How low can you limbo?

It's the unwritten 'law' of the land: regulations are to be worked around...that is, when they aren't simply ignored. The bulk of the business world runs on this premise because who gets rewarded for hewing to guidelines, aka playing by the rules? Sneering, or worse, is much more often the response to those following written and unwritten constraints and parameters.

College basketball, being one of high finance and winning or else, is first and foremost a business enterprise and thereby operates as such despite the platitudes offered by NCAA higherups.

It's all working the angles, many of which are 'above board' maneuvers but it's a fact of life that some are not and some are obviously and blatantly related to an earlier event.

We don't get worked up over the following. It's actually funny. We offer a tip of the hat to those who can pull of such stunts with a straight and a how-dare-you-ask-such-a-question face.

Here's our weekly or so non-WAC-related post:

Bulls hire recruit's trainer as assistant
Greg Auman
TampaBay.com
August 26, 2008

One of Stan Heath's most heralded recruits now has a close friend on USF's basketball staff.

Heath announced Tuesday night that he has hired Terrelle Woody, 38, the personal trainer for freshman forward Gus Gilchrist, as the team's video and conditioning assistant. Woody has strong personal ties to Gilchrist, a 6-foot-10 power forward who opted to transfer to USF from Maryland this summer after spending one semester with the Terrapins.

Asked if hiring a close associate of a coveted recruit was something that is standard in college basketball, Heath said: "I don't think that's a reason to hire somebody, but I don't think it's a reason to not hire somebody. The important thing is his ability to help this program."

Woody, who does not hold a college degree, will earn $30,000 a year in his new job, according to USF; he replaces Jamie Angeli, who was video coordinator last season and is now coaching in Kuwait. The position was announced Tuesday, but clearly has been in the works for some time; Woody left his job as a trainer at Hoop Magic Basketball Academy in Chantilly, Va., the first week in July, telling his employer he was taking a job in Florida. He has been working in conjunction with Heath's basketball camps and open gyms in the Sun Dome since Gilchrist started summer classes at the end of June... Go here for the remainder.