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A little fictional story about what might happen if the NCAA had a hotline student-athletes could call to resolve any rules questions they might have. Any resemblance to recent events involving UNC players is purely coincidental…wink-wink. Share This Post: [...] Continue reading The NCAA Compliance Hotline UPDATE: Via Inside Carolina: Inside Carolina has learned that the NCAA investigation surrounding the UNC football program centers on improper benefits provided to the NFL Draft prospects that elected to come back for the 2010 season. The NCAA inquired about benefits that included rent, jewelry and travel. The investigation includes seniors Marvin Austin, a defensive [...] Continue reading NCAA Investigating UNC Football[UPDATED] Let me toss these out here more so as talking points for discussion than anything else. As of today here is what is going on: Nebraska is poised to join the Big Ten. Colorado has received an offer to join the Pac 10 and accepted it. As someone pointed out on Twitter, the Pac 10 [...] Continue reading Updating The Implosion Of College Athletics As We Know It The NCAA had a press conference at the Final Four yesterday during which they made the effort to sell people on the idea of an expanded NCAA Tournament. To really get the full entertainment value of NCAA senior VP Gary Shaheen’s presentation, check out the back and forth with the Washington Post’s John Feinstein. It [...] Continue reading NCAA Continues To Be Stuck On Stupid I am heading to the beach with THF Family after which we will delve head first into football. In the meantime, go ahead and chew on this hard hitting piece from Gary Parrish who basically asks why Duke got a free pass over Corey Maggette when Memphis had their season vacated when both were guilty [...] Continue reading THF Vacation Open Thread Well more so than usual with the added bonus of endless YouTube clips from any number of angles showing a defender was/was not under the basket at some crucial moment. Joy. When you read Ken Tysiac’s explanation of the rule which has now been approved by the NCAA, it sounds even more ridiculous than I [...] Continue reading It’s Official: We Now Get To Complain About Missed Foul Calls Under The Basket Because the NCAA is an oversized, red taped, bogged down in it’s own asinine processes monstrosity. But I digress. [...] Continue reading You Want To Know Why The NCAA Won’t Paint The Charge Area Arch? Well not really but if Kentucky fans are looking for a preview of possible things to come here it is. The Memphis Commercial Appeal first reported the story on Wednesday after obtaining a letter detailing the allegations through the Freedom of Information Act. The allegations include “knowing fraudulence or misconduct” on an SAT exam [...] Continue reading Surprise! Memphis Accused Of Major Violations The NCAA has decided that an NCSU freshman’s Facebook group “John Wall PLEASE come to NC State” constitutes a violation of recruiting rules. Not sure how it plays that a student with no connection to the athletic department or the basketball team can get in trouble simply by being a student of a NCAA signatory [...] Continue reading More Stupidity From The NCAA Actually the score is probably higher for Logic in this particular matchup but here is another ruling from Indianapolis that makes absolutely no sense. [...] Continue reading Logic 1 NCAA 0 Brian Barbour on September 24th, 2008 |  Comments are closed Interesting read from Dan Wetzel at Yahoo Sports who says it has been two years since the last major basketball program was penalized for violations(Roy Williams and Kansas over the graduation gifts in case you were wondering) and 15 months in football constituting the longest stretch in NCAA history of inaction against major schools. I [...] Continue reading NCAA Losing It’s Teeth? |
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