This is very interesting. I got it off another board, but this makes me wonder about the politics of the NCAA.
He brings up some very good points.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/12096928 (http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/12096928)
Take a look and tell me what you think.
Al McGuire once described NCAA selective enforcement like this: "An envelope from Kentucky's athletic department to a potential recruit breaks open revealing $10,000 in cash. The NCAA is so outraged they put Long Beach St. on 4 years probation.
Dook is one of the NCAA's fair haired children and K (aka ratface by those who REALLY know him) sits at the right hand of Myles Brand. Despite reams of evidence to the contrary, the NCAA chose not to find Dook guilty of anything and no punishment was ever handed down. Look at all the evidence that pointed to UCLA during Wooden's tenure showing that it was a rolling money machine with major illegal booster involvement or now at USC with both football (Reggie Bush) and basketball allegations yet the NCAA has decided to let USC internally investigate. Had this been any other school the outcome surely would have been different.
Living in Dallas I have seen first hand what the NCAA's selective enforcement looks like. SMU was effectively neutered while schools like Bama and other "powerhouses" got their wrists slapped.
What ever happened with UConn's recruiting scandal?
Quote from: TallTitan34 on September 01, 2009, 11:56:06 AM
What ever happened with UConn's recruiting scandal?
selective enforcement ;)
Quote from: TallTitan34 on September 01, 2009, 11:56:06 AM
What ever happened with UConn's recruiting scandal?
Or how it's possible for Stanley Robinson to take one class?
/I bet he majors in screaming at inanimate objects
I think there is a big difference between academic-related NCAA violations and money-related NCAA violations.
In theory schools should be able to verify things like HS transcripts, SAT/ACT schools, and that players actually attend and pass their college courses on their own.
Boosters, agents, and money are a completely different story. Unless it is a work-study situation where the school should be monitoring that the player actually shows up to work they are paid to do, I really don't see how schools are supposed to police those things.
How was Pete Carroll supposed to know that Reggie Bush's parents bought a house that they couldn't afford and must have been getting money from an agent? Especially when it was during a time when apparently everyone was buying houses they couldn't afford?
The NCAA comes down hard on the schools that violate things they can or should have control over and that makes sense.