I particularly enjoyed the difference in character shown by Kevin Love as opposed to Reggie Bush’s portrayal in “Tarnished Heisman.” It is a sad sad day when this stuff has become the norm in college athletics. And yet as well documented as this new trend appears to be, I have very little hope the NCAA can or will do anything meaningful about it.

Kevin Love wasn’t all that wowed. He’s a polite guy but also, by basketball standards, a down to earth one. "I’m an apple pie-and-ice cream kind of guy," he said. NBA stars, Mr. Chow and flashy nights meant little. He claims he wanted no part of dealing with agents, and said he was shocked to find Williams at the restaurant.

"My face turned completely red," he said. "I respect [Williams] as a player. But he came after me and once he started talking about all that agent stuff, I said, ‘You know what, talk to my family.’"

Love said he left the dinner after the appetizers.

That’s why you recruit character guys. They represent you well even after they’re gone.

Now, as far as AAU goes, that’s a dirty game. I don’t think anyone doubts that, and as much as Wetzel may be irresponsible for his hit job on Coach Wooden a few years back, I applaud him for bringing this to light. Let’s not sit back and pretend that this is just a problem with AAU though. Football and Basketball are big moneymakers and it’s just one more failure on the part of the NCAA that they aren’t reigning this in. It doesn’t help that they drop the ball on the highest profile cases (BUSHGATE), thereby signaling that you can even get caught and still get away with it. There were mentions of “runners”, which turned up suspiciously often in the case against Bush. Cracking down on these people would be a good place to start.

Last year, I wrote a Fanpost calling these AAU guys, agents and runners pedophiles.

KL came from a strong, secure family.

OJ2 did not. The pedophiles picked him up on a playground, when he was very young, and exploited him for years.

This is a sick system that should not be tolerated — yet little is being done to stop it. Exploiting kids, in any way, is wrong.