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This is no longer about Auburn, it is about the next university...
Posted on 12/1/10 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 12/1/10 at 9:26 pm
...who has a player whose parent/uncle/grandparent/sibling asks for money and the country finds out about it. It doesn't even matter if they get the money. Now that the floodgates are open, this will probably happen next season. And people are going to be brazen about it. People are going to look in the TV cameras and laugh when they get discovered. It will be impossible to prove that a kid knew he was being shopped. We all know this is true.
Auburn fell arse-backwards in to an interpretation of the rules no one could have ever expected, considering the past decisions of the NCAA. Good for the Tigers. Maybe Cam can pull a Carmelo Anthony and bring in a long awaited title in his one year at his school. Maybe he won't. But from this day forward, after the dozens, if not hundreds, of instances of player shopping come to light in the near future, Auburn fans will hear the fanbases of the other schools cry out, "But Cecil.....". Auburn will constantly be reminded of the new arms race that it unknowingly triggered. More money will end up being paid out to kids' families because of this precedent regardless of the intentions of the NCAA. Will Auburn be able to outspend the rest of the SEC in this shameful new world? I don't think so. In fact, it won't even be close.
Auburn fell arse-backwards in to an interpretation of the rules no one could have ever expected, considering the past decisions of the NCAA. Good for the Tigers. Maybe Cam can pull a Carmelo Anthony and bring in a long awaited title in his one year at his school. Maybe he won't. But from this day forward, after the dozens, if not hundreds, of instances of player shopping come to light in the near future, Auburn fans will hear the fanbases of the other schools cry out, "But Cecil.....". Auburn will constantly be reminded of the new arms race that it unknowingly triggered. More money will end up being paid out to kids' families because of this precedent regardless of the intentions of the NCAA. Will Auburn be able to outspend the rest of the SEC in this shameful new world? I don't think so. In fact, it won't even be close.
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Posted on 12/1/10 at 9:34 pm to Dr Drunkenstein
Maybe so, but based on this ruling today (and who knows what will come down the road) it appears that if money actually does change hands and it can be proved, that the schools will still be in a shitton of trouble. If schools want to take that risk, hey go ahead, but then don't complain when you get busted for it.
Posted on 12/1/10 at 9:47 pm to Dr Drunkenstein
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This is no longer about Auburn, it is about the next university...
...who has a player whose parent/uncle/grandparent/sibling asks for money and the country finds out about it. It doesn't even matter if they get the money. Now that the floodgates are open, this will probably happen next season. And people are going to be brazen about it. People are going to look in the TV cameras and laugh when they get discovered. It will be impossible to prove that a kid knew he was being shopped. We all know this is true.
Agree, the NCAA just turned college athletics into the biggest legal whorehouse in the world, until, of course, they close the loophole
Posted on 12/1/10 at 10:05 pm to Dr Drunkenstein
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...who has a player whose parent/uncle/grandparent/sibling asks for money and the country finds out about it. It doesn't even matter if they get the money. Now that the floodgates are open, this will probably happen next season. And people are going to be brazen about it. People are going to look in the TV cameras and laugh when they get discovered. It will be impossible to prove that a kid knew he was being shopped. We all know this is true.
Auburn fell arse-backwards in to an interpretation of the rules no one could have ever expected, considering the past decisions of the NCAA. Good for the Tigers. Maybe Cam can pull a Carmelo Anthony and bring in a long awaited title in his one year at his school. Maybe he won't. But from this day forward, after the dozens, if not hundreds, of instances of player shopping come to light in the near future, Auburn fans will hear the fanbases of the other schools cry out, "But Cecil.....". Auburn will constantly be reminded of the new arms race that it unknowingly triggered. More money will end up being paid out to kids' families because of this precedent regardless of the intentions of the NCAA. Will Auburn be able to outspend the rest of the SEC in this shameful new world? I don't think so. In fact, it won't even be close.
But but but Slive has promised to put the genie back in the bottle.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:45 am to Dr Drunkenstein
Give UNLV the right basketball coach, and they will be able to host player representatives like kings. Getting them comped at local hotels and restaurants will be easy for every home game, and it wouldn't surprise me of the representatives got a small line of credit at the casino paid for by anonymous sources. Since the casino companies will not be officially connected with UNLV, and the players won't know that their representatives are being paid (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) there won't be any NCAA violations.
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