OT: What we already know about the NCAA

[UconnAngel]

I know this is a rehash of a theme but knowing full well how evil this organization is, this NCAA will try to cushion the FBI findings with some garbage, just like they did with the North Carolina filth, while broadsiding the Huskies with unfounded shenanigans. Congress must intervene now. Kids are used like cash cows. The very, very few that get to the NB, Europe and other places get a nice life but the thousands and thousands of others get either wholly or partially ruined for life. Congress must step in. Too many precious lives involved that need not be wasted.

LeBron James calls the NCAA ‘corrupt’ and doesn’t think it can be fixed

 

[UconnAngel]

I agree with Coach Edsel. Pay the kids.

 

[Travelman6]

I mean, it has only been known for 60 years. Wilt Chamberlain Says Boosters Paid Him to Play Basketball for Kansas in the 1950s

"Wilt Chamberlain says he was paid to play basketball at the University of Kansas in the 1950s, but the amount "would make it look like I was not worth very much" compared with the illicit payments to today's college athletes."

The FBI is a few decades late on this one...

 

[Travelman6]

I agree with Coach Edsel. Pay the kids.

Well, I will maintain that they are already paid.

But, lets for a second say they do get paid like so many want. Fine, but pay your own way through UNI then, enough with the scholarships. Get rid of athletic scholarships and let them earn their way to UNI via academic merit and use the money they get paid with to pay for (sky rocketing) UNI costs like everyone else.

 

[UConn66]

The NCAA cannot exist without the Power Five. Therefore, penalties will not fit the crimes (witness UNC). Eventually, the Five will set up their own organization to "oversee" all sports. They will pay players, thereby ruining any university not in their group. May I suggest the " National Corrupt Athletic Association" as the name for the new watchdog? Oops, I meant lapdog.

 

[Chief00]

I agree with Coach Edsel. Pay the kids.

The SEC schools are probably thinking - so where’s the news?

 

[huskymedic]

Congress must step in.

Be careful what you wish for... you think it’s a cluster now??

 

[UconnAngel]

The kids should be paid upfront, not under the table. Let the laws of supply and demand determine market price - just like it is in the NBA. The boosters can supply the money, nothing should come out of the school treasury. Then perhaps a few more kids that come from needy families can stay 4 years and focus on getting good education as well. Every state has rich boosters, no worries.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Lots of complaints about it not being fair that players aren't paid enough. Very much in for the complaints that come when 70% of the programs in the country fold because they make even less financial sense.

 

[UconnAngel]

Be careful what you wish for... you think it’s a cluster now??

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The NCAA is too ill-equipped to police thousands of athletic programs. If the cash incentives paid out to athletes is legalized and therefore is removed from the equation, the NCAA can then be liberated from a lot of corrupting practices they are known for. This will also dent in a moderately significant way the stranglehood of the P5 on recruiting. A bad example to use as argument support is legalizing prostitution.

Of course, this means only popular sports like football and basketball will benefit from the cash windfalls. And poach student athletes away from their first choice at the expense of other sports they are leaving.

 

[Chief00]

Be careful what you wish for... you think it’s a cluster now??

Of course, they must love Emmert in North Carolina but this impression he is trying to give like he’s some outsider who needs to dramatically fix the problem - when he’s been a major part of the existing problem for years - it’s amazing how he thinks he can pulled that over on people.

 

[huskymedic]

Of course, they must love Emmert in North Carolina but this impression he is trying to give like he’s some outsider who needs to dramatically fix the problem - when he’s been a major part of the existing problem for years - it’s amazing how he thinks he can pulled that over on people.

Emmert was hired by the University Presidents 8 years ago >> he can fired tomorrow by the University Presidents. The NCAA is enabled by the Universities. The notion that the colleges are some inoccent victim of the NCAA/Emmert is a farce. They have the power and oversight to make the necessary changes but won’t because of the financial impact to the schools if the revenue streams dry up.

 

[upstater]

I agree with Coach Edsel. Pay the kids.

Pay me!!!!!

 

[Chief00]

Emmert was hired by the University Presidents 8 years ago >> he can fired tomorrow by the University Presidents. The NCAA is enabled by the Universities. The notion that the colleges are some inoccent victim of the NCAA/Emmert is a farce. They have the power and oversight to make the necessary changes but won’t because of the financial impact to the schools if the revenue streams dry up.

Just curious - where did I say the colleges are innocent victims of Emmert? Talk about a straw man argument.

 

[upstater]

Emmert was hired by the University Presidents 8 years ago >> he can fired tomorrow by the University Presidents. The NCAA is enabled by the Universities. The notion that the colleges are some inoccent victim of the NCAA/Emmert is a farce. They have the power and oversight to make the necessary changes but won’t because of the financial impact to the schools if the revenue streams dry up.

What will be the financial impact? They may actually breathe a sigh of relief.

The only reason why Presidents haven't stepped in is because they make $700k-$1m a year and there's no point risking their salary and upsetting people by making any changes. If it all falls apart, how is that going to have a bad impact on the universities? It won't.

 

[upstater]

The kids should be paid upfront, not under the table. Let the laws of supply and demand determine market price - just like it is in the NBA. The boosters can supply the money, nothing should come out of the school treasury. Then perhaps a few more kids that come from needy families can stay 4 years and focus on getting good education as well. Every state has rich boosters, no worries.

Market price? How's this? ZERO.

There is no market for substandard basketball. The NBDL teams would blow Virginia out of the water. What's the NBDL's market these days?

 

[huskymedic]

Just curious - where did I say the colleges are innocent victims of Emmert? Talk about a straw man argument.

You didn’t. General comment - not directly related to your comment per se. It actually was in response to the post buried into the Murphy article by UConnAngel. Emmert and the Universities go hand and hand down these paths.

 

[Jaker]

If the FBI does a thorough job, we will see NCAA officials getting cuffed and stuffed. starting with Emmert

 

[UconnAngel]

Market price? How's this? ZERO.

There is no market for substandard basketball. The NBDL teams would blow Virginia out of the water. What's the NBDL's market these days?

It is not zero. Many athletes, maybe not Uconn's, are already being paid under the table.

 

[UconnAngel]

If the FBI does a thorough job, we will see NCAA officials getting cuffed and stuffed. starting with Emmert

Amen

 

[upstater]

It is not zero. Many athletes, maybe not Uconn's, are already being paid under the table.

Boosters are twisted people. This is only a pass through for them. Maybe the Used Car booster sells more cars when the team does well. They certainly aren't being paid for their skill.

Look, if the pay is good when they make it semi-pro, then there will be a wave of Europeans coming on board and making that good money, because they certainly don't make it in Europe.

Do you agree that the NBDL is not doing that great financially? Well--that's the market for minor league basketball.

As for the NCAA, we root for the laundry.