HS football player accepts scholarship that was never offered- whole thing a HOAX

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lol. Didn't the guy think it was weird he wasn't invited in for a visit?
 

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Kind of a sad story for the guy.
 

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RECRUIT HOAX? Athlete was never offered scholarships, school says

February 5, 2008
By CHRIS GABEL
Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal
RENO, Nev. — Despite telling an assembly at his high school that he’d been recruited by the University of California at Berkeley and that he planned to sign a letter of intent to play there, Fernley (Nev.) High School senior Kevin Hart was never recruited by the college, officials in the Lyon County School District said Tuesday.
The district reported that it has been so far been unable to verify that Hart, a senior offensive lineman at Fernley, was ever offered an athletic scholarship or letter of intent to play football by UC-Berkeley, the University of Oregon, the University of Nevada, Washington University or Oklahoma State University.

Dave Williford, Oregon assistant athletic director for media services, said that Hart was “never in our system.”

Fernley coach Mark Hodges and Hart’s father, Richard, have declined comment on the situation because, as Hodges said earlier this week, it is under “law enforcement investigation.” Hodges said that contact had been made with both the Lyon County sheriff’s department and the NCAA.

This guy maybe made the whole thing up....LOL
 

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This is a tough one because he’s just a kid, and it’s tough for Fernley High because they’ve never had a D-I recruit, but one of two things happened:
1) Hart cooked up a story to impress people and it just got out of hand. 2) Everyone who was supposed to look out for his interests — his parents, his coach, etc. — was so driven by the lust for a scholarship that they overlooked every red flag and flashing light put before them. If that’s the case, let it be a lesson to everybody about the value of those paid “recruiting services” that have sprung up to take their piece of your athletic dreams.

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Some people have WAY too much fucking time on their hands. What is the point of this? I feel bad for the kid.
 

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From MW:

Nevada prep recruit made up story

Wednesday February 6, 2008 10:53PM

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A northern Nevada prep football player who had claimed he was duped into believing he was recruited to play at a Pac-10 school admitted Wednesday he made up the story.

Kevin Hart, a 6-foot-5, 290-pound offensive lineman for Fernley High School, offered a broad apology in a statement he issued through the Lyon County School District. Hart said he had wanted to play football at a Division I school "more than anything."

"When I realized that wasn't going to happen, I made up what I wanted to be reality. I am sorry for disappointing and embarrassing my family, coaches, Fernley High School, the involved universities and reporters covering the story," Hart said.

Lyon County sheriff's detectives had been unable to corroborate Hart's claims that he had been duped by a man he paid to help promote him to college football programs.

Lt. Rob Hall said Hart had not informed detectives of his confession, and they would continue to investigate to see if Hart had broken any laws, such as filing a false police report.

Hart first spoke with deputies Saturday, a day after he announced at a school assembly and a news conference that he would sign with the University of California, Berkeley.

At the announcement ceremony, Hart, with Fernley coach Mark Hodges at his side, said he talked with Cal head coach Jeff Tedford many times, and that "personal experience" led to his decision to choose the Golden Bears over Oregon, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.

But the announcement was questioned almost immediately, and on Monday officials with California and the University of Oregon said Hart was never recruited.

Hall said Hart had claimed that the alleged promoter he paid was named Kevin Riley, and that he believed he was from Las Vegas. Hart, however, was "unable to provide any phone numbers, addresses," or other contact information for the purported recruiter, Hall said.

"Initially, we thought if this was in fact a hoax or something Kevin came up with, maybe he was trying to put his name out there and create some interest," Hall said.

"Or maybe he just thought it was going to be and when it didn't happen, rumors started and it just got bigger and bigger and he didn't know what to do. That's why we want to sit down with Kevin and talk with him to get his perspective about what happened, where did it start, when did it start," he said.

Hall said detectives will forward their investigation to the district attorney's office to decide whether prosecution was warranted.

Tedford said Wednesday he had never talked to Hart and the Golden Bears never recruited him.

"It was total news to me, and it's unfortunate that that whole situation is what it is," Tedford said.

"I've talked to other coaches who have had people saying they've committed to their programs who they're not even recruiting, and it just seems like this thing is getting so big and egos are getting so involved ... people want to have an identity or whatever. To get to that magnitude that I read about is really kind of unfortunate," he said.

Oregon coach Mike Bellotti also said Wednesday the Ducks did not recruit Hart, and that he had been contacted by law enforcement authorities.

"Whatever happens, it's a shame," Bellotti said.

On Tuesday, school district administrators said an internal investigation showed that none of the universities once thought to have pursued Hart -- including Nevada, Washington and Oklahoma State -- had contacted Hart.

Superintendent Nat Lommori and Assistant Superintendent Teri White, in issuing the statement the day before recruits across the country sign letters of intent to play for college programs, said they wanted to relieve concerns prospective recruits to those schools might have because of the Hart matter.

The school district's investigation was continuing, White said.
 
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Hart said he had wanted to play football at a Division I school "more than anything."

"When I realized that wasn't going to happen, I made up what I wanted to be reality. I am sorry for disappointing and embarrassing my family, coaches, Fernley High School, the involved universities and reporters covering the story," Hart said.

:missingte Sorry, but that's a classic.
 

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Some people have WAY too much fucking time on their hands. What is the point of this? I feel bad for the kid.


The kid's in high school, you didn't have lots of fuckin time on your hands in high school???

Kid's an idiot, but I feel sorry for him. Imagine walking into school the day after this comes out
 
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How in the world did his High School coach not nip this in the bud? At some point surely his Coach would have talked to at least one head coach of a D1 school if he truly was being recruited.
 

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In other news, do you remember when Jimmy said Mary sucked his pecker at that party last weekend? Turns out Mary doesn't even like Jimmy and Jimmy just told everyone that to impress his friends.
 

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I am pretty sure this kid duped some of the girls at his school into giving up some p ussy by letting them think he would let them follow him to Cal and how he would turn pro after his sophomore year. LOL!!!
 

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