I posted this in another thread concerning Cal scheduling UNC but felt I wanted to lead off with it instead of burying it in another thread. It’s not meant to debate what you should do or how a fan should approach the recent widespread corruption in college basketball and in particular within the NCAA. I had a lot more to say but the post is borderline long anyway so I’ll just mention a few things.
UK doesn’t have the backbone to do anything and as long as they’re making money, they just don’t care about the same things that fans do. They may object but it’ll be in private, which is the calculated response the NCAA/UNC expect. The more I pondered on the subject the more I came to the conclusion that UK and any other university that takes the high road deserves to be cheated at every opportunity. If you don’t have the guts to stand up to what’s wrong then you are part of the problem, you are an enabler.
Worried about repercussions of demanding consequences, how is being cheated by UNC for decades not a worse repercussion itself. They stole from college basketball, everybody was cheated. But don’t mind me as I am a former fan of college basketball, I’m going to say my peace for awhile and then I’m not following it anymore. The good news is that many will continue to go to the games no matter how much you cheat them.
You have no virtue of any kind anymore, nothing about college bb resembles what made people care about it in the first place. You’re just a money hungry industry that invites the accountants to the infractions meeting. You (NCAA) don’t even care if it’s blatant or that the perception of you is being the most corrupt of any institution in the game.
You send a UNC alumn to Chapel Hill to warn them about the class issue, then you allow UNC to conduct many failed attempts at a limited probe. Then you used a report limited in its scope to make a judgment of zero, but that’s the result you wanted to placate your business partners who are UNC alumni. You didn’t even attempt to investigate yourself, wholesale ignoring of the other issues at UNC as if there weren’t red flags all over the place. Fats Thomas providing cars for players, dental school, naval class, Tami Hanbrough. Let me guess, you didn’t have a specific rule there either or maybe Tami laid down for everybody and that made it ok.
For all we know UNC lined the pockets of the coi and it’s entirely believable, that’s where the perception of the NCAA is at right now. Not that you care unless it impacts the financial data report. I for one see a poisoned sport, I suspected it already but this is undeniable proof. For that I’m done with the game, there’s no doubt that if you are going to endorse cheating then you’ll also cheat the games.
For the years that I thought college had virtues, it was great and I’ll never forget that.
UK doesn’t have the backbone to do anything and as long as they’re making money, they just don’t care about the same things that fans do. They may object but it’ll be in private, which is the calculated response the NCAA/UNC expect. The more I pondered on the subject the more I came to the conclusion that UK and any other university that takes the high road deserves to be cheated at every opportunity. If you don’t have the guts to stand up to what’s wrong then you are part of the problem, you are an enabler.
Worried about repercussions of demanding consequences, how is being cheated by UNC for decades not a worse repercussion itself. They stole from college basketball, everybody was cheated. But don’t mind me as I am a former fan of college basketball, I’m going to say my peace for awhile and then I’m not following it anymore. The good news is that many will continue to go to the games no matter how much you cheat them.
You have no virtue of any kind anymore, nothing about college bb resembles what made people care about it in the first place. You’re just a money hungry industry that invites the accountants to the infractions meeting. You (NCAA) don’t even care if it’s blatant or that the perception of you is being the most corrupt of any institution in the game.
You send a UNC alumn to Chapel Hill to warn them about the class issue, then you allow UNC to conduct many failed attempts at a limited probe. Then you used a report limited in its scope to make a judgment of zero, but that’s the result you wanted to placate your business partners who are UNC alumni. You didn’t even attempt to investigate yourself, wholesale ignoring of the other issues at UNC as if there weren’t red flags all over the place. Fats Thomas providing cars for players, dental school, naval class, Tami Hanbrough. Let me guess, you didn’t have a specific rule there either or maybe Tami laid down for everybody and that made it ok.
For all we know UNC lined the pockets of the coi and it’s entirely believable, that’s where the perception of the NCAA is at right now. Not that you care unless it impacts the financial data report. I for one see a poisoned sport, I suspected it already but this is undeniable proof. For that I’m done with the game, there’s no doubt that if you are going to endorse cheating then you’ll also cheat the games.
For the years that I thought college had virtues, it was great and I’ll never forget that.