More evidence of what a joke the NCAA is

[RF2044]

NCAA rules Army veteran ineligible after serving


Meanwhile, at UNC...

 

[dan7800]

I've never felt bad about writing negative things about UNC.

1. UNC is a bunch of jerks
2. They can't read these posts anyways.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I've never felt bad about writing negative things about UNC.

1. UNC is a bunch of jerks
2. They can't read these posts anyways.

But they aren't recruiting Billy Preston because they have such good academics...

 

[iommi]

NCAA rules Army veteran ineligible after serving


Meanwhile, at UNC...

Bilas railed against this on Twitter. He's always ripping them. Love it.

 

[jordoo]

They really are just a horrible organization. If a guy hasn't done anything to effect his amateur status and has a record of successfully completing college course work why deny him?

 

[RF2044]

They really are just a horrible organization. If a guy hasn't done anything to effect his amateur status and has a record of successfully completing college course work why deny him?

Because, WHEELHOUSE!!!

These jerkoffs enforce minutia while simultaneously looking the other way at systemic levels of institutional cheating. They are a complete farce of a governance / enforcement agency, and I can't wait until they go down in flames.

 

[Trueblue25]

Revenge will be unspeakably sweet this winter.

 

[Brooky03]

The most irreconcilable part of cases like this one is the fact that the NCAA states over and over again that it wants athletes to be subject to the same treatment and benefits as normal students. Yet, the NCAA goes out of its way over and over again to disadvantage athletes relative to normal students with the organization's overreaching bureaucratic nonsense.

The NCAA says it can't punish UNC because the violations were all on the academic side and all students could take the bogus classes. This man would be admitted to many universities on academic merit alone, subject to the same admissions requirements as other students, so why is the NCAA able to decide the academic component in this case but not able to touch the UNC case?

 

[Jasoncuse]

So dumb. The kid was accepted to the school, right? The kid has proven capable of handling courses beyond the HS level. He is obviously proven himself as a vet.

It doesn't even make sense to ding this guy because his original transcript didn't meet the freshmen requirements 5 years ago. He's gone beyond that since and has proven capable of being a success. Screw the NCAA.

 

[Consigliere]

You have an organization that tries to make everything black and white in a world of gray because they either don't trust themselves, want to always have a rationale to protect themselves, or are simply unwilling and incompetent to rule on any variants from their archaic written rules. The NCAA needs to be blown up and replaced by a system that focuses on outcomes and objectives rather than blind consistency.

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

NCAA rules Army veteran ineligible after serving


Meanwhile, at UNC...

 

[NYCSUGrad]

THANKS for posting that!

Not only a piece of cinematic history but a rebuttal to those who think police were always respected in the past.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Briancuse]

Wow finally showing some heart, maybe there is hope for them, well probably not.

 

[jordoo]

Wow finally showing some heart, maybe there is hope for them, well probably not.

More like coming back in off that really thin ice to save face.

 

[RF2044]

Thank god common sense prevailed. I guess I'm just sensitive to this type of situation, as we saw a similar BS move from the NCAA go down with Tyrone Albright back in 2004. Complete crock.

 

[Crusty]

NCAA rules Army veteran ineligible after serving


Meanwhile, at UNC...

Actually, I didn't need any more evidence.