That SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should of run faster in the 5K or gotten a better coach.
Wow, I am sorry. That would seriously pis me off.
Can'tBe wrote:
Can't be true. No one can be a senior in college and be unable to write complete sentences.
at least he's not an a$$hole. Plus he's probably an engineer if he's at CM.
That sucks man.
he knows it sucks. he asked if any one could help him, not for everyone to tell him it sucked.
I sent an e-mail. It probably is too late, but it is better to be late and say something than keep quiet
as a former coach and a former athlete I must say that sucks. but I'm not really surprised by the ncaa's reaction. pretty typical. I bet if you went to a school with more pull it would have probably been brushed aside as what it is...a clerical error.
and by the way engineers don't have to write complete sentences to find someone to pay them 80k out of college
This is ridiculous. The only cost to the NCAA is the food they give him at the banquet and the gift that all qualifying atheletes get. If I had to guess, all he would want to do is compete in the race and couldn't care less about the banquet and gift. This does not seem to be a situation where taking a hardline approach is necessary on the NCAA's part.
The only justification I could come up with would be that they don't want to:
a) Make the race "too crowded" by adding another body, but honestly, there isn't much difference between 12 people and 13 people, or whatever happens to be the magic number.
b) Following that same logic, they certainly couldn't tell the current last seed that they're no longer in the meet, after giving them their good news.
I suppose this didn't actually offer the poor guy any advice either.
Why do you disrespect me, Nick? What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? You don't go to wejo with your problems; you come to me. If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your chance to run would be suffering this very day. I can make your problems go away but you've got to show some loyalty to your Don.
Someday - and that day may never come - I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as gift.
Now, this problem of yours. Tell me more about this "selection committee" ...
I imagine that there a lot of people out there like me who would gladly shoot off an angry email to NCAA if someone were to post the appropriate email address (or comment site url) on this thread, but who are just too lazy/busy to go find this info ourselves.
hint hint
Ludacris wrote:
and by the way engineers don't have to write complete sentences to find someone to pay them 80k out of college
...you think anybody wants to hire somebody who can't communicate and does calculations all day?
And 80 grand??? Where the hell did you get that from? I'll be ecstatic if I start at 50 when I get out next year.
Remember that the NCAA people are bureaucrats. Bureaucrats, by nature, don't want to say YES to anything, because then they could be held accountable. So it's best for them to say NO.
What you need now is an ATTORNEY.
Jason
Nick-I've seen you run many times, you are an outstanding athelete, competitior and great kid....i know of a couple of cases where the ncaa showed bad judgment for this event....but NOTHING like this....I hope somehow you can make it ....but if you can't know that the race won't be the race it should be....ps-I also am sure that your couch is as sick as you are......good luck
We received this email today and figure it is worth posting.
My name is Nick End and I run for Carnegie Mellon University. This season I qualified for D3 nationals provisionally in the 5k and 10k. My time in the 5k was 23rd on the list and my 10k was 12th. I knew my 10k time would get me in and the 5k wouldn't so my coach and I decided to only declare me for the 10k. On Saturday when my coach declared me for the events, he accidentally clicked on the 5k instead of the 10k. Because of this I was not selected for the national meet. My coach realized the mistake on Sunday morning at 6 am and contacted the selection committee who supposedly reviewed the situation and decided not to let me run because they followed the NCAA rules and it was my coach's mistake. My coach did everything he could to rectify the situation including offering to pay for my trip but the NCAA wouldn't budge. Now because of a clerical error I am not allowed to run at NCAAs my senior year in what would have been my last collegiate race. I have been talking to the NCAA for the past 3 days trying to change the situation. Everyone from the NCAA I talk to says that it's a horrible situation and it isn't right but they aren't willing to change anything because they followed the rules. The NCAA is supposed to protect the athletes and in this case I am being punished for something completely out of my hands. While the mistake is frustrating, that complacency of the NCAA is infuriating. The NCAA claims to hold themselves to high levels of integrity and teach athletes values they can use for the rest of their lives. I see no integrity in letting something like this happen. Let me know what you think or if you can help.
Sincerely,
Nick End
this has happened before. at least two other times that i know of. not sure why the ncaa is such a bunch of pricks.
As a freshman with dreams of running in the NCAA meet some day, knowing something like this could happen is very discouraging. I'm sure Nick worked his ass off for that qualifier...
Yeah, my wife and I reached out and talked with a couple of NCAA DII officials and that seemed to be their sentiment. I don't think it is concern about making a race too crowded, I think it is more of a "cost" issue. And, given that, there is no way in the hell that they are going to go back to the last kid on the 10K list and say sorry bub, but you are out. It does suck...but things like this obviously do happen, even at the professional level (Remember Suzy Favor not being able to compete). It has always struck me that the NCAA has been completely inflexible in these situations, which seems a bit harsh.Hoovis
Maybe wrote:
The only justification I could come up with would be that they don't want to:
a) Make the race "too crowded" by adding another body, but honestly, there isn't much difference between 12 people and 13 people, or whatever happens to be the magic number.
b) Following that same logic, they certainly couldn't tell the current last seed that they're no longer in the meet, after giving them their good news.
I suppose this didn't actually offer the poor guy any advice either.
Yeah, nice...way to rip on the kid while he's down. You're a bloody ass...and one who is too stupid to realize that the kid is graduating from Carnegie Mellon with a degree in Mech E...so, somehow, I think he'll be "alright" EVEN IF HE CAN"T WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCES.Hoovis
Can'tBe wrote:
Can't be true. No one can be a senior in college and be unable to write complete sentences.