How anyone associated with UNC was not implicated is surprising. Those guys know how to cheat.
How anyone associated with UNC was not implicated is surprising. Those guys know how to cheat.
I guess college sports have to go to the D3 format and let the NFL and NBA have minor leagues like baseball..
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Hum dinger wrote:
I'm thinking highly unlikely given how low in the food chain track and cross country are, but could the shoe companies try to pull this stunt as well in this sport? Isn't the true reason that Nike sponsors NXN and the Nike Elite camp, New Balance sponsors the New Balance nationals, etc., is to gain influence with kids and coaches, and oh by the way, help steer those high school studs to college teams they sponsor?
Just asking...no dog in this fight.
It is marketing- but I coached a team that loved Nike because of the Nike Regionals. Only one kid made nationals and got free stuff.
The rest were "sold" by the massive PR at the Regional Meet (NY/NE) and actually appreciated what Nike did for them by hosting the meet.
What a ridiculous assumption you make....hogwash!
Conflationer wrote:
Why are you people mixing sponsorship of pro athletes with payments to supposedly amateur athletes? Though I don't understand how paying amateurs is a crime.
It isn't if they write the athletes a check directly. But they wanted to keep the athletes' amateur status so they committed fraud to pay the athletes.
"Slick" Rick Pitino out at Louisville. Wait for it. Louisville Basketball is a cash cow. No way they are going to let the NCAA lay the hammer down (moreso than they did already) and lose that big $ the program brings in. Pitino goes. School saves some face in eyes of the NCAA.
What courses were these kids running on all year that made it possible to massively PR at Bowdoin??? That is NOT a PR course
DumpsterDiver wrote:
What courses were these kids running on all year that made it possible to massively PR at Bowdoin??? That is NOT a PR course
Ummm, thanks for your input on this thread?
DumpsterDiver wrote:
What courses were these kids running on all year that made it possible to massively PR at Bowdoin??? That is NOT a PR course
Why is that a response to my thread?
I think Rick Pitino is going to be fired today.
Sports need to be out of the NCAA. Ball sports are nothing but state sponsored minor leagues. Club sports, no scholarships. End the charade.
DumpsterDiver wrote:
What courses were these kids running on all year that made it possible to massively PR at Bowdoin??? That is NOT a PR course
More importantly, did they look relaxed?
Just merged the two threads into one. Didn't realize someone else had started one that was bigger.
Some good background on the legal theory of the case here, although I find the later part of the article fairly speculative:
Per ESPN:
"Louisville's Rick Pitino tells staff he expects to lose his job"
harry wales wrote:
Love Me Some Pints wrote:Yeah, but Rojo didn't start them. So what's most likely is he'll merge them together, retitle it however he fancies and make it look like he's started yet another super hot! thread.
How is any of this federal crimes? It should be NCAA infractions and nothing else.
How is a high school athlete receiving $100,000 from a shoe company a federal crime? Particularly if he pays tax on it.
Posted the NCAA coach who took money from a sponsor. It's not our fault you don't know the difference between a bribe and sponsorship.
This will happen just like the UNC scandal. Some people will retire so the NCAA can pretend it's not happening in many programs. Can't have the money spigot shut off. God forbid a student athlete be paid.
Responding to Harry...
So your contention is that the FBI is just making this all up and no crime was committed at all and they don't understand what is a federal crime and what is not???
As long as the market exists for the labor for these young men, and the demand for their services is above the proscribed, limited scholarship allowed, there will continue to be a black market for their services.
As a donor to my university's athletic department, I have no problem with that. In fact, I'd prefer to have athletes on our teams who are actually attending school. Let the major leagues take care of themselves.
runn wrote:
I guess college sports have to go to the D3 format and let the NFL and NBA have minor leagues like baseball..
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RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!