Finally C.M. Newton, Kentucky's athletic director, made a public announcement that due to the image it would cast on the program, Funderburke would not be accepted onto the Kentucky team and he publicly forbade Kentucky's new head coach Rick Pitino from recruiting him.
Finally C.M. Newton made a public announcement that due to the image, Funderburke would not be accepted onto the Kentucky team and he publicly forbade Kentucky's new head coach Rick Pitino from recruiting him. It would cast on the program the image. C.M. Newton was Kentucky's athletic director.