Kentucky Fined For Eligibility Issue Involving Dontaie Allen

Western Kentucky guard Dontaie Allen has missed the staff’s final 4 video games as a result of an “eligibility matter” stemming again to the Pendleton County star’s time on the College of Kentucky. 

WKU head coach Rick Stansbury mentioned that Allen performed seven video games for the Wildcats in November and December 2021 whereas ineligible. Educational points sprung the violations. 

Earlier than the Hilltoppers’ sport towards Akron within the Cayman Islands Basic on Nov. 21, Stansbury and this system launched a press release first acknowledging the matter: 

The pinnacle coach spoke at size in regards to the state of affairs on Saturday: 

“Nothing he has carried out, nothing we have now carried out. Kentucky performed him seven video games when he was ineligible. Their coaches didn’t comprehend it and their compliance didn’t comprehend it. Properly, how does the child comprehend it? No person can say the child is at fault for not getting his grades. He didn’t know. If the adults within the room didn’t know, he didn’t know. When he went into the portal, that’s once they came upon he was ineligible the autumn semester. They flip the waiver in and don’t get it again until final week earlier than we’re on the point of go away.”

Stansbury additionally revealed the punishment given to Kentucky, evaluating it to what WKU and Allen now need to take care of because of one thing that occurred throughout his tenure in Lexington:

“Kentucky bought their punishment, they bought fined $500 a sport for seven video games. However we’re those getting punished now, him having to take a seat video games for us,” he mentioned. “The child is the one getting punished. Nothing about that’s proper.

UK Athletics has since launched a press release on the matter:

“We can’t touch upon scholar eligibility points as a result of scholar privateness legal guidelines, however can verify the matter is closed at UK and no video games had been forfeited.” 

The capturing guard completed his Kentucky profession averaging 3.9 factors and 1.4 rebounds. In his first three video games as a Hilltopper, he is averaged 8.0 PPG whereas capturing over 44 % from 3-point vary. 

Allen will miss WKU’s subsequent three video games. 

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