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Kentucky To Sit Southpaw Until NCAA Interview

By admin on Thursday, 10th December 2009 Kentucky To Sit Southpaw Until NCAA Interview thumbnail

UNITED STATES – Kentucky senior left-hander James Paxton, who filed a lawsuit against the university last week, will not be allowed to play for the Wildcats baseball team until he meets with NCAA officials, according to one of his lawyers.

Rick Johnson, who represented former Oklahoma State pitcher Andy Oliver in his high-profile case against the NCAA earlier this year, said his client was told on the record that “while still eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics, would be withheld from such participation, unless and until he submitted to an NCAA interrogation, but that they were not ’suspending or disciplining’ him, since no allegations had been made against him and no findings had been made against him.”

Paxson filed a lawsuit in Fayette Circuit Court last week claiming university officials implied he could be kicked off the team if he didn’t submit to an interview with the NCAA.

It is believe that the NCAA would like to interrogate Paxson regarding his dealings with Mega-Agent Scott Boras, whom the pitcher hired as his adviser before deciding to delay his professional career.

The southpaw was the No. 37 pick by the Toronto Blue Jays in this year’s major league draft – the only college player among the top 100 picks who didn’t sign – but chose to return to Kentucky for his senior season.

Photo courtesy of UK Athletics

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