Leave the NCAA?

[IndyTreeFan]

This is a great read by cbssports.com writer Dennis Dodd regarding the academic fraud scandal at the University of North Carolina. The "death penalty" is appropriate for what has gone on there for 20+ years, across multiple sports, spanning the tenures of many coaches.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...th-penalty-in-academic-fraud-case-but-it-wont

I think the time has come for the majority of schools currently in the NCAA (read: the non-P5 schools) to seriously explore leaving the NCAA and forming a new collegiate athletic association where the schools remember that they are colleges first, and that they owe honesty, integrity, and fair play to their students, alumni, and fans. The NCAA is irrevocably broken, and is nothing more than a corrupt, billion dollar business that doesn't have a thing to do with education.

I'm getting fed up with it, I would love to see some collegiate administrators have the balls to stand up and do something. Yeah, it won't happen. And that's sad.

 

[bent20]

From the article:

"Nevertheless, a lesson must be taught at UNC beyond docking scholarships, fines and postseason sanctions. Otherwise, the NCAA loses what little credibility it has left."

What world is he living in? It already has absolutely no credibility left. Lifting the Penn State sanctions proved once and for all what an absolute joke the NCAA is. And the sports media is just as pathetic. They don't hold anyone accountable. Where was the outcry when this was first reported? Where was it when the Penn State sanctions were lifted? They're too busy worrying about keeping roid heads out of the Hall of Fame in baseball. Who cares about all of the cheating everywhere else in sports, especially college.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

The problem is that the NCAA is an organization made up of it's membership with rules made up by it's membership. The NCAA's board of directors, infractions committee and all of the other subcommittees are made up by Chancellors and Presidents of member schools. So you have a huge conflict of interest and they have no subpoena power to boot.

Would the organizational structure be different in a new athletic association?

 

[GuardShock]

What about the NAIA? How do they compare?

 

[4Q_iu]

What about the NAIA? How do they compare?

Compare... do you mean in Prestige? Money / Public Awareness? Organizational Construct? Ethics/Morals/Willingness to obey rules?

Prestige --- all in NCAA Power 5; decreases the further you get. NAIA virtually none. Stop the next person you meet on the
street and ask if they're a sports fan - THEN ask them if they know what / who is the NAIA.

Money / Public Awareness --- SEE ABOVE.

Organizational Construct? It would very similar to the NCAA

Ethics/Morals/Willingness to obey rules? When's the last time you heard of a HUGE Pay-for-Play and academic scandals involving
the NAIA All-Americans or the Chuck Taylor Award Winner ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_Most_Valuable_Player_award )?

Let's just say OUR Chuck Taylor MVPs were BOTH 'Stand-Up' guys

 

[Bluethunder]

Another ACC school about to be investigated.....

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...sketball-football-programs-ncaa-investigation

 

[IndyTreeFan]

Another travesty about to unfold. Let the P5 be what they really are - farm systems for the NFL and NBA. Let the rest of us get back to amateur intercollegiate athletics.

 

[Sycamore Proud]

Another travesty about to unfold. Let the P5 be what they really are - farm systems for the NFL and NBA. Let the rest of us get back to amateur intercollegiate athletics.

Well said.