Has the NCAA fired all their investigators? I think ESPN could loan them a few if they need them.
So what are they doing these days? Because the NCAA obviously isn't worrying about amateur athletics going down the tubes one O.J. Mayo after another. What does it take for the NCAA to actually do some real investigative work? I guess they have decided to only make examples out of teams that you've never heard of and leave the USC's of the world alone now.
And this isn't only about USC, schools all over the country are guilty, it's just that USC seems to be making a habit of it.So why hasn't the NCAA brought the hammer down on USC yet?
Well the NCAA tried to set an example with Alabama football a few years back and they really hammered the Tide hard when a booster paid off a high school football coach for a player's services. But what happened in the wake? The NCAA was hit with a number of lawsuits from coaches involved and it turned into a 5 year mess.
Since then I think the NCAA has become a scared, little bark and no bite organization that doesn't want to get involved anymore with big time schools and their illegal matters.
They'd rather just sweep it under the rug then actually put a school like USC on probation like they deserve.HBO and ESPN have buried USC with evidence on Reggie Bush and OJ Mayo and
what has the NCAA done?
They've said they will look into it. Well, that's good. I'm glad the governing body of college athletics has decided to look into major infractions only after someone else has done the work for them.Oh by the way, the NCAA said they looked into OJ Mayo before he entered USC and found nothing illegal was going on. Oops.
Instead the NCAA wants to make high school basketball players go to college for not just one year, but two!
What is Miles Brand thinking?
If a kid doesn't want to be in college, then don't make him. If he wants to go right to the NBA then let him.
But apparently the NCAA doesn't want to stop the agent problem in college athletics, they want to make it worse.Can you imagine OJ Mayo in college for two years?
By his sophomore year he would be loaning money out to kids on campus. He wouldn't just have a plasma TV in his dorm room, he'd have half of Best Buy in there. Bottom line is the NCAA is once again not doing their job, they are letting other people do theirs, all the while not doing anything about it.
Only thing I can gather is that the NCAA just doesn't really care. If they did, then USC would be put on probation in both football and basketball.
And any other school, whether they are big time or not would get the same if they broke the rules. I'd say there's a much better chance USC's basketball program gets hit than their football program. I mean the NCAA wouldn't want to destroy a dynasty would they?Anyone think that either happens anytime soon? Yea, me neither.
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2 months ago
I agree that there should only be 1 year of college needed to go pro, rather than 2.
2 months ago
I agree with a lot of what you're saying. The NCAA is a ridiculous association that has no backbone whatsoever. They're an embarrassing institution representing the most exciting athletic organization in this country. They would rather look into revoking the rights of Native American Indian-named teams like the Seminoles, Fighting Illini, the Utah Utes, etc. than give beloved USC any grief. Same for Notre Dame. These schools can get away with murder. However, I disagree about them being afraid to take down a football dynasty. Alabama got the hammer as you mentioned. They're the most storied football team in the history of the sport. Notre Dame, USC, and Oklahoma are right behind them though. Yet they never get touched. And as you said, USC is obviously not clean.
I understand the idea of not forcing players to stay in college if they don't want to, but that type of thinking derives from the notion that these kids know what's best for their lives. Well, that's fine. But they obviously don't know what's best for themselves. Why are so many NBA and NFL players caught in violent acts? Or with guns (machine guns for crying out loud)? These players need an education. Getting an "education" does not mean you just get a degree. It means you become educated about the world, humanity, yourself. All these things contribute to controlling ego and the promotion of logical versus emotional thinking. The majority of these kids are far, far too immature to handle the limelight. They are young and stupid, so to speak, and embrace thug culture and pose a threat not only to themselves but to those around them. Obviously, they aren't all bad people. They just lack direction. One more uneducated millionaire only continues to contribute to the perils of this country beyond just sports. We all know that Freshman year of college is a joke; one huge party. Thus they take easy, ridiculous classes and learn nothing about life or themselves. This is far more important than where they will go in a draft. It's not a bad idea to keep these kids in school a little longer to ensure that they can mature both athletically and mentally.
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