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NFT: Federal documents detail sweeping potential NCAA violations

MattyKid : 2/23/2018 7:38 am
The details starting to come out. I'll delete if it's German
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This is a disaster for the  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 2/23/2018 7:43 am : link
NCAA.
While this investigation seems all bball  
Giantsfan79 : 2/23/2018 7:49 am : link
I wonder if a parallel investigation is focusing on football?
Kyle Kuzma, Dennis Smith Jr and Bam Adebayo all right there  
Ten Ton Hammer : 2/23/2018 7:53 am : link
in black and white.

I mean if you're going to cheat, maybe don't keep excellently maintained balance sheets with real names for anyone to find.
Wow  
jvm52106 : 2/23/2018 8:20 am : link
and not surprising but with the focus it is time to change how college sports is done. Perhaps, setting it up as a more pay to play, but you have to pay for your education (unless you can get academic scholarships).. With education still being required in the off seasons of the sport they are playing.

And, if a kid can't get in academically (min standard for all) then he can't go to that school and play basketball (or whatever sport we are talking about).
Diamond Stone - money not well spent  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 2/23/2018 8:25 am : link
But these are loans/payments from agents to players, right? How are the schools responsible unless a coach is involved?

RE: Wow  
MattyKid : 2/23/2018 8:36 am : link
In comment 13839931 jvm52106 said:
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and not surprising but with the focus it is time to change how college sports is done. Perhaps, setting it up as a more pay to play, but you have to pay for your education (unless you can get academic scholarships).. With education still being required in the off seasons of the sport they are playing.

And, if a kid can't get in academically (min standard for all) then he can't go to that school and play basketball (or whatever sport we are talking about).


This is an almost impossible task for several reasons. One of which is that once an athlete is paid, he/she is now an employee (that could potentially unionize). How/who determines who gets paid what? Labor laws are different for each state. If you "work" in a different state during your college years, does that the game(s) then have taxation based on the state the game was played in? What happens if you are injured and cannot work (play) again? There are way too many complexities to have this be an option. This is an onion that should not be peeled.
It wouldn't be this difficult beast to wrangle  
Ten Ton Hammer : 2/23/2018 10:06 am : link
To create a pay structure for college athletes. There doesn't seem to be a problem with pay structure for school employees or NCAA employees across different states.

So when the rest get sanctioned  
montanagiant : 2/23/2018 11:01 am : link
What excuse will they give for letting Duke and NC off?
Wisconsin  
Jay in Toronto : 2/23/2018 11:12 am : link
I assume is pretty clean.

I now understand why Stone picked MD over them, which was always a puzzle. There is usually speculation that he couldn't meet the Badgers' academic standards. Their holding those standards led to the previous HC leaving in frustration cause he couldn't get his JC transfers accepted.

A number of years ago UW got suspended because their players went to a sporting goods store and got discounts on sneakers. The place was known for giving everyone who asked discounts. What a travesty - especially in light of much more serious violations other places.
RE: Wisconsin  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 2/23/2018 11:27 am : link
In comment 13840225 Jay in Toronto said:
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I assume is pretty clean.

I now understand why Stone picked MD over them, which was always a puzzle. There is usually speculation that he couldn't meet the Badgers' academic standards. Their holding those standards led to the previous HC leaving in frustration cause he couldn't get his JC transfers accepted.

A number of years ago UW got suspended because their players went to a sporting goods store and got discounts on sneakers. The place was known for giving everyone who asked discounts. What a travesty - especially in light of much more serious violations other places.


Reading would be your friend: Maryland did not pay Stone, and he took the "loan" from Andy Miller's group after he was enrolled.
Well let's hope  
Jay in Toronto : 2/23/2018 12:35 pm : link
that the FBI investigation doesn't find that any of these schools were aware of these arrangements.
Texas--  
DG : 2/23/2018 7:09 pm : link
what a return for this news. Near the bottom of the Big 12 with a coach (Shaka Smart) who can't coach offense to save his life..

I must admit to  
DG : 2/23/2018 7:11 pm : link
a sense of Schadenfreude to see Duke on this list..Coach K's presser after the Clemson game was oddly defiant.
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