Renardo Sidney is "not certified due to non-response"

According to an LA Times report, the NCAA has labeled Renardo Sidney as "not certified due to non-response" as the organization has yet to receive the documents they requested that could prove the Sidney family could afford the $4,000 a month house they lived in while in LA.

Sidney has been cleared academically by the NCAA and is currently taking classes at Mississippi State, but he will not be able to participate in basketball until he submits the documents the NCAA is requesting.

From the looks of it, this thing may take a while to iron out:

"We've asked for additional information and have not received it," NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn said. "When and if we get it, we'll review those documents. If we don't, he remains not certified."

"The bottom line is, they are not going to get income tax returns or bank statements," Jackson told the Clarion-Ledger. "And if this ultimately means that this case has to wind up in court, it will just have to wind up in court."

It seems like the NCAA is taking a stand, which is the correct decision. College basketball's integrity and credibility as an amateur athletic platform has been put in serious question as a result of the number of big time scandals to come out in the last two years. Allowing a recruit who has already has his scandal exposed, so to speak, would be disastrous for the NCAA.