I recall Kenny Smith commenting on the vacated wins that Syracuse was recently hit with. He basically mocked it by saying "So, what are they going to do, add wins to records of the opposing teams who lost?" To me, that is one of the dumbest, hollow, done-for-effect moves. It's like sentencing a criminal to Life plus 99 years. It's illogical. It screams "Don't take what we did seriously because it is impossible."
Don't be naive. Student-athletes participating in fake classes (for TWENTY+ years) is most certainly an issue worthy of NCAA involvement. Punishment is coming sooner or later ...and if this had happened at dook we'd all be screaming just like them.
Not me. I don't care if these kids get paid, or get special favors academically, or even attend class at all. I never have cared. To me, college sports is just like pro sports except the athletes can't get paid. It's an injustice from my view. There's no real emphasis on these kids' education! It's about their athletic skills, and the success of the teams, and the ticket sales, and the TV contracts, and merchandise revenue, and on and on. This whole "student-athlete" myth will finally end one day.
I think the NCAA chose their words carefully. They are trying to distant themselves from having any responsibility. They don't seem to think that schools fit that same category.
Actually, work was completed and submitted in all those classes. Like you, I dislike the use of the word "fake" to describe them for that reason.
Wayne Walden left UNC more than five years ago. Maybe I'm misunderstanding?
