Interesting WaPo L-T-E on 1/8/2016 - NCAA Exploits Black Athletes...

[Franklin_Restores_TheTradition]

Here is THE LINK.

BTW, if you hit the embedded link detailing who the Delaware incorporated entity is that runs, and benefits to the tune of $470 million, the current 4-team Invitational Tournament erroneously labeled a "Playoff", you will find a WSJ article that clearly identifies the Organization put together by the "P5/BCS Conferences" formerly known as the "BCS Conference Affiliation" and before that the "Bowl Coallition" -- all the same corrupt Organization run by the most powerful Conferences and their Conference Commissioners simply changing the name of their corrupt, self-aggrandizing organization for window-dressing and marketing purposes.

 

[Franklin_Restores_TheTradition]

Here is THE LINK.

BTW, if you hit the embedded link detailing who the Delaware incorporated entity is that runs, and benefits to the tune of $470 million, the current 4-team Invitational Tournament erroneously labeled a "Playoff", you will find a WSJ article that clearly identifies the Organization put together by the "P5/BCS Conferences" formerly known as the "BCS Conference Affiliation" and before that the "Bowl Coallition" -- all the same corrupt Organization run by the most powerful Conferences and their Conference Commissioners simply changing the name of their corrupt, self-aggrandizing organization for window-dressing and marketing purposes.

One of the most interesting aspects of this piece is that it is written by Tom Brady's agent (who also happens to be a lawyer). Sad commentary on today's NCAA and major college revenue sports.

 

[Franklin_Restores_TheTradition]

One of the most interesting aspects of this piece is that it is written by Tom Brady's agent (who also happens to be a lawyer). Sad commentary on today's NCAA and major college revenue sports.

Somebody should call Donald Yee and tell him not to worry because the NCAA has raised academic standards dramatically relative to 20 years ago.....no seriously, they have just ask blion72 who says they're not letting a "dumby" in anymore (I think he means that they aren't allowing a "dummy" in anymore - talk about irony...).

 

[BBHorn86]

At some point I see the NCAA splitting apart with a small group of big money schools from the Power 5 conferences breaking away to do their own thing. Frankly as hard as it is for me to say this I think I might prefer Penn State saying no thanks and moving to the FCS (1-AA) to compete with student athletes. The arms race that is currently underway is probably suicidal for most schools especially those who are actually attempting to help their athletes develop skills and character for their life's work.

 

[DeLionNc]

At some point I see the NCAA splitting apart with a small group of big money schools from the Power 5 conferences breaking away to do their own thing. Frankly as hard as it is for me to say this I think I might prefer Penn State saying no thanks and moving to the FCS (1-AA) to compete with student athletes. The arms race that is currently underway is probably suicidal for most schools especially those who are actually attempting to help their athletes develop skills and character for their life's work.

I'm with you you BB!
The top tier teams in P5 & ND are nothing but semi-pros. I don't want PSU to get into financial bidding wars for players who don't even belong on campus just to have a winning team.

 

[Franklin_Restores_TheTradition]

I'm with you you BB!
The top tier teams in P5 & ND are nothing but semi-pros. I don't want PSU to get into financial bidding wars for players who don't even belong on campus just to have a winning team.

Come on, you don't think the NCAA has steadily improved the academic quality of student-athletes in the revenue sports over the last 20 years? blion72 says it's so and the don't let "dumby's" in like they used to 20 years ago.....

What's really sickening is an analysis of the parties who benefit most from this system, including the people at the NCAA, are the ones willing to run the lowest grad rates and push the "grey areas" into outright academic fraud like UNC (interesting that the NCAA preemptively came out and made a finding that UNC was innocent of the "internal whistleblower's" accusation of rampant academic fraud in behalf of athletes in revenue sports - a whistleblower in the academic tutoring department no less - based on nothing more than UNC's intentionally and hopelessly self-serving, fraudulent "internal investgation and findings??? Almost as if the NCAA was "conflicted" in regards to UNC....and gone through Alice's Looking Glass and down the rabbit-hole where the "bad are good" and run the NCAA....the NCAA's mission is to protect the cheaters who use the NCAA's opaque rules as an offensive weapon and hide behind the NCAA as some form of "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval", etc...).

I would disagree with you on calling out ND. Like PSU, Notre Dame has historically run one of the best programs in DI-A relative to graduation rates and academic integrity within the revenue sports.