NCAA meltdown thread
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Well im sorry your brother threw his balls in your face.
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We will see, but this fails the sniff test. Extortionists rarely hire a lawyer to write and deliver the extortion demand. I will bet 1) this is harassment of the whistleblower, which has become routine in 21st century america, and 2) this FBI investigation will quietly disappear with little further comment.
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You'd be surprised.howard wrote:Extortionists rarely hire a lawyer to write and deliver the extortion demand.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Sorry. I stated that poorly.Steve of phpBB wrote:You'd be surprised.howard wrote:Extortionists rarely hire a lawyer to write and deliver the extortion demand.
People rarely go to jail when they hire a lawyer to write and deliver the extortion demand.
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Yo howard, does this pattern look familiar?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... t/2079311/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... t/2079311/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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When rats flee a sinking ship, it is a bit more orderly than the exodus of NCAA officials.
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So, Rutgers hired a new AD. Julie Hermann, longtime assistant to the AD at Louisville, former volleyball coach at Tennessee.
She held a conference call yesterday, and pretty much went all in:
Sixteen years ago, members of the University of Tennessee women's volleyball team gathered for a last meeting with their head coach, Julie Hermann. In gym shorts or jeans, some piled onto a black leather couch. Others sat on the floor, cross-legged, almost breathless.
Many of them remember Hermann standing over them, as she had at hundreds of practices and matches. For several minutes, as the players recall, she said nothing.
The players say everyone, including the athletic director, had been brought together by a letter all 15 players on the team had submitted. In it, the players said, their coach had ruled through humiliation, fear and emotional abuse.
"The mental cruelty that we as a team have suffered is unbearable," the players wrote. Specifically, they said the coach had called them "whores, alcoholics and learning disabled."
In blunt terms, the players wrote, "It has been unanimously decided that this is an irreconcilable issue."
Hermann, the players say, absorbed the words, turned to her team, and said simply: "I choose not to coach you guys."
At that, say the players, she turned and left the room. Her coaching days were over, and many players say they never saw her again, though she briefly moved into athletic administration on the Knoxville campus.
Then, 11 days ago, Hermann, assistant to the Louisville athletic director for 16 years, was introduced as the new athletic director for Rutgers.
She held a conference call yesterday, and pretty much went all in:
This, this story about student athletes ... it’s the first I've ever heard of it. I never heard of a letter. My understanding is my boss never heard of a letter. And I was never told – I’ve never been – I’ve never heard former student athletes make these accusations.
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The NCAA meltdown is going to happen because of the Ed O'Bannon case...and this one play in College Football 10
http://www.businessinsider.com/obannon- ... ame-2013-5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Also, this was a great read
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/ ... n-magazine" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.businessinsider.com/obannon- ... ame-2013-5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Also, this was a great read
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/ ... n-magazine" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Oh noes! The ncaa is hypocritical!rass wrote:Jay Bilas stirring up trouble with the NCAA.
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Yeah, it is a bit of a "duh" story, though the scramble to remove the search feature from the various interfaces was humorous.AB_skin_test wrote:Oh noes! The ncaa is hypocritical!rass wrote:Jay Bilas stirring up trouble with the NCAA.
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Yeah. Definitely. I think the fallout from all this will end up being that thatrass wrote:Yeah, it is a bit of a "duh" story, though the scramble to remove the search feature from the various interfaces was humorous.AB_skin_test wrote:Oh noes! The ncaa is hypocritical!rass wrote:Jay Bilas stirring up trouble with the NCAA.
1) The big conferences make their own entity and do away with their affiliation with the ncaa
or
2) The NCAA gives in and lets athletes start making money from autographs (probably a cap on $/signature or total they can make a year) and jerseys. Let's face it, no one but the family of the #62 right guard at Podunk U wants that shirt. Any given year there are probably 3-4 players per team whose jersey gets sold with any kind of volume.
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NCAA sells jerseys via searches for players names...
http://www.businessinsider.com/search-r ... ink-2013-8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.businessinsider.com/search-r ... ink-2013-8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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*facepalm*
I think it's time we just label wlu_lax6 a spammer and call it a day.
I think it's time we just label wlu_lax6 a spammer and call it a day.
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There's no three-post statute of limitations?
Speaking of, the Venus de Milo is a Statue of Limitations.
Speaking of, the Venus de Milo is a Statue of Limitations.
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All Bilas did was point out a known and obvious feature on the Shop NCAA site. Good for him, mind you, for doing so in a way in which it will garner much attention.
Ask yourself this. What if it were your name on the jersey? Would you be cool with the University Of The Swamp selling your name without handing you a penny?
Back when I went to them there colleges, the university newspaper was composed entirely of volunteer material; nobody was paid to write the articles or op-eds or to draw cartoons. So how would you feel if you published an article in your college paper (let's call it "Evolutionary Tendency Dynamics Of The Inside Joke On An Internet Forum") and then the college sold your article to, oh, The Washington Post for a few thousand bucks; you did all of the work but you don't get a penny. That sit well with you?
Here's another question. Do you think Manziel is making a statement to the NCAA? Or is he just one of thousands of guys who played NCAA football and ignored (or didn't comprehend) their rules? Or just didn't (somehow) think he'd get caught?
Ask yourself this. What if it were your name on the jersey? Would you be cool with the University Of The Swamp selling your name without handing you a penny?
Back when I went to them there colleges, the university newspaper was composed entirely of volunteer material; nobody was paid to write the articles or op-eds or to draw cartoons. So how would you feel if you published an article in your college paper (let's call it "Evolutionary Tendency Dynamics Of The Inside Joke On An Internet Forum") and then the college sold your article to, oh, The Washington Post for a few thousand bucks; you did all of the work but you don't get a penny. That sit well with you?
Here's another question. Do you think Manziel is making a statement to the NCAA? Or is he just one of thousands of guys who played NCAA football and ignored (or didn't comprehend) their rules? Or just didn't (somehow) think he'd get caught?
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I think in Manziel's case, he just thought he wouldn't be caught. he trusted people he should not have trusted. Easy mistake to make when you are surrounded by people you shouldn't trust, I suppose. He knew the rules. Everyone here knows the rules (at least the major ones about not taking money for anything) and we don't have a compliance officer to make sure.Scottie wrote: Here's another question. Do you think Manziel is making a statement to the NCAA? Or is he just one of thousands of guys who played NCAA football and ignored (or didn't comprehend) their rules? Or just didn't (somehow) think he'd get caught?
He's got an ego. Not A-rodian in magnitude, but he got a lot thrown at him very quickly and he used poor judgement (allegedly) as 20 year old men are wont to do.
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Heh.
Moving forward, the NCAA online shop will no longer offer college and university merchandise. In the coming days, the store’s website will be shut down temporarily and reopen in a few weeks as a marketplace for NCAA championship merchandise only. After becoming aware of issues with the site, we determined the core function of the NCAA.com fan shop should not be to offer merchandise licensed by our member schools.
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This was my favorite item in the NCAA shop.
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Manziel to get two-quarter suspension.
I don't see how you can give him anything if you found no wrongdoing.
I don't see how you can give him anything if you found no wrongdoing.
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It's a team punishment, not NCAA so it isn't the last word on this whole affair. The suspension could be for just about anything really. Might be for missed practices or who knows what?
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I haven't read anything other than the breaking news alert, but that said it was an agreement between A&M and NCAA. Is that not correct?
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Damn guess this was an NCAA thing. A&M dodged a bullet there.
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NCAA is just paying some emotional capital so when the day of reckoning comes, aTm's president might not bolt as easily.
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As football season approaches, I find myself looking forward to watching some college ball, whereas last year at this time I had zero interest.
I think the difference is that last year was a Penn State scandal - where real innocents were badly, badly hurt by an institutional cover up.
And this year? I realize that I no longer give a rat's ass about the NCAA exploiting players, or players signing autographs for money or universities that I have no affiliation with cutting back on academics in order to fund stadiums (etc. etc.)
Let the games begin, and when the whole NCAA syatem collapses, I'll still watch whatever is left - maybe it will be the ESPNCAA...
I think the difference is that last year was a Penn State scandal - where real innocents were badly, badly hurt by an institutional cover up.
And this year? I realize that I no longer give a rat's ass about the NCAA exploiting players, or players signing autographs for money or universities that I have no affiliation with cutting back on academics in order to fund stadiums (etc. etc.)
Let the games begin, and when the whole NCAA syatem collapses, I'll still watch whatever is left - maybe it will be the ESPNCAA...
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Did the NCAA say which half he has to sit? He was probably gonna sit the second half anyway.
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The Jameis Winston stuff is going to be ugly. DNA Evidence apparently matches Winston.
This is the most damning thing to me, or if not damning, the most disturbing:
This is the most damning thing to me, or if not damning, the most disturbing:
It's a sad reality though and would probably be true in any college town where their main sport was involved.A statement released earlier Wednesday by the accuser's family through her attorney, Patricia Carroll of Tampa, said Tallahassee police warned the accuser not to pursue the case, saying Det. Scott Angulo told Carroll, "Tallahassee was a big football town and the victim needs to think long and hard before proceeding against him because she will be raked over the coals and her life will be made miserable."
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Perfect! Guaranteed to become a Steeler now.
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I'm peripherally following this. What the police officer said sounds like honest, good advice. I'll wait for someone to counter the truth of that statement.
I wonder why so long to decide whether or not to charge? What are they waiting for?
ETA: Sounds like a detective made this statement to an attorney for the victim. According to that same attorney. So, there is that.
Many headlines give other impressions. like this was an official police department statement. Or that it was made directly to the victim.
I wonder why so long to decide whether or not to charge? What are they waiting for?
ETA: Sounds like a detective made this statement to an attorney for the victim. According to that same attorney. So, there is that.
Many headlines give other impressions. like this was an official police department statement. Or that it was made directly to the victim.
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howard wrote:I'm peripherally following this. What the police officer said sounds like honest, good advice. I'll wait for someone to counter the truth of that statement.
Yeah, I don't dispute that it's a factor, but it's a decidedly unfortunate one. And I think that should be left for the attorney/plaintiff to decide and not advice from the police officer. Seems like it's a threat.
BULLYING.
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Sorry AB, I amended my above post, post hoc, post your post.
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Cool, cool cool coolhoward wrote:Sorry AB, I amended my above post, post hoc, post your post.
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I think the zombie stole that line from Abed on Community.
Go ahead and cross-post this one to the death of journalism thread.
Go ahead and cross-post this one to the death of journalism thread.
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I know this is via deadspin but interesting lawsuit against the NCAA and big conferences.
http://deadspin.com/this-is-how-you-kil ... 0/+barryap" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://deadspin.com/this-is-how-you-kil ... 0/+barryap" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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An athletic director is paid $940,000 a year? That is flat out obscene. What a fucking joke.
How much does he have to give back for losing to Dayton?
How much does he have to give back for losing to Dayton?
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