My take on De Sousa...

replayloungehawk wrote: If he isn't cleared, in my opinion, to start conference play I don't see him playing at all this year. I think an 11 game suspension for $2500 in impermissible benefits is more than enough. If Wednesday comes and goes without De Sousa I don't think he plays ever again at KU.

replay, I'm with you up to the highlighted phrase. If he does not play this year and never gets cleared, he's obviously done at KU. But if by the end of the season the NCAA okays him for subsequent years, then SDS will have a decision to make. Not having played a year will have hurt his stock, so this year's NBA draft will almost certainly be out of the picture for him. Overseas would be an option (and not as big as drawback as it would be for US players), but staying for his junior season could let him play his way into the NBA first round (yes, based on what we saw last season I think he is that talented).

I think the $2500 will be readily resolved and won't affect his long term eligibility after this season. The question will become if there is anything concrete on the $60K his guardian supposedly got from a Maryland booster. From everything I've read it's all hearsay at this point. Frankly, even if they had solid evidence that the guardian got the $, since SDS did not choose Maryland I think the argument can be made that his guardian had no influence on his choice. And as there is (TTBOMK) no evidence that he or his family ever benefited from the $$, a good attorney can make the case that in the spirit of the NCAA regs SDS should not be punished for his guardian's greed.

Personally I will keep my hopes up that we will see him play for KU again, hopefully this season, but next season would be great as well.