Of course, Carl’s role in pushing Jamaicans to stay in Jamaica hasn’t worked out quite as well, it seems.
I remember all the noise about Africans and American Scholarships. There was an extensive trade in over-age Kenyans, with balding freshmen raising hell at the NCAAs.
The coach from Washington State created havoc with Henry Rono- Chapman was his name I think.
He was told that heat was coming down and he better keep a low profile for a while. Instead, he showed up at an NCAA meeting wearing a pith helmet and a safari suit and said he was going recruiting after the meet! That couldn’t have helped matters any!