The big eligibility scandal of the offseason has focused on Renardo Sidney, the star Mississippi State recruit whose lodgings in California have come under question from the NCAA clearinghouse. Little did anyone know that a much bigger recruit -- Kentucky's John Wall, the No. 1 overall player in this year's class -- is, at this point, just as ineligible. As my most esteemed colleague might say: whoa boy.

The issue is John Wall's AAU coach, Brian Clifton, who was registered as an agent with FIBA for about a year. If Wall received benefits from Clifton, such as plane rides to tournaments, uniforms, sneakers -- anything, really -- Wall would have to repay whatever he received before he could be eligible to play for Kentucky. According to ESPN's report, Kentucky compliance officials have been working "feverishly" to figure out if Wall owes money and if so, how much.

Maybe this isn't any more unlikely than Sidney's long-running eligibility issues, and maybe this will all be resolved by the time Kentucky plays its first exhibition game on Nov. 7. But there are a few reasons why this is different from Sidney, namely because it's so surprising -- how was Kentucky able to keep this under wraps for so long -- and because Wall is the premier player in the country leading a rejuvenated UK fan base fresh off its most orgasmic offseason on record. If Wall's ineligibility doesn't get sorted out in the next few weeks, make no mistake: it's a major blow.

But it's also not one that will cost Kentucky much on the court. The punishment for Wall's offense, assuming there is one, is that "an athlete can be withheld from at least 10 percent of a team's games." My math's not great, but that means Wall would likely miss three or four games. Not exactly the most exciting news Kentucky fans have ever heard, but certainly not the most devastating, either.

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