There were three high school basketball players, boys all, who had worked throughout their senior seasons toward college scholarship offers, each aided along the way by Rock and his friend B.J. and an elderly woman who seemed to have a romantic inclination toward the least talented of the three.
Each of the players hoped to attend three different schools at the same time, including Arkansas State University. Rock, B.J., and the woman agreed to pool funds to cover whatever the scholarships failed to cover.
The boy who the woman seemed interested in had been offered full rides to all but Arkansas State, and Rock was in Jonesboro to watch his recruiting visit.
Arkansas State was in a game, playing before a large crowd when the boy walked into the gym dressed as though he were a character from an old Tarzan movie. He wore a tan loincloth of black-spotted animal fur and nothing more. He was barefooted, and when people in the grandstands saw him enter, they erupted in loud cheer.
It was clear to Rock and B.J. that the fans knew of this player, and they figured this had to help his and their cause.
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