Rumors are a part of celebrity I suppose. NC State’s Mark Gottfried has successfully lifted the Wolfpack basketball team into national, regional and local significance. But personal rumors, old and new, continue to follow him.

A website called playerwives.com states, “Hopefully Mark and Elizabeth’s run at NC State turns out better than their stay at Alabama.” The entry goes on to say, “There have been plenty of rumors suggesting that there was a scandal that caused Coach Gottfried’s sudden dismissal from Alabama involving him and a student. These rumors have never been confirmed or publicly addressed for obvious reasons. However, there is a strong buzz to these rumors lending credence to there being more behind his firing than on court performance concerns.”

Is this an example of what’s wrong with the Internet or is this a harbinger of things to come? Hopefully for the sake of NC State basketball’s future, old and new rumors are untrue. Gottfried has done a good job making a true team out of the individual Wolfpack players. State doesn’t need any setbacks. Rumors come with the territory I suppose.