Coach K remarks...Interesting
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The site shut down comments because their own fans don't agree with the article. It has been called out for what it is, a diversion.
Sorry, I just go into fan mode when reading articles like that.
It struck me too that he admitted he lied. The reason I say that is because he is so narcissistic and has shown us in the past he recounts versions of things differently than the rest of us.
I had to stop reading that crap after about two paragraphs. It looked like something I would read on the dook message boards. For the record, K actually never admitted he lied, he said that he "reacted incorrectly."
Well, it's probably as close as he'll ever get to admitting he lied.
True. It just goes to show how big of an ass he is that he can't just say that word when referring to himself.
Wow... that was fun.
So, let's not give the venerated dook legacy any grief for acting like bush-league pricks. Why? Because schools who "sell less product" are kicking and tripping and stomping as much or more as that snob-atorium (Al Czervik).
UNC and Syracuse have gotten tons and tons of bad press for their allegations. UNC has been banned from every sport for perpetuity by all rival fan bases. The recruiting has suffered immeasurably. I don't even know WHAT Boeheim supposedly did- that's above my pay-grade to keep up with.
People who still kid themselves that collegiate sports are wholesome, "amateur", and all about getting a good education are willfully ignorant. It hasn't been that way for almost 100 years! That goes triple-double for the NCAA honchos. Can anyone here tell me what the starting 5 Tar Heels are majoring in... without looking it up? H*ll no! Do they even CARE? I sure don't! And, the NCAA has no one to thank for that but themselves. They, and corporate sponsors, media, and TV enterprises, have turned collegiate sports into one, gigantic flood of $$$! Good for them. Good for everyone. I just get sick of the hypocrisy and the denial. One day, they are GOING to have to start compensating players more, or removing these stupid-ass penalties for people doing exactly what THEY are doing.
Personally, I think all colleges can have AFAM/scam classes for athletes that are in school as a conduit to their professional careers. and, you know what? THEY ALL DO! Nothing personal against a kid like Brandon Ingram, but I know dook refuses 75% of valedictorians that apply to their school. Brandon Ingram, for all of his excellence as a basketball player, is no scholastic valedictorian. So... spare me the education-first bullshit.
So, let's not give the venerated dook legacy any grief for acting like bush-league pricks. Why? Because schools who "sell less product" are kicking and tripping and stomping as much or more as that snob-atorium (Al Czervik).
UNC and Syracuse have gotten tons and tons of bad press for their allegations. UNC has been banned from every sport for perpetuity by all rival fan bases. The recruiting has suffered immeasurably. I don't even know WHAT Boeheim supposedly did- that's above my pay-grade to keep up with.
People who still kid themselves that collegiate sports are wholesome, "amateur", and all about getting a good education are willfully ignorant. It hasn't been that way for almost 100 years! That goes triple-double for the NCAA honchos. Can anyone here tell me what the starting 5 Tar Heels are majoring in... without looking it up? H*ll no! Do they even CARE? I sure don't! And, the NCAA has no one to thank for that but themselves. They, and corporate sponsors, media, and TV enterprises, have turned collegiate sports into one, gigantic flood of $$$! Good for them. Good for everyone. I just get sick of the hypocrisy and the denial. One day, they are GOING to have to start compensating players more, or removing these stupid-ass penalties for people doing exactly what THEY are doing.
Personally, I think all colleges can have AFAM/scam classes for athletes that are in school as a conduit to their professional careers. and, you know what? THEY ALL DO! Nothing personal against a kid like Brandon Ingram, but I know dook refuses 75% of valedictorians that apply to their school. Brandon Ingram, for all of his excellence as a basketball player, is no scholastic valedictorian. So... spare me the education-first bullshit.
Great post.
This does happen everywhere. No one is immune to it. Without naming names, speaking from personal experience -- I went to one of the top high schools in the state of Virginia...got a 1420 on my SAT's (when SATs were out of 1600)...and had a 3.5 GPA. I was denied from UVA -- they told me I was "too average."
Put that aside for a moment -- one of my best friends in high school, who (lets just say) was FAR less in the academic department but was a great, great basketball player. He got a full scholarship to UVA. During his tenure, I know from first-hand accounts here...he was financially taken care of, and he openly boasted that he never went to class. But he has his 4-year degree. So...you guys do that math.
The hypocrisy pisses me off, and you're right, every detail in college sports boils down to money and greed. Everything.
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