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Knight, however, may start a new trend which, if it takes, will be a far greater legacy to the players that follow him than continuing a point guard tradition that fails to one the last game of the season could ever hope to be.  You see, Brandon Knight orally committed to Kentucky and has signed an offer of financial aid tendered to him by the university. Either Knight is unusually perceptive or he is surrounded by good advisors or, most likely, both.  IN a switch from the standard letter of intent, the offer of financial aid is binding on the university but does not commit the student to attend.  If Calipari take the offer of millions of Russian rubles to coach the Nets and Knight doesn't like his replacement, then he is free to go elsewhere, without sitting out a year.  

I have long wondered why the big time players, especially, have not followed this route.  You know that the teams will keep their spots, so there is no chance that their position with the team will be affected and the university is bound to honor the scholarship for one year in any event.  And, as we know, no scholarship is valid for more than one year anyway.  The moral of the story is if you have the market power, use it and don't sign a letter of intent - only sign the grant of financial aid.  If something goes down before school starts and you don't like it, you'll be glad you did.

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