Jay Bilas is the best

[orange79]

Posted this on the Football board, but it should be seen here, too.

Just roasts the NCAA. Repeatedly.

Jay Bilas Tweets ShopNCAASports.com Search Results, Embarrasses NCAA

 

[realorange]

I'd love to see the NCAA come after Bilas for his opinions. But they won't because Bilas is sharper than they are.

Bilas for CEO of the NCAA. (New College Athletic Association.)

 

[cuseattle]

Jay Bilas seems fearless.

 

[Jack Hall]

Posted this on the Football board, but it should be seen here, too.

Just roasts the NCAA. Repeatedly.

Jay Bilas Tweets ShopNCAASports.com Search Results, Embarrasses NCAA

Someone someday should make a movie about Emmerts life. People will sit there and think, wow what an ideal citizen, what a model for our youth...which is very fitting because the ncaa is working very intimately with our youth and future leaders...

 

[Jeremy L.]

I love how the NCAA doesn't really respond to this, but when Cuse tweets about getting a Tyler Ennis jersey (after the Pitt game?) they went nuts lol.

 

[CusefanATL]

Posted this on the Football board, but it should be seen here, too.

Just roasts the NCAA. Repeatedly.

Jay Bilas Tweets ShopNCAASports.com Search Results, Embarrasses NCAA

Im not sure if you noticed (not trying to be an a-hole, just letting you know) but this was 3+ years ago. There was a discussion on here back then.

 

[orange79]

Im not sure if you noticed (not trying to be an a-hole, just letting you know) but this was 3+ years ago. There was a discussion on here back then.

Wait, isn't it 2013?

Oops! Didn't notice that, you're right. It popped up on my FaceBook feed, so I never checked.
Never mind

 

[chlywtr]

Good talk

 

[jimsonjunction]

When I first saw this thread, I was hoping he had commented on the UNC situation. Would love to get his take. Maybe one of our resident Twitter experts can get it out of him.

 

[reedny]

After Bilas' revelation, the NCAA took down the "shop.NCAA" feature. lol. Meanwhile, UNC's preparing to skate and the SEC's preparing for another FB/BB season with paper classes for "student athletes".

 

[Newhouser]

After Bilas' revelation, the NCAA took down the "shop.NCAA" feature. lol. Meanwhile, UNC's preparing to skate and the SEC's preparing for another FB/BB season with paper classes for "student athletes".

has Bilas had a comment on the UNC situation? I thought I read where he supported the NCAA's "Not our area" response.

 

[Rage4CUSE]

has Bilas had a comment on the UNC situation? I thought I read where he supported the NCAA's "Not our area" response.

If he did say that, he was probably being sarcastic.

 

[reedny]

has Bilas had a comment on the UNC situation? I thought I read where he supported the NCAA's "Not our area" response.

As RF and I have been discussing, the "wheelhouse" (jurisdictional) exception -- that the NCAA doesn't want to be in the business of evaluating academic quality -- is murky and selectively applied. In SU's case, Fab Melo's paper was subjected to microscopic analysis .. even as far as obtaining the metadata of his adviser's computer. Although this was an academic quality issue (the province of the University), the NCAA punished SU for the transgression on the basis that there was an impermissible benefit to Fab (the added footnotes constituted "excessive academic assistance" to support his eligibility). This distinction was crucial because the prohibition on impermissible benefits (as opposed to academic quality) is a well-known basis for NCAA enforcement.

So you tell me ... where do 1,500 Fab Melo's fall (free/A's, manipulated grades, propped up eligibility, etc..)? Are they an academic quality issue (outside NCAA's jurisdiction) or impermissible benefits (well within NCAA jurisdiction)? And are impermissible academic benefits aok if you grant them to lots of athletes over a long period of time? The answers are obvious ... to everyone but the NCAA. We'll be watching, along with the rest of college sports.