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4Q_iu said:
Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett will announce his immediate retirement Friday, the school announced.

Bennett, 55, was set to begin his 16th season with the Cavaliers in less than three weeks, with the program opening the campaign against Campbell on Nov. 6.

Sources told ESPN that Bennett's decision to retire is not health-related.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...tony-bennett-retiring-ahead-basketball-season

Not health-related? At this time of the year... is there a scandal ready to break?
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Purely reading between the lines, but my feeling is that Bennett is just fed up with the current state of the game regarding the NIL. Bennetts style of play is not conducive to attracting players that are looking for stats to pad their NIL value. Just guessing.
 

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bluestreak said:
Purely reading between the lines, but my feeling is that Bennett is just fed up with the current state of the game regarding the NIL. Bennetts style of play is not conducive to attracting players that are looking for stats to pad their NIL value. Just guessing.
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Most likely but why walk this late in the calendar year? Either suck it up and press thru this season and announce early enough for the univ, athl department to start the search for the replacement; he COULD be pulling a "Dean Smith" and announcing the resignation this late to force the selection of a current staff member into the job...

interesting he cited the former Head Rat of Durham and Saban as his models in reaching this decision; I'm sure of the validity as both of those examples had ZERO worries wrt recruiting yet both likely didn't want to deal with a more potentially even playing field with some 'high profile' recruits
 
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So that makes Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and now Indiana with abuse allegations against the medical teams at those schools.

Any Big Ten team I am missing?
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Are you deliberately omitting Ohio State wrestling and Penn State football and merely focusing on the medical, training staff VICE the coaching staffs?

If so, I'm not tracking others... of course, now that the Big Ten is 18 schools... I'm not sure of the shenanigans, abuses, assaults at the new members from the Pac-8, Pac-10 and Pac-12...
 
4Q_iu said:
Are you deliberately omitting Ohio State wrestling and Penn State football and merely focusing on the medical, training staff VICE the coaching staffs?

If so, I'm not tracking others... of course, now that the Big Ten is 18 schools... I'm not sure of the shenanigans, abuses, assaults at the new members from the Pac-8, Pac-10 and Pac-12...
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Just trying to think of all the schools that have been caught up in allegations of athletes being abused by team doctors, trainers, etc. Strange how many have taken place in the same conference.
 
Bluethunder said:
Just trying to think of all the schools that have been caught up in allegations of athletes being abused by team doctors, trainers, etc. Strange how many have taken place in the same conference.
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wasn't ol' Lecherous Larry Nassar responsible for both Mich State and Michigan?

rather than a conference issue, i'd frame it was a Flagship School issue... is there a flagship campus were athletics aren't elevated to a high-visibility, high prestige position?

i'm sure if all "power 5" schools were willing to do a legit study, you'd find a HELLUVA lot of criminal, near criminal behavior in the general student population as well as the athletic, greek and other communities on campus.
 

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4Q_iu said:
wasn't ol' Lecherous Larry Nassar responsible for both Mich State and Michigan?

rather than a conference issue, i'd frame it was a Flagship School issue... is there a flagship campus were athletics aren't elevated to a high-visibility, high prestige position?

i'm sure if all "power 5" schools were willing to do a legit study, you'd find a HELLUVA lot of criminal, near criminal behavior in the general student population as well as the athletic, greek and other communities on campus.
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But would that criminal behavior go unreported for the number of years it went unreported at these schools?

Many of the allegations didn’t even surface until after the persons were gone from the university and in some cases deceased.
 
Bluethunder said:
But would that criminal behavior go unreported for the number of years it went unreported at these schools?

Many of the allegations didn’t even surface until after the persons were gone from the university and in some cases deceased.
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I'd venture it depends on the school... look at the case of Lizzy Seeberg... would another university, who's entire image is based on aspect of the university NOT conspire to cover up the details as happened at notre dame?

how long did iu mbb players suffer abuse at the hands of the head coach before any were brave enough to come forward? 30 years, right?

so, in the case of these assaults, isn't it common knowledge that male abuse victims are even MORE reluctant to come forward then their female peers?
 
4Q_iu said:
Most likely but why walk this late in the calendar year? Either suck it up and press thru this season and announce early enough for the univ, athl department to start the search for the replacement; he COULD be pulling a "Dean Smith" and announcing the resignation this late to force the selection of a current staff member into the job...

interesting he cited the former Head Rat of Durham and Saban as his models in reaching this decision; I'm sure of the validity as both of those examples had ZERO worries wrt recruiting yet both likely didn't want to deal with a more potentially even playing field with some 'high profile' recruits
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Think I may have been close to the mark on this one (i know, I know, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in awhile)...
"The hardest thing to say is when I looked at myself and I realized I'm no longer the best coach to lead this program in this current environment," Bennett said Friday at his retirement news conference. "If you're going to do it, you gotta be all-in. If you do it halfhearted, it's not fair to the university and those young men. So in looking at it, that's what made me step down. ...​
"I think it's right for student-athletes to receive revenue. Please don't mistake me. The game and college athletics is not in a healthy spot. It's not. And there needs to be change, and it's not going to go back. I think I was equipped to do the job here the old way. That's who I am.​
"It's going to be closer to a professional model. There's got to be collective bargaining. There has to be a restriction on the salary pool. There has to be transfer regulation restrictions. There has to be some limits on the agent involvement to these young guys. ... And I worry a lot about the mental health of the student-athletes as all this stuff comes down."​
 

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