After reading about Kentucky Coach John Calipari being found guilty of cheating by the NCAA, I wasn't surprised in the least. Calipari has never been known for producing the most highly educated athletes in the world (his graduation rate among African American athletes is 44 percent), and he seems to want to win above anything else. The idea that my alma mater, The University of Kentucky, would immediately step in to pay tens of millions of dollars to a coach that has been proven to be a cheater makes a powerful statement about the ethical disposition of this university. Kentucky is like many NCAA institutions in their mass pillage of African American athletes for the sake of their multi-million dollar fortunes.

John Calipari and his old school, The University of Memphis, have been charged with having an SAT exam taken for a player on the basketball team (believed by many to be Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls). According to several published sources, the SAT exam was falsified during the 2007 - 2008 season. The team has been required to give back 38 wins from that season, costing the school millions in revenue. These kinds of abuses don't just occur at The University of Memphis. The University of Kentucky's basketball program has nearly received the death penalty for its long list of violations in the past, so it is only fitting that they hire yet another arguably unethical coach to continue their storied tradition. Here are some quick thoughts about John Calipari and The University of Kentucky:

1) The idea that Kentucky hires Calipari knowing his checkered past is a reminder that universities are not necessarily concerned with integrity or academic achievement, relative to their concern with maximizing revenues. There are plenty of good coaches who have not been accused of having their players obtain falsified SATs. Kentucky could have hired one of them. If academic achievement were important to the NCAA, they would focus their energies on hiring coaches that actually graduate their players.

2) When these violations occur, a couple of things usually happen: The athlete's career gets body slammed and the coach moves onto another job. While there are plenty of penalties in place for athletes who break the rules, coaches can simply transfer to a different job like the rest of us. This, my friends, is called a restriction of labor rights.

3) Calipari's contract, worth $31.65 million dollars over 8 years, is yet another reminder that universities are willing to pay millions to arguably corrupt coaches but still refuse to give anything to the families who put their children on the court to actually earn the revenue. Calipari doesn't dribble a single basketball, yet he is building extensions on his home with money that should be used to feed the mothers of the players he is putting on the court. This is downright shameful.

In the interview below, I speak with Dr. Wilmer Leon, host of "On with Leon" on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. We discuss the NCAA lawsuit and what this might mean for players. The black community must get involved in holding the NCAA accountable, and it is my hope that this lawsuit will serve as the first step. Click here to listen to the interview with Dr. Leon.

Dr. Boyce Watkins is a Faculty Affiliate with the College Sport Research Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. To have Dr. Boyce commentary delivered directly to your email inbox, please click here.