Well Kentucky fans, you can pull out those Free Enes shirts and sport them tomorrow for your North Carolina vs Kentucky activities. The Wildcats have decided to withdraw their appeal and resubmit "new information" to the NCAA for another decision, as the Appeals Committee is not able to hear new information.
ESPN's Andy Katz is reporting that this "new information" is in light of the recent Cam Newton eligibility case. Newton, whose father shopped him around to various schools, was declared eligible to play because neither he nor Auburn knew about his father's actions and subsequent violations. As Newton didn't know he was violating any rules, the NCAA said that they will allow him to play.
Katz believes the Cats are using this to Kanter's defense. The Kanter family did not know they were violating rules, and made every attempt to follow the rules.
The decision shouldn't be a repeat of the weeks-on-end original decision process and could possibly be redecided within a week. Kentucky would still be able to take the decision to the Appeals Committee if they chose to do so.
Kanter is free to practice with the team while this is currently going on.
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