King should give area schools another look

While we wait to see how the courts resolve Gabe King’s issue—will he be able to play for Northern Guilford High after all—King should rethink the list of colleges he’s considering.

He has made it clear that he wants a fresh start somewhere else because of all that’s gone on in his prep career, but think about that for a minute; none of it was the state of North Carolina’s fault.

King alledgedly signed a document saying that he lived in a place that he didn’t in order to play for Northern Guilford, this while he was living with his sister in the district of Greensboro Page, the school that had previously kicked him off the team.

Time to accept responsibility. This was likely his fault or his parents, and yet as far as recruiting goes, he treats the Carolinas—and their major universities—like pariahs.

Right now, King lists his favorites as California, Alabama, Oregon and Tennessee, with Cal in the lead. If this really is about just wanting to see the rest of the country, more power to him. But if he thinks any of his problems are somehow the fault of Clemson or Duke or ECU or North Carolina or N.C. State or South Carolina or Wake Forest, he should think again.

--Stan Olson