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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 751299, member: 837"]
Personally I don't get that worked up over boosters paying players. If a school wants to take the risk and boosters want to spend the money, whatever. These programs have to choose who and what they want to be and then compete as best they can. And while I agree the Cuse is probably not cheating (probably being the operative word) as bad, big-time sports is simply shady business. There's certainly dirt there if anyone wants to go looking and that's not even taking into account all the ethical issues some might find repulsive (i.e. a starting point guard getting caught shop-lifting red-handed followed by the coach going 'who knows? it's all good' and then everyone celebrating a final four trip.)

If you ask me, the facilities spending is by far the more egregious thing. Athletes and coaches at this level are simply products of a culture that cares way, way, way WAY too much about how fast a kid can run or how high he can jump. But continuing to feed that culture by spending millions annually on 'necessities' like dedicated basketball practice facilities, players lounges, etc. It's crazy.

But, whatever, such is life. It is never going to be 'fair' so just try to ignore it.
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