re: Man, this is a dick move by Mike Alden

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Why is everyone just lumping every thing on Alden's plate? Blame Tim Fuller, who is a sleazeball that got the program into this mess. Blame the Compliance office, who apparently did a shite job.

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I think everything about this is overblown. Unless the NCAA adds on additional stuff, this is all minor. Everything we got busted for is common stuff. Fluff jobs for athletes, getting the ball started on parents relocating nearby, improper benefits in the 3 to 4 digit range from boosters. The compliance dept and/or the coaching staff not dropping hints to Gant on how to answer the internship questions is the biggest problem. If we ever want to win anything of significance we need to get our improper benefits into the 6 digit range. College athletics is a sleazy business. Haith wasn't even tied to anything in the initial report. All that was disclosed on Fuller so far is that he passed on a parent's phone number. The boosters are thrown under the bus when they are a key cog in the recruiting cycle. We need more like them, not less if we want to be competitive. It sucks getting busted, but it is part of the game. JMO