Top 09 draft prospect sues NCAA

Pretty significant story beyond the unfortunate events that happened to Mr. Oliver.  It gives you a good look-in on agent vs. agent crap coming back to hit a kid.

The great coverage from the Lorain(OH) Morning-Journal: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19829705&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46370&rfi=6
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"Oklahoma State soon-to-be junior pitcher Andy Oliver, a former Vermilion standout, has filed a lawsuit in the Erie County Court of Common Pleas against the NCAA and his past adviser, Robert Baratta, it was learned yesterday.

The complaint, filed on June 9 and amended on June 25, names Baratta, his company, Baratta & Baratta, his partner, Tim Baratta, the Icon Law Group from Cincinnati and Icon representatives Robert G. Martin and Brian M. Goldberg, along with the NCAA. It alleges that Oliver was a victim of ''unethical and unscrupulous behavior'' caused by Baratta and his group after the pitcher notified them he was switching advisors.
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Oliver was suspended indefinitely by the NCAA just prior to the Division I postseason and was not allowed to play for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The suspension came as a result of a chain of events, beginning with a letter filed on Oliver's behalf by sports agent Scott Boras on March 31, telling Baratta that Oliver was switching advisors to his firm."
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Lots more good stuff in the article, including a really weak move on the ex-agents' part.  Baratta gave Oliver some trinkets (like every "advisor" does), knowing they were technically improper under NCAA rules, and then goes and rats of Oliver for taking the gifts.

Oliver, a power lefty, is a considered an mid-to-early first round prospect for the '09 draft and turned down almost 400k from the Twins out of Vermillion (OH) HS.