Ncaa - more ********.
- Thread starter Dr. Jones
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There just was no ruling, per se.. it was more of just a "out of our jurisdiction" statement.
The reason they said this is because of the "Martin Report" led by the Governor (and UNC Alum) of North Carolina. The report concluded that is was not an athletic scandal, but rather an academic scandal .. not sure how the NCAA concludes that's out of their jurisdiction.. especially in light of all stuff I posted above that clearly contradicts that notion.
But now .. there has been a TON of additional information come out that the Martin Report didn't have .. and didn't ask for.
NBC, CBS, ESPN, the Sporting News, and every major newspaper in North Carolina has written scathing articles in the last few days.
Word from NCAA? *crickets*
I'm sure glad they kept that kid at OLD Dominion from playing his senior year of basketball because of an ambiguous rule and an obvious misunderstanding.. 8 minute scrimmage cost him his senior year. Disgusting.
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What an absolute charade.
scootsy
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Dal, after your stressful 18 years as an orthopedic surgeon when you move onto the cushy field of academics where you are only required to teach 6 hours a week in a medical school, would you make a fake class and give fake grades for those kind of benefits? Just wondering.
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Well first I gotta write an MCAT, and keep lifting my grades, lol. I'm very......very far removed from this situation, realistically speaking.
Hypothetically speaking, I don't see myself every doing something like that. I feel like I would lose all integrity as one who is in a position of power, or a position to try and enlighten the next generations.
I mean it can be hard to tell at times, but I have a pretty strong set of morals. Also, the allure of wealth and benefits isn't compelling to me.
With all of this said, the institution of Education is one that I value and respect probably more than any other institution imaginable. To me, it is so fundamentally important that every human being us offered an opportunity to be taught information, while seemingly irrelevant, to help them someday in the distant future.
To create fake classes would make me feel like I'm not only betraying the students, in terms of not giving teaching them skills that they deserve to be taught-- it would also make me feel like I am betraying all of those who have fought for universal education, and those who put their lives on the line for the sake of one of the most important institutions in this world.
So from the outside looking in, There's just so much fundamentally wrong about it, that I couldn't dream myself of doing something like that.
^Good post. A couple of the more damning emails were from a couple athletes that were requesting, you know, an actual education... they requested, in writing, to change the fake classes to something complimentary to their major. In both instances, they were basically met with chuckles and told how they should appreciate the extra time to work on their game or get some rest.
That's some ****ed up ****.
That's some ****ed up ****.
The Fresh Prince
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We need more amateur programs in the US.