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per the Charlotte Observer:
Stan Van Gundy, now coach and president of the Detroit Pistons, has little use for the NCAA or the college presidents who support that organization.
"The NCAA is one of the worst organizations, maybe the worst organization, in sports. They certainly don’t care about the athletes," Van Gundy said before Sunday’s Pistons-Charlotte Hornets game.
Van Gundy was responding to a question about the ongoing FBI investigation of alleged corruption, involving agents, the athletic shoe-and-apparel industry, and men’s college basketball coaches. Van Gundy said it’s convenient to write this off as the action of rogue coaches, but it’s actually an indictment of the whole culture of college athletics in the two primary revenue-producing sports, basketball and football.
"Coaches aren’t blameless, but it starts higher than that. Start with the college presidents," Van Gundy said. "They have said it (with their actions): It’s all about money. And if they say anything else, they’re being hypocritical."
The recent issues started when four college assistant coaches were indicted as the result of an FBI investigation involving an associate of former sports agent Andy Miller. Friday, ESPN reported Arizona coach Sean Miller’s voice is captured on a wiretap, discussing a $100,000 payment to a player.
Van Gundy finds it disturbing some in college basketball’s culture would treat this more as a problem of appearances than process.
"There are a lot of people that, other than (misdeeds) being in the media, are pretty happy with the way things are going," Van Gundy described. "The men’s basketball tournament is making huge money and funding the rest of the budget for the NCAA. They don’t want that to go. They want to keep these great players coming in."
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article202071159.html
Go Gophers!!
Stan Van Gundy, now coach and president of the Detroit Pistons, has little use for the NCAA or the college presidents who support that organization.
"The NCAA is one of the worst organizations, maybe the worst organization, in sports. They certainly don’t care about the athletes," Van Gundy said before Sunday’s Pistons-Charlotte Hornets game.
Van Gundy was responding to a question about the ongoing FBI investigation of alleged corruption, involving agents, the athletic shoe-and-apparel industry, and men’s college basketball coaches. Van Gundy said it’s convenient to write this off as the action of rogue coaches, but it’s actually an indictment of the whole culture of college athletics in the two primary revenue-producing sports, basketball and football.
"Coaches aren’t blameless, but it starts higher than that. Start with the college presidents," Van Gundy said. "They have said it (with their actions): It’s all about money. And if they say anything else, they’re being hypocritical."
The recent issues started when four college assistant coaches were indicted as the result of an FBI investigation involving an associate of former sports agent Andy Miller. Friday, ESPN reported Arizona coach Sean Miller’s voice is captured on a wiretap, discussing a $100,000 payment to a player.
Van Gundy finds it disturbing some in college basketball’s culture would treat this more as a problem of appearances than process.
"There are a lot of people that, other than (misdeeds) being in the media, are pretty happy with the way things are going," Van Gundy described. "The men’s basketball tournament is making huge money and funding the rest of the budget for the NCAA. They don’t want that to go. They want to keep these great players coming in."
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article202071159.html
Go Gophers!!
