Former Coach Alleges Conspiracy by NCAA, SEC and UK

The former recruiting coordinator for the University of Kentucky football team, Claude Bassett, has sued the UK Athletic Association, the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference, claiming they violated antitrust laws by banning him from coaching at the collegiate level.   "The NCAA has intentionally and improperly interfered with coach Bassett's prospective contractual relations with its member schools as a football coach or recruiting coordinator by forbidding its members to hire him," allege