This is bazar. The running world goes crazy when Brosnan talks to a long toke friend and the NCAA finds zero tampering and when Ben Thomas actually has evidence against him no one talks about him. No texts, no offers, no proof = violation from Brosnan. But when there is evidence on Ben Thomas, we all suddenly lose interest.
Let’s be real, this is about visibility. Brosnan has a bigger name, like it or not. Yes Thomas has more and longer big results. But it’s insane how Brosnan gets hammered for talking to a longtime friend and no actual tampering. Meanwhile others can actually cross lines and no one says a word. NCAA enforcement is a joke.
Brosnan wanted it to go public and made his case into a national issue by threatening lawsuits against the NCAA and speaking out publicly about it many times, including to ESPN.
Ben Thomas admitted they messed up, didn't complain about it, got to keep his job, and proceeded to have great success this season.
Ben Thomas is currently under probation due to recruiting violations. Did anyone else know about this? The comedy of this when his rival coach (Lahanna) is constantly bombarded with tampering claims is quite funny, I must admit.
Thomas is not for everyone. Has success with certain athletes, but apparently he cheats too 😂
Ben Thomas is currently under probation due to recruiting violations. Did anyone else know about this? The comedy of this when his rival coach (Lahanna) is constantly bombarded with tampering claims is quite funny, I must admit.
Thomas is a strange dude. I honestly have nothing bad to say about his training , because I don’t know anything about it. He seems to be a perfect match for Cole Hocker , but for some reason didn’t have tons of success at Oregon besides his two Covid stars. and it seems he got caught red handed in some tampering thing 🤷♂️
A post like this will get majority upvotes, but very few supported Brosnan when he lost his job for recruiting his family friends daughter.
This is bazar. The running world goes crazy when Brosnan talks to a long toke friend and the NCAA finds zero tampering and when Ben Thomas actually has evidence against him no one talks about him. No texts, no offers, no proof = violation from Brosnan. But when there is evidence on Ben Thomas, we all suddenly lose interest.
This is a lie. That’s why the Brosnan threads get so much more conversation - because you keep denying reality under a million different usernames.
Ben Thomas is currently under probation due to recruiting violations. Did anyone else know about this? The comedy of this when his rival coach (Lahanna) is constantly bombarded with tampering claims is quite funny, I must admit.
90% of coaches tamper and they go after Thomas for bring a coach and former athlete of the assistant coach. What another BS violation. The rumor is Lananna started the investigation. Not a surprise
Most coaches have some kind of violation or violations it’s part of the system at this point. It’s only a big deal if you get hit with a real penalty. The NCAA loves slapping a ‘Level II’ label on stuff that’s basically a nothing burger just so they can say they enforced something. Meanwhile the coach keeps coaching like nothing happened. It’s all optics. They need to look like they’re doing their job, even when there’s nothing there. The NCAA tires to look on control. Unfortunately this altitude hurts the NCAA because they will and keep losing in court for over stepping their boundaries and the law.
Ben Thomas is currently under probation due to recruiting violations. Did anyone else know about this? The comedy of this when his rival coach (Lahanna) is constantly bombarded with tampering claims is quite funny, I must admit.
From this report it looks like he definitely tampered with an incoming athletes and got help from an assistant coach doing so. 30k fine is actually no joke for T&F
Ben Thomas is currently under probation due to recruiting violations. Did anyone else know about this? The comedy of this when his rival coach (Lahanna) is constantly bombarded with tampering claims is quite funny, I must admit.
From this report it looks like he definitely tampered with an incoming athletes and got help from an assistant coach doing so. 30k fine is actually no joke for T&F
The dude got caught and had to admit it. Not like most coaches don’t do much worse. Another silly NCAA ruling
Ben Thomas is currently under probation due to recruiting violations. Did anyone else know about this? The comedy of this when his rival coach (Lahanna) is constantly bombarded with tampering claims is quite funny, I must admit.
Thomas is a strange dude. I honestly have nothing bad to say about his training , because I don’t know anything about it. He seems to be a perfect match for Cole Hocker , but for some reason didn’t have tons of success at Oregon besides his two Covid stars. and it seems he got caught red handed in some tampering thing 🤷♂️
Charlie hunter? Reed brown? Cooper? Cole? The one German 5k guy? James west? Jack Yerian? Luis peralta? Matt wisner?? All of them ran significantly better under Ben. You’re looking at Cole and Cooper and forgetting there was a team behind them.
From this report it looks like he definitely tampered with an incoming athletes and got help from an assistant coach doing so. 30k fine is actually no joke for T&F
The dude got caught and had to admit it. Not like most coaches don’t do much worse. Another silly NCAA ruling
For the NCAA to enforce this on Ben Thomas is a joke at this point. I’m not a Thomas fan, but 30k for this is a joke and the NCAA is absurd.