Being Kevin Hart probably isn't easy right about now, though he has no one to blame but himself. If you don't know the story, Hart is a High school football player who had claimed he was scammed by someone posing as a recruiting intermediary.

Basically, his story went like this: Hart paid this gentlemen, who allegedly posed as a recruiting expert, to act as a go-between and handle his recruiting. Last Friday Hart, an offensive lineman, had an assembly at Fernley High School in Reno, Nevada to announce he was going to Cal to play for coach Jeff Tedford.

Problem was, Tedford never heard of Kevin Hart.

Hart claimed, to the school and in newspapers, that he made the decision to go to Cal based on speaking with Tedford and his experience with him. Obviously, they had never spoken.

The police then became involved, only Hart couldn't provide any information, such as the con man's telephone number or how to contact him. Suspicions arose.

There were some obviously naive people out there. First of all, the story says Hart's coach, Mark Hodges, was right next to him when this was all happening. Wouldn't the coach know the recruiting process at all? How could he not be involved in one of his players getting recruited by a Pac-10 university? Hart's family belongs in the same category - wouldn't they want to meet the coach or visit the campus their kid was going to?

There were some immediate signs Hart was lying. For example, it's questionable that the con man would go to the lengths he did. Think about it. To pull this off, he'd have to get people to pose as coaches, he'd have to purchase or make his own official university stationary from each school, and he'd have to spend a large amount of time doing all of this. Would that really be worth it?

Kevin Hart claims he wanted it to be real so badly, he just made it up and lied to everyone, letting the charade continue. Now, he may face criminal charges for filing a false police report and who knows what else.

To sum up, if you want to lie about being recruited, don't say you're going to play Pac-10 football.