hey, let's take a quick look back to the all the good things that have happened to us since the end of last football season:
--solid recruiting class. can never tell for sure how a class will pan out, but the worries that delaney couldn't recruit or kids would shun us for all the problems hanging over our heads were pretty much quieted with this class. at the very least, we've got a potentially great player at qb in simis and a stud on defense in schye.
--jordan johnson is acquitted. virtually nobody here thought the case against him had merit, but you never know till the jury reports. now we know!
--jordon johnson returns. several here speculated he was gone, no matter the verdict. little did they know his committment to his friends, or the school. jordy is back!
--the ncaa issues its report. stinging? yup. but bearable? for sure. the killer--a postseason ban--dodged.
--federal investigation into the climate of rape in missoula--seemigly gone cold. jordy's acquittal helped. wouldn't the ncaa have weighed in if the feds had damning evidence?
all in all, a tremendous offseason.
as for the ncaa--hey they've got problems aplenty, starting with the class action suit against them brought by ex-ucla bruin ed o'bannon, with six current players participating in the suit. at the very least, the ncaa ripped off these kids's images, and sold them to EA sports, a clear trademark infringement. from what i know from the art business, there are severe statutory damges involved here, and the ncaa and its attornies should have known better. talk about the lack of "institutional control!"
more, this lawsuit jeopardizes the ncaa's broadcasting deals with CBS sports and turner broadcasting, estimated to be worth $10.8 billion over 14 years. last year ncaa members raked in an estimated $11.4 billion, all under the guise of "amateur" athletics played by "student athletes." give me a break. this is exploitation of kids at the worst. amateurism at the olympics pretty much died back in the 70's with the death of that old bigot, avery brundage, and major league baseball long ago lost its reserve clause status. the ncaa can continue to say that paying athletes would corrupt the spirit of college games, but when ncaa administrators are making hundreds of thousands, and college coaches millions, on the backs of college kids who are penalized if they get a free meal or two at the home of another player's mom--the hypocrisy reaches its absolute boiling point.
as the holier-than-thou fat cats up in their ivory tower are soon to find out.
--solid recruiting class. can never tell for sure how a class will pan out, but the worries that delaney couldn't recruit or kids would shun us for all the problems hanging over our heads were pretty much quieted with this class. at the very least, we've got a potentially great player at qb in simis and a stud on defense in schye.
--jordan johnson is acquitted. virtually nobody here thought the case against him had merit, but you never know till the jury reports. now we know!
--jordon johnson returns. several here speculated he was gone, no matter the verdict. little did they know his committment to his friends, or the school. jordy is back!
--the ncaa issues its report. stinging? yup. but bearable? for sure. the killer--a postseason ban--dodged.
--federal investigation into the climate of rape in missoula--seemigly gone cold. jordy's acquittal helped. wouldn't the ncaa have weighed in if the feds had damning evidence?
all in all, a tremendous offseason.
as for the ncaa--hey they've got problems aplenty, starting with the class action suit against them brought by ex-ucla bruin ed o'bannon, with six current players participating in the suit. at the very least, the ncaa ripped off these kids's images, and sold them to EA sports, a clear trademark infringement. from what i know from the art business, there are severe statutory damges involved here, and the ncaa and its attornies should have known better. talk about the lack of "institutional control!"
more, this lawsuit jeopardizes the ncaa's broadcasting deals with CBS sports and turner broadcasting, estimated to be worth $10.8 billion over 14 years. last year ncaa members raked in an estimated $11.4 billion, all under the guise of "amateur" athletics played by "student athletes." give me a break. this is exploitation of kids at the worst. amateurism at the olympics pretty much died back in the 70's with the death of that old bigot, avery brundage, and major league baseball long ago lost its reserve clause status. the ncaa can continue to say that paying athletes would corrupt the spirit of college games, but when ncaa administrators are making hundreds of thousands, and college coaches millions, on the backs of college kids who are penalized if they get a free meal or two at the home of another player's mom--the hypocrisy reaches its absolute boiling point.
as the holier-than-thou fat cats up in their ivory tower are soon to find out.
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