:
“New news from the NCAA as they will NOT be punishing Alabama for playing Bediako.
Via Matt Norlander
“Key detail from the committee room: NCAA cmte chair says the actual selection committee “will apply our normal player availability proces,” re: Charles Bediako.The selection committee will NOT hold anything/punish Bama for playing Bediako.”
Fans React to Nate Oats’ Alabama Not Getting Any Fall Back From Playing Charles Bediako
Fans online were divided and shared their contrasting opinions on the entire Charles Bediako situation.
“Good. Now ban the Euro League players,” one fan suggested.
“Figures,” one fan said sarcastically.
“It’s pretty hard to punish Alabama when the NCAA had no say in him playing temporarily,” another claimed.
“And they won’t punish anybody else for doing exactly what we did, complete joke of an organization,” one fan called out the NCAA.
“There’s nothing they can do. Alabama never played an ineligible player. When he was declared ineligible, they stopped playing him,” one fan explained.
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