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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 316950, member: 837"]
I see the example as being the most important part of this whole thing. I'm not really one for making an example out of a school just for the sake of doing it, but to me the most dangerous aspects of all the money flowing into big-time athletics is that they begin to trample over all rules and innocent bystanders.
 
I mean, lacrosse players think their stuff doesn't stink and they play a sport 95% of the country doesn't even know exists. (Not condemning these kids, by the way, just saying being on a college athletic team affords you significant perks on campuses across the country.)
 
So you take football or hoops with all the money involved, all the influence in terms of fund-raising and the fact that it's socially acceptable to deify certain coaches and players -- it is a dangerous amount of power concentrated in one area. Making sure these programs at least recognize basic human rights (i.e. if there is knowledge of a violent crime, please at least pursue it with some vigor) is an absolutely essential part of the NCAA's mission as I see it.
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