The NCAA Double Standard

[ultoday]

Interesting essay...

http://ultoday.com/node/3894

[RaginFan2]

_ Interesting essay...

http://ultoday.com/node/3894 _

Very interesting!

[NOCajun]

Guess I've been hiding under a rock... What happened to stAte??

[CroCajun1003]

http://ultoday.com/node/3330

This is an article on the ASU violations...

[Just1More]

There actually should be a double standard in the NCAA. They should be far more harsh on the larger programs. These programs have every possible advantage to police themselves better and walk the straight and narrow line. The scales of justice within the NCAA are counter weighted by the financial size of the infraction organization. The counter weight is simply on the wrong side of the scale. I would not hand out punishment moreso to the "smaller programs", nor would I hand it out evenly. I would make extreme examples out of the largest financially capable institutions. Again, no programs have the resources to run a tighter ship than the monster programs. They should be held to a higher standard and no amount of wiggling on their part should be tolerated. No message would speak louder to all involved.

Of course, I'm living in a fantasy world. What drives the NCAA?... follow the money.

[Boomer]

_ Interesting essay...

http://ultoday.com/node/3894 _

Ah---I say that we keep Mr. Stokes around for a while---I like this kid---Needs to be part of our SID's office!!!!!

[douglas]

the ncaa actually doesn't control college football like most think they do. Basketball has always been the cash cow. In fact the creation of the defunct CFL is actually when major money started taking influence. Simply look into who's pulling the bcs strings and you'll see that universities are fighting tooth and nail to keep the ncaa out of football as much as possible.

But to say this is a modern problem is a farce, the ncaa has always had problems with enforcement even back when they called it the "sanity policy" back in the 40's. As long as the organization continues to not have the power of subpoena, continues spending only 2% of it's budget on enforcement and insisting on spending as little as it can to retain good investigators the system will continue, they will remain 2 steps behind, kangaroo courts and all.
People need to understand that the endgame isn't to clean up sports, never has been

[cajunhawk]

_ the ncaa actually doesn't control college football like most think they do. Basketball has always been the cash cow. In fact the creation of the defunct CFL is actually when major money started taking influence. Simply look into who's pulling the bcs strings and you'll see that universities are fighting tooth and nail to keep the ncaa out of football as much as possible.

But to say this is a modern problem is a farce, the ncaa has always had problems with enforcement even back when they called it the "sanity policy" back in the 40's. As long as the organization continues to not have the power of subpoena, continues spending only 2% of it's budget on enforcement and insisting on spending as little as it can to retain good investigators the system will continue, they will remain 2 steps behind, kangaroo courts and all.
People need to understand that the endgame isn't to clean up sports, never has been _

The NCAA needs to hire these guys who are busting these politicians for lying as there investigators. These guys are good. Plus it would save hours of countless media saturation of politicians gone bad....which is an oxymoron...all politicians are bad. Back on topic...What is the NCAA's total budget?

[Frenchie35]

What does USC have to say about these double standards.........

http://sports.excite.com/news/06062011/v5394.html

[The Floridian]

And now it looks like Pryor gets off scott-free. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6636768

(Sorry if this is off-topic)

[Crowley Cajun]

He's doing this in the best interest of his teammates. Right. Then, later in the article, he's not sure if he's going to continue to cooperate with the NCAA.

[CroCajun1003]

It's amazing how sanctions of major programs and Sports Illustrated articles seem to go hand in hand.

SI and the AP seem to be big college football's worst nightmare.