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Post by friar82 on Sept 27, 2019 11:06:51 GMT -5
"...Sidenote: This development also isn't good for Kansas, which was charged by the NCAA with more serious violations than Georgia Tech earlier this week. If the NCAA shows any kind of consistency, it's reasonable to assume KU will get at least what Georgia Tech just got -- and probably more -- unless it can successfully argue that Adidas consultant T.J. Gassnola was not a Kansas booster. Good luck, as they say, with that..." Once again, we have a litmus test for the NCAA. A line has been drawn in the sand, and the NCAA is now on the clock, to demonstrate its willingness and ability to adjudicate and levy a proportional-level of penalties against "Rock-chalk, Jayhawk, KU". Tick, tock, tick, tock...
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Post by dex on Sept 27, 2019 11:14:52 GMT -5
So corrupt...isn't it amazing in this 21st century righteous indignation that the friggin crooked coaches walk away scott free. Cal did it twice...at umass and Memphis.
As friarman points out....short of point shaving, I can't think of a worse offense than what unc did for 18 years making a mockery of the term student-athlete. The coaches have a great brotherhood of loyalty to each other...to the detriment of the game.
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Post by dex on Oct 2, 2019 8:36:20 GMT -5
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Post by TheInfoMan on Oct 2, 2019 12:22:24 GMT -5
I 100% agree. This is America today. And we see the same two classes of justice playing out at the Federal government level. Some are convicted of "process crimes" when they are not guilty of the actual charge brought against them. While others flat out disregard the law of the land and never even see the inside of a courtroom. It appears college sports has its own "deep state." Sorry for the off topic mini-rant.
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Post by dex on Oct 6, 2019 9:53:35 GMT -5
HOFer Self is a cheater and is on tape cheating...but of course he will get off with the proverbial wrist slap But you would think he would try to keep a low profile until his case is adjudicated...also I guess college upper echelon administrators don't read the tweets and other utternaces from these loser media types. any way here's one man's reaction to Kansas LNM thespun.com/big-12/kansas-jayhawks/espn-kansas-seth-greenberg-snoop-dogg
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Post by friar82 on Oct 6, 2019 11:44:23 GMT -5
Heck, Self's outfit in the Snoop Dog promo says it all... Adidas and $$$$
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Post by dex on Oct 6, 2019 12:19:09 GMT -5
Good Point oh venerable '82
These coaches don't give a chit...arrogant sons of b!tches
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Post by dex on Oct 29, 2019 8:18:48 GMT -5
College basketball about more than wins, losses
Paying players, scandal in Kansas, among issues facing the sport
By Eddie Pells The Associated Press
For coaches and other leaders in college basketball, the approach of the upcoming season has been nothing like business as usual.
Not in Indianapolis, where lawyers at the NCAA are busy trying to circumvent a newly passed law that threatens the foundation of an enterprise built on a simple commandment: thou shall not pay players.
Not in California, where that law was passed, and where the clock is now ticking: It goes into effect in 2023 and has an outside chance of leaving the state’s biggest colleges, including UCLA and Stanford, on the outside looking in at March Madness.
And certainly not in Kansas, where the storied Jayhawks face serious questions about whether they will remain eligible come March in the wake of NCAA allegations of recruiting fraud that could sink both the program and its Hall of Fame coach, Bill Self.
“Absolutely, Kansas will always prevail,” Self said last week. “I’d like to think I will as well.”
These two issues will serve as background noise for the upcoming season — not quiet enough to completely be forgotten, but almost certainly not loud enough to drown out the frenzy the sport produces during its three-week title chase at the end.
Trouble is, Kansas could have company. North Carolina State got an NCAA notice in July, and Arizona, Auburn, Creighton, Louisville, LSU and USC have been under scrutiny in the wake of the FBI’s investigations and subsequent court cases detailing back-channel deals between shoe companies, agents and recruits.
The Kansas scenario, involving payments to recruits Billy Preston and Silvio De Sousa, could have the most immediate repercussions, in large part because the NCAA alleges Self knew what was going on (if he didn’t, it could make an even stronger case for the dreaded “lack of institutional control” allegation). Kansas is fighting the charges and Self has vowed he “won’t cut and run” but the No. 3 Jayhawks’ eligibility for the postseason is in flux as the case plays out over the season.
It’s hardly the first time a major program will play a season under the shadow of an investigation (See North Carolina, which won the national title in 2017 while its athletic program was mired in a long-running academic-fraud case).
What makes this season different, however, are the undercurrents of change rippling across the sport. The possibilities bring with them the fantastical thought that, if things really change and players can make some money, maybe they won’t be so dependent on under-the-table payments, and maybe the programs they play for won’t have to break so many rules to sign them.
But it will take time.
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Post by TheInfoMan on Oct 29, 2019 8:45:51 GMT -5
I say "Lock them Up!!" But it will never, ever, ever happen.
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Post by dex on Nov 9, 2019 9:07:37 GMT -5
James Wiseman plays in Memphis' game after ruling; school to work with NCAA to get him reinstated
Originally posted on Hoops Rumors | By Dana Gauruder | Last updated 11/8/19
Memphis big man James Wiseman , the potential No. 1 overall pick in next June’s draft, has been ruled ineligible to play for the Tigers by the NCAA, as Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN was the first to report.
The NCAA deemed that Memphis head coach and former NBA star Penny Hardaway, who signed Wiseman as part of the No. 1-rated recruiting class, helped pay for Wiseman and his family to move to the city last year while he was still in high school, Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer adds. Memphis-based attorney Leslie Ballin told reporters that Hardaway’s actions made him a booster in the NCAA’s eyes, per college basketball analyst Jeff Goodman.
The 7-foot-1 Wiseman had a dominant college debut on Tuesday, as he racked up 28 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks against South Carolina State in just 22 minutes.
Despite the ruling, Wiseman will play for Memphis Friday against UIC due to an “emergency temporary restraining order,” according to Evan Daniels of 247 Sports.
The school has issued a statement, saying it is working with the NCAA to try to restore Wiseman’s eligibility, per Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports . Hardaway provided Wiseman’s family $11.5K in moving expenses in 2017 without James Wiseman’s knowledge, according to the statement.
How this will affect Wiseman’s draft stock remains to be seen. He could have solidified his status as the best player in the draft but will now be forced to the sidelines. NBA teams wanted to see more regarding his feel for the game, his motor and his jump shot, so the NCAA’s ruling will make it tougher for scouts and executives to evaluate him, O’Connor adds.
Wiseman averaged 25.8 points and 14.8 rebounds at Memphis East High School. He was named the 2018-19 Gatorade National Player of the Year and was initially expected to sign with Kentucky. But he shifted gears when Memphis hired Hardaway, who was his former AAU coach.
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Post by thefriarman on Nov 9, 2019 10:15:24 GMT -5
Hard to believe Hardaway didn't know this was bit dubious on his part. What if the kid had chosen Kentucky instead, would he ask for the money back
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Post by friar82 on Nov 9, 2019 11:25:23 GMT -5
There is no reason why the NCAA should be "working with" Memphis to reverse it's stance. Hardaway knew what he was doing and his program has to pay the piper now. In my mind, Memphis' decision to play Wiseman any way should be grounds for disqualification during this season's Tournament, not to mention other penalties.
Yet...I for whatever reason, suspect that this won't happen.
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Post by johnnypc on Nov 9, 2019 11:36:37 GMT -5
Because we have become a society that many,many individuals, institutions and businesses are driven by greed.
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Post by connfriar on Nov 9, 2019 12:06:32 GMT -5
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Post by dex on Nov 9, 2019 12:46:53 GMT -5
There is no reason why the NCAA should be "working with" Memphis to reverse it's stance. Hardaway knew what he was doing and his program has to pay the piper now. In my mind, Memphis' decision to play Wiseman any way should be grounds for disqualification during this season's Tournament, not to mention other penalties. Yet...I for whatever reason, suspect that this won't happen. Everybody cheats to one degree or other. The penalty is not usually severe and if it is the coach can just move on to the next school. That's ncaa Justice. To me, what Penny did is much worse than a HC not knowing what a rogue assistant or booster did without his knowledge...and then comes the so called Institutional Control thingy. Kevin Willard, Big Ed's teammate in the Big East for whom we wish All The Best, knew he was tampering with a player from another team to get the kid to transfer to the Pirates...a team for which we wish All The Best. What happened to him...sit a game or two? So he screwed a beloved coach from another college program to which we wish All The Best AND he gained unfair advantage over our Friars by cheating to improve his Program. The ncaa's first goal nowadays is self-preservation by keeping the thing from splitting up ie the elite conferences forming their own ncaa thingy. If there is no enforcement of the rules then Harvard with the biggest endowment should be the best BB program in the nation. Obviously someone as old as pc "Johnny" won't see it but the whole thing is so fragile that greed as "Johnny" points out won't allow the status quo down the road.
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