OT - UVM Guard suspended 8 games

[CuseFaninVT]

for reselling textbooks.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...lis-suspended-eight-games-reselling-textbooks

Why is this a problem? Are the kids provided with the textbooks for free? That's the only way I can see this being against rules, but I have been unable to find an actual answer on this.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Meanwhile, all is well in Chapel Hill...

 

[Toga]

for reselling textbooks.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...lis-suspended-eight-games-reselling-textbooks

Why is this a problem? Are the kids provided with the textbooks for free? That's the only way I can see this being against rules, but I have been unable to find an actual answer on this.

Cleveland State takes it on the nose one more time. Is he supposed to burn them when he's done with them?

 

[721Comstock]

for reselling textbooks.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...lis-suspended-eight-games-reselling-textbooks

Why is this a problem? Are the kids provided with the textbooks for free? That's the only way I can see this being against rules, but I have been unable to find an actual answer on this.

This activity provided beer $ for me at the end of EVERY semester in college.
(now, I didn't get them for free, and I don't know if the athletes do or not, but selling used books is a college tradition as old as college itself)

Once again, the student-athletes are being held to an artifically higher standard than the regular students.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

He should just sell his extra sneakers like every other student-athlete.

 

[SUFan44]

for reselling textbooks.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...lis-suspended-eight-games-reselling-textbooks

Why is this a problem? Are the kids provided with the textbooks for free? That's the only way I can see this being against rules, but I have been unable to find an actual answer on this.

As part of their scholarship, they receive all textbooks for free.

Therefore, reselling textbooks is extra income.

 

[Toga]

Meanwhile, all is well in Chapel Hill...

Where they don't use textbooks. As such they do not violate the textbook policy that the NCAA does not require one to have.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

As part of their scholarship, they receive all textbooks for free.

Therefore, reselling textbooks is extra income.

OH THE HORROR

 

[Toga]

OH THE HORROR

"Oh the humanity" - Cam Newton

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Where they don't use textbooks. As such they do not violate the textbook policy that the NCAA does not require one to have.

You're getting too good at this.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

In related news, NCAA suspends players for buying soda in 5 cent deposit ohio, and recycling them in 10cent deposit michigan

 

[Ghost]

Cleveland State takes it on the nose one more time. Is he supposed to burn them when he's done with them?

lol...this one made me laugh. All student athletes are required by the NCAA to burn their books at year's end.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

As part of their scholarship, they receive all textbooks for free.

Therefore, reselling textbooks is extra income.

Thank you for answering that. I was too lazy to look it up myself.

 

[pfister1]

Wouldn't be surprised if they weren't his text books. 8 games and community service sounds like a pretty stiff penalty for reselling your own textbooks even if they were paid for with scholarship money.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

As part of their scholarship, they receive all textbooks for free.

Therefore, reselling textbooks is extra income.

Im in favor of several controversial conventions in the sport world

1. I believe in the all drug olympics. if someone's going to cheat, and they will get away with it, let everyone cheat.

2. I believe in selling players to the highest bidder. If it were really amateur athletics, I'd be against it. But since its not, screw it and have open bidding.

 

[Toga]

As part of their scholarship, they receive all textbooks for free.

Therefore, reselling textbooks is extra income.

Seriously - what are the athletes supposed to do with the books after the semester?

 

[AlaskaSU]

Basketball players are not tempted at UCon as they have no market for textbooks. That is why their players have to deal in laptops.

 

[Brooky03]

I assume 'normal' students on certain academic scholarships have books covered also, no? So those students can clearly sell their books without issue but a a student-athlete isn't afforded the same right? Wonderful.

How he happened to get caught is another head-scratcher.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I assume 'normal' students on certain academic scholarships have books covered also, no? So those students can clearly sell their books without issue but a a student-athlete isn't afforded the same right? Wonderful.

How he happened to get caught is another head-scratcher.

Sting operation.

 

[Hoo's That]

I assume 'normal' students on certain academic scholarships have books covered also, no? So those students can clearly sell their books without issue but a a student-athlete isn't afforded the same right? Wonderful.

How he happened to get caught is another head-scratcher.

Until potenial bidding wars between Harvard and CalTech over theoretical physics students comes under the jurisdiction of the NCAA the schools will have to police that "problem" themselves. You're also coming into this with a Northeastern point of view, rather than a Texas or SEC outlook where the code they live by is "If you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'."

 

[Toga]

Sting operation.

Psst - hey kid - would ya like to buy some books?

 

[llandz]

Wouldn't be surprised if they weren't his text books. 8 games and community service sounds like a pretty stiff penalty for reselling your own textbooks even if they were paid for with scholarship money.

I am sure he will do something really awful with this "extra benefit" he received. Like go see the Star Wars movie with his friends, or buy his mother a Christmas gift, or maybe just buy himself a nice meal. Or maybe he will bet it all on a game and then throw the game to make more money...NOT. Seriously NCAA, please get a life...A REAL life!!

 

[Briancuse]

As part of their scholarship, they receive all textbooks for free.

Therefore, reselling textbooks is extra income.

Every college student sells his textbook to make some extra cash, What's next for The Third Reich,I mean the NCAA?

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I assume 'normal' students on certain academic scholarships have books covered also, no? So those students can clearly sell their books without issue but a a student-athlete isn't afforded the same right? Wonderful.

How he happened to get caught is another head-scratcher.

Think about the slippery slope here. A school could provide a student athlete with 50k worth of textbooks per semester which the student could then "sell" to a booster in "need" of such books.

But rather than do what a normal organization would do, and look at each case situation by situation (in other words, it is NOT reasonable that a student would have such an academic program that would require 50k worth of books per semester) the NCAA just suspends everyone for any amount of money. Why? Because like Joe Pesci said in casino..they are "stupid like that"

 

[Brooky03]

Think about the slippery slope here. A school could provide a student athlete with 50k worth of textbooks per semester which the student could then "sell" to a booster in "need" of such books.

But rather than do what a normal organization would do, and look at each case situation by situation (in other words, it is NOT reasonable that a student would have such an academic program that would require 50k worth of books per semester) the NCAA just suspends everyone for any amount of money. Why? Because like Joe Pesci said in casino..they are "stupid like that"

I understand how it could get out of control, though you're example is obviously taking it to the extreme. That said, the slippery slope argument is almost always shaky ground to argue from.