Arizona released him from his letter of intent but would still like him to come on full scholarship. The problem is that the sanctions (unrelated to Payton) the school will have to eat will not be known till after the school year starts. By releasing the most of the players they are starting to bite the bullet now instead of losing all the scholarships all at once thus leaving the program in the hole for three or four years. Mark had many coaches recruited him but Murphy and the program under him sold Mark
My personal opinion is that he should go to Texas, LSU, one of the California schools that originally pursed him hold off on the MLB thing for now.