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Rakeem Christmas on JB: 'I Know He Doesn't Really Want to Retire (PS; Carlson)
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said in March that setting a retirement date in three years was "the right time for the program."
His former star, Rakeem Christmas, isn't buying it.
During an interview with SNY.com's Adam Zagoria on Wednesday, Christmas said he didn't believe the choice to retire was made by Boeheim and that he thinks the coach could actually stay past his self-imposed retirement date.
"I could see it, honestly," Christmas told Zagoria when the idea of coaching more than three years was brought up. "Syracuse basketball, the zone, that's him right there, so I don't think he wants to give it up anytime soon. I was surprised. He's really Syracuse, himself. Everyone loves him there and he's a great coach at that school. I know he doesn't really want to."
Boeheim, however, has said otherwise. During a press conference to address the NCAA investigation into the Syracuse program, Boeheim said that if it weren't for the investigation there's a good chance he would have already retired.
"There was no way that I would ever run away from an investigation in progress,"Boeheim said in March. "The fact that it continued, there was no way I was going to ever leave this university. After 53 years, other than my family, this is it. This is the focus of my life. That someone would think that I would not see this through to the end, I had no plans to coach this long. This investigation has made it imperative."
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Law to Make NCAA Accountable Proposed by Rep. John Katko, House Members (PS; Weiner)
U.S. Rep. John Katko, reacting to the NCAA's sanctions against Syracuse University, will help launch a new effort in Congress today to make those who oversee college sports more accountable to students and the public.
Katko, R-Camillus, is one of four House members who will introduce a bipartisan bill, the National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act, originally written in 2013 by Rep.Charlie Dent, R-Pa.
The bill seeks sweeping reforms in the way the NCAA oversees more than 1,000 colleges and universities, and more than 430,000 student-athletes, who help generate nearly $800 million per year in revenue from college sports.
A key component of the bill would require the NCAA to be more transparent in how it handles disciplinary cases with student athletes or colleges, investigations that are usually cloaked in secrecy and can drag on for years. Athletes or schools accused of misconduct would be guaranteed the right to an administrative legal trial.
If the bill becomes law, it would affect all schools that receive federal money through federal Pell grants (more than $20 billion per year) or through title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which provides more than $150 billion per year in federal aid.
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House Members Say Bill Aimed at Regulating the NCAA Not Payback (PS; Weiner)
House members said Thursday a bill aimed at regulating how the NCAA investigates and disciplines collegiate sports programs is not payback for penalties imposed against their hometown universities.
Rep. John Katko, R-Camillus, one of the bill's authors, said his motivation was not the tough penalties the NCAA levied in March against Syracuse University, where he went to law school.
"This isn't about Syracuse University or Jim Boeheim. This is a pretty serious thing. This is about an organization (NCAA) that needs to get its priorities straightened out," Katko said at a Capitol Hill news conference.
In March, the NCAA announced penalties that stripped SU of 12 men's basketball scholarships over the next four years and forced the university to vacate 108 basketball wins. Hall of Fame Coach Jim Boeheim also was suspended for nine games.
Also defending the bill at the news conference were Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., and Glenn "G.T." Thompson, R-Pa., whose district includes Penn State University, which had its football program severely disciplined over the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal.
"This is not about a specific university or mascot or team," Thompson said. "This is really about the student athlete."
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Melo Buys Pro Soccer Team in Puerto Rico (PS; Carlson)
Former Syracuse star Carmelo Anthony is now the proud owner of a professional sports franchise.
According to ESPN.com, the New York Knicks star purchased a soccer team in the North American Soccer League that will be based out of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico FC will join a league that also includes the New York Cosmos and Tampa Bay Rowdies and is considered a step below Major League Soccer.
"My passion for soccer has always been there," Anthony said during a Q&A with ESPN. "I just always kept it to myself and among my circle. Going to games, sneaking into games and just watching and being around the sport over the years. The more time ... I started spending in Puerto Rico over the past six, seven years, I realized that there was kind of a void down there on my island. The island didn't really have anything that they could kind of call their own, that they could represent not just on the island but from a global standpoint."
Reporter Jeff Carlisle reported that Anthony is the sole owner of the franchise, with the potential that others will join him. Anthony, who has Puerto Rican ancestry, told Carlisle that he spends a significant amount of time on the island during the NBA's offseason and has always been a major soccer fan.
SU News
Rakeem Christmas on JB: 'I Know He Doesn't Really Want to Retire (PS; Carlson)
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said in March that setting a retirement date in three years was "the right time for the program."
His former star, Rakeem Christmas, isn't buying it.
During an interview with SNY.com's Adam Zagoria on Wednesday, Christmas said he didn't believe the choice to retire was made by Boeheim and that he thinks the coach could actually stay past his self-imposed retirement date.
"I could see it, honestly," Christmas told Zagoria when the idea of coaching more than three years was brought up. "Syracuse basketball, the zone, that's him right there, so I don't think he wants to give it up anytime soon. I was surprised. He's really Syracuse, himself. Everyone loves him there and he's a great coach at that school. I know he doesn't really want to."
Boeheim, however, has said otherwise. During a press conference to address the NCAA investigation into the Syracuse program, Boeheim said that if it weren't for the investigation there's a good chance he would have already retired.
"There was no way that I would ever run away from an investigation in progress,"Boeheim said in March. "The fact that it continued, there was no way I was going to ever leave this university. After 53 years, other than my family, this is it. This is the focus of my life. That someone would think that I would not see this through to the end, I had no plans to coach this long. This investigation has made it imperative."
...
Law to Make NCAA Accountable Proposed by Rep. John Katko, House Members (PS; Weiner)
U.S. Rep. John Katko, reacting to the NCAA's sanctions against Syracuse University, will help launch a new effort in Congress today to make those who oversee college sports more accountable to students and the public.
Katko, R-Camillus, is one of four House members who will introduce a bipartisan bill, the National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act, originally written in 2013 by Rep.Charlie Dent, R-Pa.
The bill seeks sweeping reforms in the way the NCAA oversees more than 1,000 colleges and universities, and more than 430,000 student-athletes, who help generate nearly $800 million per year in revenue from college sports.
A key component of the bill would require the NCAA to be more transparent in how it handles disciplinary cases with student athletes or colleges, investigations that are usually cloaked in secrecy and can drag on for years. Athletes or schools accused of misconduct would be guaranteed the right to an administrative legal trial.
If the bill becomes law, it would affect all schools that receive federal money through federal Pell grants (more than $20 billion per year) or through title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which provides more than $150 billion per year in federal aid.
...
House Members Say Bill Aimed at Regulating the NCAA Not Payback (PS; Weiner)
House members said Thursday a bill aimed at regulating how the NCAA investigates and disciplines collegiate sports programs is not payback for penalties imposed against their hometown universities.
Rep. John Katko, R-Camillus, one of the bill's authors, said his motivation was not the tough penalties the NCAA levied in March against Syracuse University, where he went to law school.
"This isn't about Syracuse University or Jim Boeheim. This is a pretty serious thing. This is about an organization (NCAA) that needs to get its priorities straightened out," Katko said at a Capitol Hill news conference.
In March, the NCAA announced penalties that stripped SU of 12 men's basketball scholarships over the next four years and forced the university to vacate 108 basketball wins. Hall of Fame Coach Jim Boeheim also was suspended for nine games.
Also defending the bill at the news conference were Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., and Glenn "G.T." Thompson, R-Pa., whose district includes Penn State University, which had its football program severely disciplined over the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal.
"This is not about a specific university or mascot or team," Thompson said. "This is really about the student athlete."
...
Melo Buys Pro Soccer Team in Puerto Rico (PS; Carlson)
Former Syracuse star Carmelo Anthony is now the proud owner of a professional sports franchise.
According to ESPN.com, the New York Knicks star purchased a soccer team in the North American Soccer League that will be based out of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico FC will join a league that also includes the New York Cosmos and Tampa Bay Rowdies and is considered a step below Major League Soccer.
"My passion for soccer has always been there," Anthony said during a Q&A with ESPN. "I just always kept it to myself and among my circle. Going to games, sneaking into games and just watching and being around the sport over the years. The more time ... I started spending in Puerto Rico over the past six, seven years, I realized that there was kind of a void down there on my island. The island didn't really have anything that they could kind of call their own, that they could represent not just on the island but from a global standpoint."
Reporter Jeff Carlisle reported that Anthony is the sole owner of the franchise, with the potential that others will join him. Anthony, who has Puerto Rican ancestry, told Carlisle that he spends a significant amount of time on the island during the NBA's offseason and has always been a major soccer fan.
