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[QUOTE="Flacusian, post: 370129, member: 264"]
There are certainly many aspects of Cal's behavior which invite criticism but it's shortsighted to blame him as being the one primarily responsible for the circling of the drain by NCAA basketball. If it weren't Cal, it would be someone else that would have appeared on the scene that would have been just like him. At the heart of the matter is a systemic problem which as arisen from many factors. Money buys influence and power. There are many interests at stake and most are motivated by money. It has become such big business that it would be surprising if it weren't rampant with corruption. The purity of athletic competition between individuals who are students first, athletes second is a thing of the distant past.
 
The huge money contracts for TV coverage, the interests of shoe companies, and the ability of big time college athletics to generate revenue for academic institutions  all create and atmosphere in which the essential elements of the sport are subjugated and for the most part are rendered irrelevant. It's not just WWW or the Calipari's that are the problem. Its all the associated people who are willing to turn a blind eye and abandon any semblance of a moral compass because...nobody's going to do any thing about it...ergo,  because they can.
 
Cal has provided a template for success and it would be surprising not to see others fall in line and mimic what he has done to enjoy the same success he has. I believe that things will get much worse before they get better... and that's if they ever get better.
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