Amid all the allegations against Oklahoma State and the new allegations against several former SEC player, I have noticed a very sad prevailing feeling among fans: who cares?
So the players were paid, you think this doesn’t happen at other schools? So they players smoked marijuana, they’re in college. So the players were given easy classes and easy grades, most of the stars get that.
What a devastating commentary this is on the state of college football.
When someone breaks the rules, the fact that others are breaking the rules as well does not does not justify the person or institution that was caught.
Let me preface this by saying none of this has been investigated by the NCAA and we essentially are taking several former players at their word. These allegations may not be true. Having said that, if it turns out that these things did happen, it is further evidence of how broken the NCAA system is.
College football is not minor league football. It may be the closest thing there is to minor league football, but a college institution does not work for the NFL. Its purpose is to educate and prepare its students for adult life. Its priority should be towards education and not football.
Regardless of whether or not you believe the players should be paid, as of right now it is against the rules. For a program to turn a blind eye when these things happen, to implicitly teach their students that they do not need to follow the rules is just plain wrong.
Schools cannot turn a blind eye to players accepting money, doing drugs, or blowing off their academics and they certainly cannot do so because they think it is happening at other schools.
I am shocked that everyone is simply looking at these allegations and dismissing them as business as usual. Where is the outrage? Oklahoma State, again allegedly, is recruiting kids, kids by having young women in their hostess program have sex with recruits. That’s not ok regardless of whether you think this is widespread.
It is not ok for schools to cheapen their degrees by bumping up grades or putting players in fake classes.
I am sure these problems are widespread. I am sure that agents and boosters are throwing money around trying to manipulate the players like the leeches that they are, I am sure teaches give players better grades, and I am sure coaches turn a blind eye to a lot of the things their players do, but that does not make it ok.
The fact that the NCAA seems more concerned with what kind of jam schools put on their bagels and better equipped to punish these infractions than the very real and serious violations brought to light by these investigations is further evidence that the NCAA is broken.
The answer is to fix it, not ignore it.
For the latest DC sports news, check out CSNWashington.com and follow me on Twitter @TheDC_Sportsguy
So the players were paid, you think this doesn’t happen at other schools? So they players smoked marijuana, they’re in college. So the players were given easy classes and easy grades, most of the stars get that.
What a devastating commentary this is on the state of college football.
When someone breaks the rules, the fact that others are breaking the rules as well does not does not justify the person or institution that was caught.
Let me preface this by saying none of this has been investigated by the NCAA and we essentially are taking several former players at their word. These allegations may not be true. Having said that, if it turns out that these things did happen, it is further evidence of how broken the NCAA system is.
College football is not minor league football. It may be the closest thing there is to minor league football, but a college institution does not work for the NFL. Its purpose is to educate and prepare its students for adult life. Its priority should be towards education and not football.
Regardless of whether or not you believe the players should be paid, as of right now it is against the rules. For a program to turn a blind eye when these things happen, to implicitly teach their students that they do not need to follow the rules is just plain wrong.
Schools cannot turn a blind eye to players accepting money, doing drugs, or blowing off their academics and they certainly cannot do so because they think it is happening at other schools.
I am shocked that everyone is simply looking at these allegations and dismissing them as business as usual. Where is the outrage? Oklahoma State, again allegedly, is recruiting kids, kids by having young women in their hostess program have sex with recruits. That’s not ok regardless of whether you think this is widespread.
It is not ok for schools to cheapen their degrees by bumping up grades or putting players in fake classes.
I am sure these problems are widespread. I am sure that agents and boosters are throwing money around trying to manipulate the players like the leeches that they are, I am sure teaches give players better grades, and I am sure coaches turn a blind eye to a lot of the things their players do, but that does not make it ok.
The fact that the NCAA seems more concerned with what kind of jam schools put on their bagels and better equipped to punish these infractions than the very real and serious violations brought to light by these investigations is further evidence that the NCAA is broken.
The answer is to fix it, not ignore it.
For the latest DC sports news, check out CSNWashington.com and follow me on Twitter @TheDC_Sportsguy
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