Never gonna happen. The NCAA would never forfeit its ability to play favorites.
Bilas is becoming a parody
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Never gonna happen. The NCAA would never forfeit its ability to play favorites.
He's a joke now. I don't pay any attention to him anymore. He's bought and paid for by ESPN and he's defending UNC because of ESPN. No respect for him. UNC is guilty as the day is long.
Jay Bilas is just another mouth piece with nothing to to say.
Jay Bilas is just another mouth piece with nothing to to say.
He has a problem with the SEC commish being in his position but has never mentioned the Duke AD being the head of NCAA selection committee for decades? I don't see how he could complain unless ESPN, during the up coming massive layoffs, told him to fall in line or he would be next. Granted he doesn't need the money but he loves the power he has and it is so obvious with this ignorant tweet.
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Bilas has changed.
He used to be logical, unbiased, and a reasonable guy.
My guess is, ESPN told him he couldn't be those things or he was going to lose his easy gig.
ESPN has the ACC, particularly UNC and Duke, so far up their rectum it's embarrassing.
He used to be logical, unbiased, and a reasonable guy.
My guess is, ESPN told him he couldn't be those things or he was going to lose his easy gig.
ESPN has the ACC, particularly UNC and Duke, so far up their rectum it's embarrassing.
Hot takes and clickbait have completely taken over television and web media.
Jay Bilas wants to be the guy that takes down the NCAA. His position on UNC is self serving.
He knows UNC is going to fight this and he wants to be on the side that tries to stick it to the NCAA.
He's a lawyer and a former player who believes the NCAA exploits college players.
Its not about whether he believes UNC cheated, its about him believing that he can lead a crusade against the NCAA
He knows UNC is going to fight this and he wants to be on the side that tries to stick it to the NCAA.
He's a lawyer and a former player who believes the NCAA exploits college players.
Its not about whether he believes UNC cheated, its about him believing that he can lead a crusade against the NCAA
I do not see a conflict. The NCAA is made up of member schools who volunteer to be a part of it. The member schools belong to conferences who can be the judge if an infraction is suspected. This is the way the system is designed to work. When UK got hammered no one that I know of said before we were judged someone had a conflict of interest. To the contrary people like Dick Vitale were calling for the death penalty.
Jay Bilas is doing what his bosses want him to do and saying what he really feels. That is UNC is above the rules that apply to most members of the NCAA.
Jay Bilas is doing what his bosses want him to do and saying what he really feels. That is UNC is above the rules that apply to most members of the NCAA.
A lot of truth there^^^^ Well stated! The NCAA is a complete joke.
To any eSpN employee's that may be reading this thread, the company you work for is a joke...
I see a much bigger conflict of interest in someone who's as big an ACC homer as him declaring conflicts of interest in the UNC case.
Not to mention Dee headed a committee that had UCLA and Notre Dame representatives "investigating" and deciding USC's fate. A player/Agent issue and the UNC problem is Academic Fraud--that just so happens to happen but not with their crown jewel program/sport? Sure....lol
If you are hoping for an intelligent response you are a shameless, overboard optimist.
Didn't stop Mark Emmert from becoming leader of the NCAA...not that I don't agree with your point: it is posturing and trying to control the narrative.
Apparently, the supposed reason for the charge of conflict of interest is some case at Auburn that is similar. Or some such nonsense.
https://www.seccountry.com/sec/unc-sec-commissioner-greg-sankey-ncaa-case
https://www.seccountry.com/sec/unc-sec-commissioner-greg-sankey-ncaa-case
In my eyes, the national media has an agenda, and the more it becomes apparent, the less credible ESPN and other outlets become.
I refuse to watch any sports programming other than the games themselves. Shows like First Take and SC6 are a joke and deserve to be sent to the seventh circle of hell.
I refuse to watch any sports programming other than the games themselves. Shows like First Take and SC6 are a joke and deserve to be sent to the seventh circle of hell.
That's what I would like to know. Is he implying that UK has cheated in their academics similar to UNC??? If so that's BS. Cal emphasizes academics and his players have had a good record in that area since he's been there. As far as I know UK hasn't had anything close to the UNC scandal under previous coaches either.
Bilas is supposed to be on ksr tomorrow to talk about it, according to the show just now.
Thanks, that helps explain things, and confirms it's what we were guessing before. This is stupid.
The claim is that the SEC competes with the ACC, and so Sankey, as commissioner of the SEC naturally has a relationship with that league that influences his judgment and presents an inherent conflict. As a reference point they speak of the Auburn case from about a decade ago, in which Sankey represented the SEC (not Auburn in particular, if this report is worded precisely correct). They say the Auburn case also involved academic fraud, so it's "similar" to the UNC case, and because the NCAA wasn't as aggressive in that case as they appear to be in the 3rd notice to UNC, that inconsistency apparently lays at the feet of Sankey (out of all the people involved!) and shows he's biased/conflicted.
That is a hard case to make with a straight face. Honestly. Who could they get out of the NCAA to head this case that doesn't "compete" - all member schools in theory compete with one another. This is just unc shopping for a more favorable judge, getting a few sympathetic media guys to help create the impression something fishy is going on here when nothing of the sort is happening, all in the hope that public pressure will force Sankey to step down. If they have their way on that, it will be the surest sign yet this whole thing is a sham.
Remove any conflict of interest by ruling all lead investigators and chairs are non-P5 leaders.
At first it was Change how you decide punishment! despite precedent by both the NCAA AND nearly every criminal and civil case in the U.S. allowing judges and juries the ability to punish as they see fit based on the facts of the case.
Now it's Change the investigative procedure!
Sounds like you want a lot rules changed...
I remember it as well
no its the opposite . He's saying the one and drones do go to class and many come back to finish their education.
I somewhat agree with you about the speech part. What I'd like you as well as @MattJonesKSR to agree with, since he mentioned this same point on his show today, is that it's not so much about being associated with or paid by the company putting on this speech. The fact that the moderator was Kenneth Wainstein who is the main investigator for unc, which has paid well over ten million dollars to his firm, would be more of a conflict of interest than anything else. Now, jay bilas hasn't been hired to investigate or defend anything, however, business wise, it would obviously be in his best interest to see this particular firm represent unc and succeed (to whatever extent they would consider it a success). Therefore he would obviously be very vocal in his defense of North Carolina while appearing completely neutral in order to sway public opinion in favor of the tar heels. Essentially, he might as well be drew deener to uofl at this point. Yes, he went to duke, but his law firms relationship with North Carolinas law firm representatives would make me tend to believe he has some stakes in play here, whether he admits it or not.
So, he's not doing anything wrong per say, but to say someone in the sec has a conflict of interest because he holds academics to a high standard, is absolutely asinine. If he wants someone in charge of handing down the penalties that doesn't care about academics, then he's in la la land and coming strictly from a hard headed attorneys perspective.
