NCAA investigating every sports program from every school past present and future?

Crickett · 07-20-2010, 05:18 PM

It's starting to seem that way.

You can add Alabama to the list.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5396236

Mr. Goosemahn · 07-20-2010, 05:22 PM

This is starting to get ridiculous. NCAA needs to update their rules or something, or players need to understand them.

And why aren't the people offering the money/perks getting penalized? They're the ones that are actually starting all of this in the first place.

Sniper · 07-20-2010, 05:28 PM

SEC! SEC! SEC!

Who's next?

Sniper · 07-20-2010, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Goosemahn

This is starting to get ridiculous. NCAA needs to update their rules or something, or players need to understand them.

It's not that ******* hard to understand. No talking to agents or receiving any kind of benefits while you're still a college athlete. It really isn't that difficult. The NCAA WILL find out and they WILL be douchebags about it.

nrk · 07-20-2010, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniper

It's not that ******* hard to understand. No talking to agents or receiving any kind of benefits while you're still a college athlete. It really isn't that difficult. The NCAA WILL find out and they WILL be douchebags about it.

No one ever thinks they're going to get caught though, so they take the gifts.

Mr. Goosemahn · 07-20-2010, 05:48 PM

But it's the agents who should be penalized heavily though. I mean, yeah, follow the rules or something for the athletes, but if you're a guy who's been working his ass off for many years and have struggled financially all your life, and this guy comes and tells you that he'll give you money or cars or **** like that, and you won't get caught, and even if you are caught nothing will happen to you if you're in the NFL, you'll take the gift.

The agents should be penalized by the NFL. No salary for a year or something, make it really hurt.

RealityCheck · 07-20-2010, 06:08 PM

Congratulations NCAA. You're officially paranoid.

P-L · 07-20-2010, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Goosemahn

The agents should be penalized by the NFL. No salary for a year or something, make it really hurt.

Agents do not get paid by the NFL.

Sniper · 07-20-2010, 06:13 PM

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Congratulations NCAA. You're officially paranoid.

They need to stop only going after the little guys. Sack up and go after some BCS contenders.

RealityCheck · 07-20-2010, 06:15 PM

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They need to stop only going after the little guys. Sack up and go after some BCS contenders.

Sure. I don't know why they don't go after Western Kentucky...

Sniper · 07-20-2010, 06:16 PM

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Sure. I don't know why they don't go after Western Kentucky...

Or Michi...ah, ****.

b316 · 07-20-2010, 06:33 PM

Look at UF. SEC ahhahaha.

b316 · 07-20-2010, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Goosemahn

But it's the agents who should be penalized heavily though. I mean, yeah, follow the rules or something for the athletes, but if you're a guy who's been working his ass off for many years and have struggled financially all your life, and this guy comes and tells you that he'll give you money or cars or **** like that, and you won't get caught, and even if you are caught nothing will happen to you if you're in the NFL, you'll take the gift.

The agents should be penalized by the NFL. No salary for a year or something, make it really hurt.

How is the agent going to be peanlized by the NCAA?

If you are that guy who has been working his ass off, shouldn't u know better? You are just as guilty as the agent. And then also the coaches and AD who find out about it and do nothing. I mean come on, one of you players all of a sudden has a car or is making trip to Miami. When you know they can't afford it.

Yeah the agent is a bad man, but your the one breaking the rules by accepting the gifts.

Mr. Goosemahn · 07-20-2010, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bhaarat316

How is the agent going to be peanlized by the NCAA?

If you are that guy who has been working his ass off, shouldn't u know better? You are just as guilty as the agent. And then also the coaches and AD who find out about it and do nothing. I mean come on, one of you players all of a sudden has a car or is making trip to Miami. When you know they can't afford it.

Yeah the agent is a bad man, but your the one breaking the rules by accepting the gifts.

True. I dunno, it's just that most of these guys have horrible judgment and these gifts are simply too much for them to reject, so I believe there should be an alternate way of preventing these things from happening. Who knows how they'd do it though.

LizardState · 07-20-2010, 07:13 PM

Did you see Saban's response? Pretty bold move, "take the schools off the hook." He said it's time to discuss banning the NFL from the campuses to keep the agents away.

Saban feels very strongly about his player contacted by agents. Remember Andre Smith, the Outland winner who admitted agent contact & was thrown off the team before their Sugar Bowl game ? That was the Tide's last loss, Utah got 7-8 sacks, mostly through Smith's OLT position.

Spurrier said they "can't keep the agents away," & he may be right. Lock them up in the ape dorms at sundown? Put electronic ankle sensors on them, IDK.

Whoever held that party in Florida where Austin was with the leading d-linemen in the nation, allegedly paid for their transportation, meals etc. s/b locked up though

b316 · 07-20-2010, 07:18 PM

Banning the NFL from campuses is not going to keep the agents away. They still are going to know who the big players are and that they need to sign them.

Getting rid of the NFL will get rid of agents, but no one wants that.

You're right you can't avoid players from coming in contact with the agents, but you gotta make sure they know not to take these gifts from them.

LizardState · 07-21-2010, 04:01 PM

Told you he felt very strongly about agents contacting players.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...agents-pimps/1

You could tell from the speech he made at SEC Media Day in Birmingham that he is pissed.

He wants some kind of punitive action taken against these agents, their runners/intermediaries & the NFL.

ESPN reported that the NFLPA is taking "an aggressive approach" to punishing the agents who contact players under scholarship, citing the huge guaranteed $ going to top draft picks & "pure greed" motivating them to get in 1st with a player who is projected to go top 10.

Even more appalling are the means they use, like the "runners," or agent go-betweens who have ties to high profile college programs, some of them are boosters & others, some shockingly pastors & parents. I should surprise no one that maybe some bribe $ going to grad assts. for players secret cell nos. is happening too. And the use of prepaid cell accts, offshore & anonymous accts, etc. smacks of criminal activity.

And criminal was the operative word used by the NFLPA Executive Director when he commented on this on ESPN radio yesterday. With the NFLPA, NCAA & the college coaches all calling for new regulations I think it's going to be forthcoming before the season starts.

descendency · 07-21-2010, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RealityCheck

Congratulations NCAA. You're officially paranoid.

Is it paranoid if you are actually being followed?

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Banning the NFL from campuses is not going to keep the agents away. They still are going to know who the big players are and that they need to sign them.

It will get the NFLPA and NFL Owners to do something about the agent problem though.

BRAVEHEART · 07-21-2010, 05:06 PM

These teams are cheating, bunch of cheaters.

jballa838 · 08-05-2010, 11:15 AM

serious note. From what I've experienced, it is schools from your conference/area that tip off the NCAA, anonymously. Most of the time, but sometimes coaches find out who it was. Totally sucked because the NCAA is WAY more lenient when it comes to some things compared to others.

Saints-Tigers · 08-05-2010, 03:31 PM

Should be legal to get gifts anyway.

Sniper · 08-05-2010, 05:54 PM

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Should be legal to get gifts anyway.

Wow, an SEC fan saying rules shouldn't be followed. I've never seen this before.

Scotty D · 08-06-2010, 05:39 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5440231

West Virginia accused of five major football violations

iowatreat54 · 08-06-2010, 11:39 AM

I love this. The NCAA has been awesome in the past 6 months. It's about time they started investigating and calling out schools, even for dumb ****.

And yes if Iowa was investigated and doing something wrong, I'd be pissed but at the team not the NCAA.

Saints-Tigers · 08-06-2010, 01:25 PM

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Wow, an SEC fan saying rules shouldn't be followed. I've never seen this before.

Did you even read what I said? I didn't say the rule shouldn't be followed, I said it shouldn't be a rule. If you want to try and take a shot at something, at least learn some reading comprehension.

You're partially right though, if they start taking the good players off of the SEC teams, you know, the guys that agents actually give stuff too, the joke conferences like the big 10 might actually mean something in the grand scheme of things.

I know you just wanted to take a dig at the SEC, but my favorite college team isn't even in the SEC, but it's still funny to me how much the other conferences suck in comparison, and how much it pisses people off.