That's an interesting thought. If it can be proven that they knew about it, but did nothing that could help us in court. Just another example of how they don't follow their own rules.
Agreed.
WSJ: Pending charges at top basketball programs
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Right. Another great thing for Carolina to come out of this. Not only will our shit look like child's play in comparison to everything the FBI reveals, but it will also show the NCAA to be totally incompetent. That might make them leery of handing down sanctions that would force us to court. I'm sure they don't want to be shown up by us too.
Well thats why i’m uneasy. The schools did seem to be innocent by products of people “having a price”. That could happen anywhere. Including here or dook.
Well, UNC is the only school that offers easy courses.
Interesting stuff from the UofL fans:
https://louisville.forums.rivals.co...n-charges-for-10-in-college-basketball.35383/
https://louisville.forums.rivals.co...n-charges-for-10-in-college-basketball.35383/
It hinges on if UofL knew about it though. It is possible that they didn't know. It makes sense from adidas' standpoint:
Pay a recruit $100K to commit to any of adidas' top-tier teams so that he can be seen wearing their shoes.
Louisville could very well be involved but keep in mind other schools and coaches were explicitly named, and Louisville hasn't been (so far).
Yeah, I looked over there earlier today. I'd hate to be a UL fan right now.
This is the perfect example of why these guys should be allowed to make their own money. A lot of these guys could make a hell of a lot more than 100k by endorsing a product and selling autographs. You wouldn't have to worry about a shoe exec giving them money to go to a school.
Exactly. College sports needs to go to the Olympic model. Let athletes make their own money.
RIPStatement from UL
Any UNC fan who *wants* to see Louisville basketball hammered is an idiot. They're one of the premier programs in the conference.
Agreed. The vast majority of their fan base are good peeps too.
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Everyone hates everyone. People hate Tim Tebow and that man is a living saint.
The pack pride thread on this is great reading. I think my favorite post is about how Nike set up adidas so it would take some of the heat off of us.
Ya, this is perfect as long as we don't get named. Gonna be tough to sell a guidance counselor advising a student on class selection as an impermissible benefit when a kid on another team got $150K cash. This pretty much shows the NCAA has a "lack of institutional control" themselves.
This has to be the dagger for Slick Rick. He's slithered his way out of a lot in the past - but I can't see him getting out of this one.
I could care less what happens to UL. If Slick Rick was part of this, then he deserves what he gets. If not, let them be and let's move on.
Personally, I don't think there were many out there who ever believed this kind of thing wasn't going on, so exposing the dirty programs for what they were doing is fine by me. I don't think Roy or any of his assistants were part of such shenanigans, so I hope this will help clean things up and bring it back to where it should have been all along. Cynic in me doubts that will ever happen, but you never know.
Now, if moo and dook get caught with their hand in the cookie jar and get hammered, well, that would be just fine by me. Let them both spend the next howevermanyyears on probation/digging out that they have to and let them suffer whatever the worst fate possible they can get slapped with.
Screw both programs and everyone who is associated with them, their fans and anyone else who even marginally pulls for them even on a limited basis.
Personally, I don't think there were many out there who ever believed this kind of thing wasn't going on, so exposing the dirty programs for what they were doing is fine by me. I don't think Roy or any of his assistants were part of such shenanigans, so I hope this will help clean things up and bring it back to where it should have been all along. Cynic in me doubts that will ever happen, but you never know.
Now, if moo and dook get caught with their hand in the cookie jar and get hammered, well, that would be just fine by me. Let them both spend the next howevermanyyears on probation/digging out that they have to and let them suffer whatever the worst fate possible they can get slapped with.
Screw both programs and everyone who is associated with them, their fans and anyone else who even marginally pulls for them even on a limited basis.
Pitino and Jurich officially done.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-rick-pitino-athletic-director-tom-jurich-out
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-rick-pitino-athletic-director-tom-jurich-out
The fan who yelled "Pitino, you suck" must have been undercover FBI.
Wow... That is a shame.
Louisville is a good team for our bball conference. I should say WAS a good team.
Louisville is a good team for our bball conference. I should say WAS a good team.
If they don't "Bunting"-up their coaching search, they'll be ok soon enough.
The teflon must've dried up; ol slick rick wasn't able to avoid yet another scandal.
Counterpoint: I stopped giving a **** what people think about Carolina years ago.
Going to pose this hypothetical question. Radar is already breaking out the champagne because some believe dook and uk are next. Let's say dook was guilty, would they be touched? I mean K is an Olympic champion, most wins ever etc.
Absolutely they would. This is the FBI we are talking about. Their goal is to get the big fish. Doesn't get much bigger than duke. That's one of the reasons I have a little concern about us. If I'm one of the little guys being charged I'm considering saying duke, UNC, UK, etc are all involved even if they aren't. Some of these guys are looking at 20 years in federal prison.
Anyone that follows a college BB program should be a little worried at the moment. This is just the beginning, IMO.
I understand what you are selling and I hate to bring politics into this but there are so many dirty politicians out there that are basically untouchable. I kinda think K may be untouchable.
I wouldn't care if K wasn't implicated. I would really like to see Capel hammered though.
Yep. Those dudes already charged will start singing like canaries. This is liable to get huge.
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