OT - The meatballs from the NCAA at it again

[OttoinGrotto]

http://deadspin.com/ncaa-declared-student-ineligible-for-entering-costume-o-1462913443

Words. I have none.

 

[All4SU]

We need the guy from the gorilla suit to step forward.

 

[orange79]

The amazing thing to me is that 2 appeals were also rejected. Unbelievable. Truly unbelievable.

 

[retro44]

you can thank the BCS conferences for these rulings....don't go after the hands that feed you or we will cut them off at the armpits

 

[OttoinGrotto]

The amazing thing to me is that 2 appeals were also rejected. Unbelievable. Truly unbelievable.

Yeah, what's up with that?

 

[orange79]

Yeah, what's up with that?

Really. You would think by the 2nd appeal, it would have gotten to a high enough level where someone might say, "Wait a minute. He lost his eligibility for...WHAT?"

Oh, well. The NCAA must not only be aware of the Peter Principle, I have to assume it is included in their mission statement.

 

[Full_Rebar]

They reinstated him today after another bout of negative media coverage. It's the right call, but crazy that the kid was docked a full year for one outside "competition".

Tell me why the NCAA is needed again. Alabama just landed the top FB recruit in the country and will finish with the top class again (like UK every year in hoops). What level playing field is the NCAA making sure stays protected?

 

[Scooch]

They reinstated him today after another bout of negative media coverage. It's the right call, but crazy that the kid was docked a full year for one outside "competition".

Tell me why the NCAA is needed again. Alabama just landed the top FB recruit in the country and will finish with the top class again (like UK every year in hoops). What level playing field is the NCAA making sure stays protected?

Someone has to cash the checks, baby.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Oh, well. The NCAA must not only be aware of the Peter Principle, I have to assume it is included in their mission statement.

It's funny, but yeah, if you established an organization around the promotion of the Peter Principle, I think it would behave in similar ways to how the NCAA operates.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Someone has to cash the checks, baby.

But the thing I've never understood - who is it exactly that profits from these checks the NCAA takes in?

 

[Scooch]

But the thing I've never understood - who is it exactly that profits from these checks the NCAA takes in?

Executives at the NCAA.

$11 BILLION for the NCAA Tournament.

Unless you believe they give that all back to the schools.

[insert bridge in Brooklyn for sale joke here]

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Executives at the NCAA.

$11 BILLION for the NCAA Tournament.

Unless you believe they give that all back to the schools.

[insert bridge in Brooklyn for sale joke here]

It just doesn't add up - http://chronicle.com/article/Pay-for-Top-14-NCAA-Executives/124358/

I honestly think one of the great unknown scams in America is the story of who profits directly from NCAA dollars. I'm not talking pay by the schools, or endorsements or whatever, I mean some group of people affiliated with the NCAA is clearly swimming in $$$ Scrooge McDuck style.

 

[orange79]

A big chunk goes back to the schools, no doubt (NCAA hoops units, etc.). But another big chunk goes to fund the bloated bureaucracy that is the NCAA. Think of the NCAA members as the USA. The NCAA is the government.

 

[Crusty]

What is surprising to me is that anyone is surprised!

 

[SmilinBob]

Meanwhile somewhere in Alabama a player is ineligible and playing in games. The NCAA makes Chicago politics look like a Kindergarten class.

 

[PeteCalvin]

UK must have told them about something they did that they can never pin on Cal.

It's a good thing that Deadspin is looking out for this stuff now. Public shaming is the only antidote for the NCAA. I wonder if Bilas will pick this up too?

 

[ImperialOrange]

The problem is the guy was honest in listing a fun run that shouldn't have mattered. The NCAA would prefer lies since they are built on a throne of them.