Background on participation in club team hoops

It's about prep prospects from Arizona and Utah but Brandon Gurney has a nice piece up on club team basketball and player and parent involvement.

Senses of entitlement

Hey, it isn't just the kids and it doesn't appear on its own.

John McCann writes about a myriad of issues surrounding club team hoops, high school hoops, loyalty and the gold ol' sense of entitlement.

McCann also offers a second feature on these subjects and more.

High school basketball versus club team hoops -- it doesn't have to be this way

The following isn't northern California related -- at least not geographically -- but it's a telling read about, in this case, the negative nexus of high school basketball and club team basketball.

Cut to Rodney King and his plaintive question: "Why can't we all get along?"

This is about a SoCal kid but still a fascinating read

Hey, sometimes you wonder why your favorite college team doesn't land this or that recruit or why a certain club team has the roster it does. 

High school star declared ineligible after payments revealed 
Sports marketers in China were supporting him, according to documents 
Brent Schrotenboer 
Sign On San Diego 
September 28, 2010

According to documents obtained by The San Diego Union-Tribune, a local Chinese high school basketball star has been the beneficiary of more than $30,000 in money and benefits provided by sports marketers formerly involved with Nike and Chinese NBA star Yao Ming.

Chen Cai, a 6-foot-8 player for Maranatha Christian High, has been declared in ineligible to play basketball this year as a result of an investigation into these and similar allegations. Marantha has offered to forfeit all games in which Chen played during the past three seasons because of rules violations. It is against state high school rules to receive such benefits or be recruited to a school because of athletic ability...

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