Ive never understood how schools can be Nike or Adidas schools etc. How could this way of operating ever go anywhere but south?
Nothing wrong, imo, with schools getting free shoes/unis in exchange for being an exclusive vendor. Real problem is vendors messing with AAU and player handlers. No reason for the NCAA to let vendors influence every stakeholder in the recruiting process. Should taint the eligibility of players, but the NCAA hasn't clamped down. Bet they will now.
. I do not agree "the fans accept our role." I always believe that the dishonest eventually get caught and honest programs will inevitably prevail. Am I an idealist, I don't think so. If it's a 100 schools that are punished that is fine with me.This whole thing is the inevitable outcome of the amount of pressure on these coaches and programs to win. My wife and I were talking about this at dinner, including how we think Clem was running a clean program here up to some date when he got so frustrated losing out to dishonest programs that he sold his soul.
Us fans have to accept our role in this as well. It keeps reminding me of Col. Jessup in A Few Good Men. He talks about the dirty things he has to do in order to secure the safety of the American public and how we expect him to do that for us, but we the public don't want to know what it entails. We expect our basketball coaches to out-compete these dirty programs but to do it without stooping to the same dishonest measures. OR we do expect them to cheat, too, in which case we're just as culpable morally as they are.
. I do not agree "the fans accept our role." I always believe that the dishonest eventually get caught and honest programs will inevitably prevail. Am I an idealist, I don't think so. If it's a 100 schools that are punished that is fine with me.
. I do not agree "the fans accept our role." I always believe that the dishonest eventually get caught and honest programs will inevitably prevail. Am I an idealist, I don't think so. If it's a 100 schools that are punished that is fine with me.
Oh! I see your point! What could go wrong??Are you serious? You don't think it makes sense for a school to go through a single vendor for all athletic apparel/equipment? You can't imagine any benefit to doing business that way?
Can someone who has been following this closer than I have please post the running tally (list of schools)?
Any idea if there are likely to be significant school penalties (beyond the legal entanglements of the coaches & vendor reps)?
This tweet from Dennis Dodd. Hmmm, what former coach will it be?
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This tweet from Dennis Dodd. Hmmm, what former coach will it be?
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This tweet from Dennis Dodd. Hmmm, what former coach will it be?
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Maybe I made the wrong assumption? I assumed Dodd was referring to basketball studio guy.
Jim Calhoun?
Jim Calhoun?
Sounds like more sh*t is gonna' hit the fan real soon.
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How long will it be before one those indicted will start singing like a canary for a plea deal?
How long will it be before one those indicted will start singing like a canary for a plea deal?
Jim Calhoun?
If you are a shoe company rep facing a long prison term how long before you start talking, they have nothing to lose, no one to protect, they are done in the business and they know it.
Never. The big wigs will always be protected, if possible. Watch UNC skate, see Calipari, etc. Assistants in the FBI probe will thread the needle between guilty and "I'm just a pawn in the unnamed game" for minimal punishment.