what happened to jmay??

[wyzgy]

seriously.  didn't want to start a whole topic on this, but he was supposed to be elgible for last saturdays game.  don't tell me his bowling class got in the way.  wow!!  so much for an attempt at scholar-athlete honors

[GGGG]

The University will not let him play because they are still within the period when professors can change his grades.  He supposedly has passed everything.

[wyzgy]

thank you sultan guy!!

[dwaderoy2004]

it's actually kinda weird...maymon is not happy about it. He has letters from all of his professors stating his grades won't change, but tennessee still won't let him play.  his grades have posted and he did fine in all of his classes.  I would guess tennessee, with everything going on with pearl, is just being overly cautious:

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101211/SPORTS0601/12110312/Vols+forward+ruled+ineligible+for+now

[Skitch]

The Vols could have used the help tonight. Ouch.

[Lennys Tap]

it's actually kinda weird...maymon is not happy about it. He has letters from all of his professors stating his grades won't change, but tennessee still won't let him play.  his grades have posted and he did fine in all of his classes.  I would guess tennessee, with everything going on with pearl, is just being overly cautious:

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101211/SPORTS0601/12110312/Vols+forward+ruled+ineligible+for+now

Sounds like they're pulling an "Indiana", pretending to be extra above reproach while the cops are still on campus. Won't last long. Never does.

[SacWarrior]

He's dead.

[SacWarrior]

He's dead.

Or ineligible or something

[mugrad2006]

it's actually kinda weird...maymon is not happy about it. He has letters from all of his professors stating his grades won't change, but tennessee still won't let him play.  his grades have posted and he did fine in all of his classes.  I would guess tennessee, with everything going on with pearl, is just being overly cautious:

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101211/SPORTS0601/12110312/Vols+forward+ruled+ineligible+for+now

Best line from that article:

The Vols moved Steven Pearl from power forward to the wing over the past two weeks in preparation for Maymon's entry into the rotation at power forward.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Sounds like they're pulling an "Indiana", pretending to be extra above reproach while the cops are still on campus. Won't last long. Never does.

Really?  IU has been busted once in it's history over violations and you're comparing it to Tennessee who makes cheating part of it's every day diet. 

[warthog-driver]

Really?  IU has been busted once in it's history over violations and you're comparing it to Tennessee who makes cheating part of it's every day diet. 

Cheating is cheating.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Cheating is cheating.

So you would say Northwestern's football program who was busted once is the same as SMU?

Sorry, but I disagree.  IU had a rogue coach who did some really bad things.  Some of these schools have institutional corruption and cheating is a way of life for them.  They are not the same.  Cheating is cheating sounds cute, but it's far from reality when comparing once athletic department to another.

[T.V. Diener 34]

I'm sure Tim Maymon somewhere is cursing Tennessee and how they could've beaten Oakland by double digits if his son had been playing........ and if he had been coaching.

[warthog-driver]

So you would say Northwestern's football program who was busted once is the same as SMU?

Sorry, but I disagree.  IU had a rogue coach who did some really bad things.  Some of these schools have institutional corruption and cheating is a way of life for them.  They are not the same.  Cheating is cheating sounds cute, but it's far from reality when comparing once athletic department to another.

Perhaps you were raised with different values. As Fr Davitt said, the world consists of absolutes. Right is right and wrong is wrong. Did Auschwitz happen or was it the sole repsonsibility of that rogue man Himmler. Bad Nazi. Bad, bad Nazi!

[Fullodds]

if Indiana only knew that Sampson was a scumbag before they hired him (turn teal off now).  Indiana deserved what they got by hiring Sampson. They hired a coach who was happy to ignore NCAA rules. What did they really think would happen?

[warthog-driver]

if Indiana only knew that Sampson was a scumbag before they hired him (turn teal off now).  Indiana deserved what they got by hiring Sampson. They hired a coach who was happy to ignore NCAA rules. What did they really think would happen?

Just think how much nicer the Third Reich would have been had not Der Fuhrer hired that awful man Himmler! Or if Clinton had not brought an intern into the Oval Office...

[mugrad99]

So you would say Northwestern's football program who was busted once is the same as SMU?

Sorry, but I disagree.  IU had a rogue coach who did some really bad things.  Some of these schools have institutional corruption and cheating is a way of life for them.  They are not the same.  Cheating is cheating sounds cute, but it's far from reality when comparing once athletic department to another.

The article is from 2009, but interesting nonetheless, especially Ohio State

http://www.thestate.com/2009/07/09/857481/are-all-ncaa-rule-breaks-mistakes.html

[4everwarriors]

As stated before, Oakland would dismantle us.

[ATWizJr]

Best line from that article:

The Vols moved Steven Pearl from power forward to the wing over the past two weeks in preparation for Maymon's entry into the rotation at power forward.

Huh?  I thought Tim said he left here because he was being used as a 4 or 5!  Now he's going to play inside for the Vols?  Karma.

[wyzgy]

 

Huh?  I thought Tim said he left here because he was being used as a 4 or 5!  Now he's going to play inside for the Vols?  Karma.

ya never know-jmay could become the ncaa's first 6'7 260lb. playmakin #2.  can you imagine the nasty pick and rolls set up top.  kind of like havin the fridge on the floor openning up holes to the hoop  yowsa!!  tim will be boning out

[mugrad2006]

ya never know-jmay could become the ncaa's first 6'7 260lb. playmakin #2.  can you imagine the nasty pick and rolls set up top.  kind of like havin the fridge on the floor openning up holes to the hoop  yowsa!!  tim will be boning out

Maybe he just fashions himself a new age Magic Johnson?

[willie warrior]

Why are people wasting time on this guy? He slid out with his dad. Let it go.

[Lennys Tap]

Really?  IU has been busted once in it's history over violations and you're comparing it to Tennessee who makes cheating part of it's every day diet. 

Really. I don't care about what went on at IU when Branch McCracken or Bobby Knight were running things. I'm talking about the guys that hired a known/convicted cheater to win at all costs. Once it's safe (looks like it may be already) the anything to win culture will re-emerge. Firing a coach or an AD gets headlines but doesn't eliminate the cancer.

[GGGG]

Lennys...IU's issue wasn't a systemic issue throughout the organization.  You weren't talking about dirty boosters like what you saw at SMU.  They took a chance on a good coach who made too many phone calls.  They fired him immediately and I believe the AD is gone now too.  Why do you think there is a "win at all costs" culture down there now?

[wildbillsb]

Just think how much nicer the Third Reich would have been had not Der Fuhrer hired that awful man Himmler! Or if Clinton had not brought an intern into the Oval Office...

...or McChrystal hadn't blabbed to ROLLING STONE?  Just what exactly are you talking about?