Here in Kentucky, we’re all to familiar with how crooked the NCAA can be. I’ve watched as fans write a long list of “interesting adjectives” to describe what they think of Mark Emmert. Oh, and yes I was even one of them.
So what’s the next step?
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]I’m not sure at this point, but one website thinks it’s time for the US Congress to investigate. I’ll be the first to say that I’m not in favor of using tax payer money to look into issues such as this. Then again, if you compare it to looking into MLB’s steroid problems and whether or not Bill Belichick is a cheater, I say go for it!
Here’s some of what Banditref.com has to say..
[INDENT][I]Oh but Mark isn’t done yet. On January 8, 2011 Enes Kanter of the Kentucky Wildcats was ruled permanently ineligible. He was a kid from Turkey who had played professionally for a time in Turkey. He was however highly recruited here in the states. There is some question as to whether or not he could be termed a real professional. As most of the money he made in Turkey went to paying for his education. Kenutcky argued this along with that fact, and this is important, that Kanter didn’t know the rules when he was in Turkey. Based on recent NCAA decisions you would expect a ruling that Kanter would have to sit out a certain amount of games, and then could play. But no, he is ruled PERMANENTLY ineligible. So what was the major diffrence in this case? Perhaps it was that Kanter originally commited to the University of Washington. Mark Emmert’s school, and where he was president before coming to the NCAA. It seems where you pick plays a role in descions too. Read more on this joke of a ruling and Emmert’s hissy fit reaction [URL=”http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/dick-vitale-curbstomps-ncaa-prez-into-response-29413″]here[/URL].[/I]
[I]If you are thinking to yourself that perhaps Emmert simply doesn’t know whats going on. Perhaps he is just an idiot. We encourage you to read [URL=”http://www.banditref.com/2010/12/ncaa-president-admits-pulic-opinon-was.html”]this article[/URL]. Emmert knows what he is doing all too well. He is destroying the NCAA from the inside out. [/I]
[I]So why is this a crisis? Sure, its a bad thing that the NCAA is being ruined, but what is the big deal? Aside from the obvious affects it will have on college sports. The universities that comprise the NCAA receive tax payer dollars. The NCAA is a non-profit organization. If the NCAA is more focused on the well fare of the BCS and the conferences than the well fare of the student athletes then we have a problem. The NCAA says its rulings are for the benefit of the athletes first. They are not. If the NCAA wanted to be fair to the athletes first it would hold everyone to the same standard. By changing the rules to help the certain conferences and universities make money they are in effect hurting the other schools in the NCAA. To help only some hurts the others. The NCAA was created to keep the big guys from taking advantage of the little guys. It has now become a tool of the big guys against the little guys. And this tool not only doesn’t pay any taxes. It receives money from Universities that are supported with our tax dollars. [/I]
[I]So what can anyone do about it? Well a lawyer named Joe Shell Jr. has gone to congress about the NCAA. [URL=”http://bleacherreport.com/articles/561103-usc-football-time-for-congress-to-fix-the-ncaa-problems”]Link[/URL] He wants congress to look at the guarantees the NCAA made in 2004. Stating they would be fair and impartial. He wants congress to remove their tax exempt status. So what can you do? We have created an online petition. If you follow the link and sign the petition it will help let congress know where we as college football fans and Americans stand on this issue. Lets not sit back and watch the big guys destroy our college athletics system. Sign the petition and tell congress to listen and investigate.[/I]
[I][URL=”http://www.thepetitionsite.com/37/Investigate-the-NCAA/”]SIGN THE PETITION[/URL][/I]
[/INDENT]Don’t forget to sign the petition (link above)!!!
