Sunday Sweet Sixteen Articles Part II

[Orangeyes]

Scoop Jardine overcomes poor first half to lead Syracuse past Kansas State

James Southerland comes through again for Syracuse in win over Kansas State

MBB | Another big performance from Southerland; Wildcats' McGruder ...‎

Boeheim may be working on best punch line yet‎

Orange are on the way‎

Christmas lights up Orange following Melo's ineligibilty issues‎

Philly Orange Juice‎

Syracuse rolls into the Sweet 16‎

Syracuse Basketball vs Kansas State Recap (NCAA): The Sunny Side‎

Syracuse Basketball vs Kansas State Recap (NCAA): The Dark Side‎

Syracuse Basketball vs Kansas State Recap (NCAA): This, That, and ...‎

Syracuse tops Kansas State in statement victory‎

Strong second half carries SU past K-State in NCAAs‎

Syracuse dispels doubts, brings sense of hope‎

Jardine's big second half leads Syracuse past Kansas State‎

On The Fly: Syracuse Doing Just Fine Right Now‎

If Google Searches Determined the NCAA Finals, It'd Be Syracuse vs. Davidson

Samuels probe focuses on cash gift‎

Fans say Cats learned in NCAA trip‎

Wildcats unable to deal with adversity or deep Orange‎

Wildcats fall without top big man‎

Martin responds to Samuels' ineligibility, fans, teammates reach out‎

Future Orangeman

Not again, not here! DeMatha hammers Paul VI‎

First Opponent

Hornsby elicits March Madness‎

Bulldogs' seniors leave a winning legacy‎

Next Opponent

In the end, Wisconsin outmuscles Vanderbilt‎

Even Bo Ryan wowed by Wisconsin‎Bo Ryan's Badgers lack flair but head to Sweet 16‎

March Madness

Officials Are Saying: Get Out of the Lane‎

Does Big East tournament success make it the strongest conference?‎

Big Ten, Big East have big days‎

Former Player

New York Knicks' forward Carmelo Anthony has gone from college MVP to chaos

High School

Bishop Ludden survives to win state Class B boys basketball championship

Tappan Zee shows us what it's made of‎

 

[SWC75]

Digger Phelps and another guy were just going at it on ESPN over Samuels. (Digger again got hot under the collar and Bob ley ahd to change the subject). Diggers said that 30 years ago he told every prospect and their family that hte kid was due, tuition, books, room and board and if he wanted any spending meoneyh, they would arrange for a job he would actually do and pay the taxes on it. The other guy said "That was 30 years ago" Digger: "That hasn't changed in 30 years!!!" The other guy cited the prior relaitonship" clause, which is contained in the article you posted:

The NCAA rulebook states an "extra benefit" is: "Any special arrangement by an institution employee or a representative of the institution's athletic interest (a booster) to provide a student-athlete (or a student-athlete's relative or friend) a benefit that is not generally available to other students and their relatives and/or friends."
Curtis Malone, who said he believes he did nothing wrong, is not a booster of K-State, nor is he an employee of the institution, and because of that, it's important to delve further into the rulebook.
Malone, who isn't an agent, knew Samuels and his mother well before he became a student athlete at K-State. So the issue of pre-existing relationships comes into play. The NCAA rulebook says the following in regard to pre-existing relationships:
"The origin and duration of a relationship and the consistency of benefits provided during the relationship are key factors. Prior to initial full-time collegiate enrollment, a prospective student-athlete may receive normal and reasonable living expenses from an individual with whom the student-athlete has an established relationship (high-school coach, non-scholastic athletics team coach, family of a teammate), even if the relationship developed as a result of athletics participation, provided:
•The individual is not an agent,
•The individual is not an athletics representative of a particular institution involved in recruiting the prospect, and
•Such living expenses are consistent with the types of expenses provided by the individual as a part of normal living arrangements (e.g., housing, meals, occasional spending money, use of the family car).
"It also noted that a current student-athlete who, prior to initial collegiate enrollment, has been receiving normal and reasonable living expenses from an individual with whom he or she has an established relationship may continue to receive occasional benefits (e.g., meals during campus visits, reasonable entertainment) from an individual or family with whom the student-athlete has an established relationship. Such expenses may not include educational expenses associated with a grant-in-aid (i.e., tuition and fees, room and board, and required course-related books)."

My own feeling is that the NCAA needs to be concerned about two things: inducements to go to a school or change schools or things done to keep a player eligible who should not be eligible. An AAU coach sending $200 to a fifth year senior wouldn't seem to fit in either category.

You also have to wonder why the $200 was needed. They say it was for food and his family. It would seem to suggest that college athletes are "cash poor" even if they are getting a valuable scholarship. I also wonder what the value of a scholarship is to the Kentucky types who are not there to get a degree.

 

[RoysRunts]

Guess you should Goggle Malone http://www.awolfamongwolves.com/?tag=aau-basketball

 

[SWC75]

Guess you should Goggle Malone http://www.awolfamongwolves.com/?tag=aau-basketball

Does he need a goggle?

Really, that doesn't change my point. What was the $200 for? Does it indicate that athletes are cash poor under the present system? Was the $200 an inducement to play for Kansas State?