Federal documents detail NCAA violations

Too easy to cheat and even if caught there are no significant penalties. So the school vacates a championship. Big deal. So Pitino loses his job. Big deal. He's worth millions and millions. Do you think Saban will go clean after making $8 million a year? All Calipari has to say to an AAU coach or donor is I really like that kid. Love for him to come to Kentucky. The donor pays the AAU guy who passes part of it to the family. How does the NCAA, even if they wanted to which is doubtful, investigate the under the table bribes and fight the university attorneys? North Carolina used law firms to beat the NCAA on their bogus classes. These universities, administrators, coaches and athletic directors make millions either doing crooked things or looking the other way. Basketball is way way too important to Kentucky and the NCAA to anyone in power to do the right thing. Without basketball no one would think twice about Kentucky. Ditto for UCLA or Wichita State.

 

That's assuming that school is really serious about cleaning up their program. Has that ever happened?

 

Yes, most future pros choose to go to college instead of G-League or overseas because it's a better financial and overall decision for them. But let's not call this a free and open market where the players are receiving what the market is willing to pay. It's an incredibly heavily regulated market, with the NCAA banning wages and the NBA restricting labor supply. If it were truly fair and open, we'd see lots of schools paying players lots of money in these sports-- and we know this is true because some schools are ALREADY paying players in violation of the rules.

Again, I'm not trying to argue that free tuition, training, and exposure that the players get isn't a great benefit for them-- I just think the system unfairly caps what they would stand to earn otherwise.

 

LaVall isn't leaving unless its for a pro team like Stevens. Its that simple and is also why it was a good hire.

 

The budget is starting to look healthy, with Boltmann's buyout and the prior tournament revenues starting to come in, plus some healthy box office numbers along with the TV funds, we should be able to keep LaVall around
a long time given his view of Butler. I also expect another good year for the BE in tournament revenue coming up - it is looking more and more like a destination job for those who value something besides one and done.

 

If he actually made the statement you believe he made, I am concerned.

 

“Yes” to everything you said, but none of this carries as much weight when Beilein decides to retire. That is the opportunity I worry about.


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I guess we have to wait and see what is in LaVall's psyche... I believe he's a long term guy, but you could be right...

 

For the nth time, the one-and-done rule was instituted by the NBA. The NCAA can't just "do away with it" like some here have proposed. The NBA has no incentive to get rid of it. And even if they did want to change it, I don't think they could do anything until the current CBA ends, which won't occur until 2023, at the earliest.

 

I hope my worries are totally unfounded and it’s never an issue


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Plus, his twin sister goes to Butler and he won’t leave her behind. They used to play doubles tennis together.

 

I wonder how many people get this reference.

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At least 1.

 

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...cause-of-a-road-trip-with-his-father-in-1996/

Coaching turnover is the engine of college sports, and Butler has cycled through a lot of successful coaches in the past 15 years. But Jordan seems set on sticking at Butler for a good while. This is in part because he made a vow to his three daughters. The oldest is sick of moving and is fed up with having to go to a new school and making new friends. Jordan has gone from Iowa to Michigan to Milwaukee to Butler since his oldest has been in school.

"But I had to explain to her how this one would be different," Jordan said. "'We're not going to be going anywhere for a long, long time. You're going to be graduating high school in Indianapolis. You don't understand it right now, but this is going to be it.'"

Thats the word for word quote from Val. Also, Val's oldest daughter Ava was 12 in June when he was hired.

 

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thank you

 

What do you propose as a solution?

 

Or Butler?

 

4 and I really like the quote from that article! Don't know how I missed that one?