Less hand-wringing in here than I expected.
Different animal... the number of pro teams is minute compared to the number of college teams and the reason for support / fandom differs. If you look at the stadiums during baseball games - clearly many pro teams are struggling to bring in the fans. Lets keep college as is and if players want to go play for pay, there will be alternatives - the college game will not suffer from the few one and dones never arriving - heck - it might make some coaches have to coach team play vs individual talent.Every major professional sports league: :wave:
Kansas playing the victim card. See the second story in the link below.
The intro to the story is:
The University of Kansas is seeking to recover more than $1 million in legal fees and lost tuition from one of the three men convicted of a pay-for-play scheme to send high-profile recruits to college basketball programs sponsored by Adidas.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26089054/iowa-mccaffery-curses-official
Interestingly this topic came up on talk radio in California today with respect to the Pac 12. The coloumnist said Arizona/Miller was most worried about a new NCAA rule that says the head coach can now be held accountable for what his assistants do even if he had no knowledge himself.
Not sure what truth there is to this new ruling…but could have implications for us if it’s real.
Perhaps the defense should try to quantify the benefit received from having better players. I bet it far exceeds damages.How can Kansas be the victim when they've benefited from these money men pushing players to Kansas? Defense lawyer speak at it's best.
Evan DanielsVerified account @EvanDaniels 17m17 minutes ago
Evan Daniels Retweeted Pete Brush
Adidas executive Jim Gatto was sentenced to 9 months in prison. Christian Dawkins and Merl Code with 6 months.
Pete Brush @PeteBrush 35m35 minutes ago
SENTENCE: 9 months prison for Gatto; 6 months each for Dawkins and Code#HoopsTrial
Hard to believe that rule would be allowed to be ex post facto, i.e. after the events that may have occurred, we change the rule. I have no problem with the ultimate accountability theory behind it, but not with changing the rules and applying the changed rule to events that happened in the past.
Yup, and unfortunately, I think we know what's going to happen. It would be bad for business to hit KU, Louisville, AZ, etc. with hard penalities, so it simply won't happen. They'll likely get a slap on the wrist to "send a strong message" and other laughable penalties. If you're looking for the NCAA to level the playing field, you're going to be disappointed. It's every man for himself
LSU Coach Wade with some heat...
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/exclus...-offer-hoops-scandal-middleman-175046487.html
LSU Coach Wade with some heat...
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/exclus...-offer-hoops-scandal-middleman-175046487.html
New frontier in the FBI investigations:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...xam-cheating-plot-n982136?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
The coaches would allegedly arrange a fake profile that listed the prospective student as an athlete, and exam administrators would either hire proctors to take the test or correct the answers of a student.
The bribes ranged from a few thousand dollars to up to 6 million, according to officials. The charging documents, unsealed in Boston federal court, are more than 200 pages long.
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