Re: Report: Corruption Case Threatens 50+ Hoops Programs
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:33 am
herodotus wrote:CPJays wrote:Feel free to ridicule me for this comment if it blows up in my face, but I kinda see this as ending up a dud. 50 programs will get named doing something wrong, most will lose some old wins that no one really cares about, a some programs will lose a scholarship or two for a few years, maybe a couple get the hammer and we all move on and it doesn't change much.
Look what PSU, Baylor, Louisville, UNC etc have done in their athletic programs that is more morally objectionable than giving guys money that ended up being a lot of nothing in terms of punishment.
Maybe we can brag about being the only conference not breaking any rules like the good Catholics we are.
This will indeed end up being a dud. The problem is that too many powerful programs are involved. If the NCAA tries to come down hard, this will give the P5 the excuse they want to go their own way. While some think that would end up in the courts, I really don't see how. The P5 won't be kicking anyone out, they'll be leaving. The NCAA can still have their tournament, it just won't have Duke, UNC, UK etc. in it. Since the NCAA has no desire to see this happen, they'll come down very lightly on the schools involved, with possibly the coaches taking the brunt of the punishment.
If anyone needs to scared to death, it's the families that took the money. While the FBI is scary, they are nothing compared to the other three letter monster that you can be sure is watching this, the IRS.
Why do people think this? When do the people/organizations in charge that are benefiting the most try to mess with the status quo? The schools with the most influence right now are fine. They make tons of money and they have the most say already. The NCAA takes the fall constantly, the schools that actually make up the NCAA do not.
If the lottery was rigged in such a way that I could always make money off of it, I wouldn't campaign because there might be another scenario where I would make slightly more money but possibly ruin it entirely. That is how the biggest schools are right now, I don't think they want to ditch the NCAA.