June 4, 201016 yr I am all for finding ways to put the onus of certifying eligibility and penalties if there are violations where it belongs - on the athletes. I want rules that require them to take more responsibility, certify their own eligibility and sign agreements that will allow penalties be assessed against the players if they are being fraudulent in anything related to their eligibility. Put clauses in student aid/scholarship papers that allow finanical penalties if a student athlete commits an infraction. That is what will fix the problem. Put it on the players and put some teeth behind penalties. Although I am not a lawyer, I think you could argue it is criminal activity if you are purposely falsifying information to take money from a public institution. Maybe if these folks were held accountable in the court of law it would change things?
June 4, 201016 yr I don't think she was there when Mumme was around, but I could be wrong on that. I think she's been there in some form since the '89 scandal. She might have been made overall director during or right after Mumme.
June 4, 201016 yr I don't think she was there when Mumme was around, but I could be wrong on that. According to this she was named director of Compliance in 1993. http://www.ukathletics.com/genrel/042406aaa.html
June 4, 201016 yr Why can't you expect that? Its their job. If they don't do their job well, its not fair to punish the school (unless the school was involved). If I were a school, I'd much rather sit one kid than risk having to forfeit games. And if it ended up being more than a VERY few kids each year that were left waiting, the NCAA should hire more investigators. They've got the resources. There is an article on Lexington Herald website that talks about the way this organization came about, and basically it came about because schools were reaching different conclusions and it was seen as a way to make things more level for all schools, not perfect, but more level than what was being done in the past. http://www.kentucky.com/2010/06/04/1291487/ncaa-explains-role-of-eligibility.html
June 4, 201016 yr A "not-for-profit" doesn't mean that they don't make money and want more of it. Not-for-profit means the residual equity stays in the organization to further fulfill the mission of the "not-for-profit" rather than being distributed to shareholders or owners.
June 4, 201016 yr Coach Cal and Mitch commented on the situation today and both were emphatic that this was a non-issue. Coach Cal even said that there was no NCAA investigation going on at UK. Mitch's comments: http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/06/04/eric-bledsoes-transcript-release-angers-kentucky-ad-mitch-barnh/?sms_ss=twitter It surprises me that he talked about it since the statement UK released earlier said that he would not comment. To me that means UK has enough knowledge about the issue and feel comfortable addressing it. Otherwise he would have said something to the effect of we are looking into it or still gathering information. Coach Cal talked to Andy Katz http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5251953 This is interesting becuase he told local media members that he wasn't going to talk about it, then he dscusses it with Katz. To me it looks like he is trying to send amessage to the local media that if they keep spinning everything then he is not going to deal with them. He was very emphatic in saying nothing is going on, and also puts the Lebron rumors to rest, again.
June 5, 201016 yr Author The NCAA committee working on this hasn't touched it since February, and the NCAA is not actively looking into it so it's much ado... Told you guys this 2 days ago...
June 5, 201016 yr Author Any idea why Cal was at NCAA HQ yesterday? No, but I have also been out of the loop most of the day...
June 5, 201016 yr http://www.sbnation.com/2010/6/1/1496089/john-calipari-kentucky-allegations-eric-bledsoe Listen: Kentucky basketball may have bent the rules this year, and lord knows, it wouldn't be the first time for that program. But centering the investigation on the family of Bledsoe—a kid that, by all accounts, worked his tail off and is about to earn a much better life for himself and his family—just misses the point. Even if the vague allegations are 100% true... Who really cares? Where's the victim? So a D-student became a B-student his senior year, allowing him to go to college? Doesn't that happen to non-athletes all the time? And can we really blame teachers for affording him the benefit of the doubt? Bledsoe used his time in college to catapult him to the pinnacle of his chosen profession, so it's not as if the teachers' faith has been betrayed. And for God's sake, let's not pretend that Bledsoe is the first athlete to get serious about academics during his senior year in order to qualify for college sports. But again, none of these problems are unique to Calipari's players. This stuff happens all the time in college basketball. Since we're picking out random point guards with potentially shady academic histories, why not look at Sean Dockery, a Duke recruit that had a GPA slightly over 2 and an ACT score of 15 going into his senior year. How did he qualify for Duke? Was there preferential treament?
June 5, 201016 yr Sandy Bell is one of the best and most thorough compliance officers in the country. If the clearing house ruled him eligible and Bell ok'd it, there was no wrong doing. Where would Sandy rank in your Top 10 of compliance officers?
June 5, 201016 yr Where would Sandy rank in your Top 10 of compliance officers? That would be nothing more than a SWAG.
June 7, 201016 yr Seems like a double-standard to me if Memphis is penalized games for an allegedly ineligible player, and the NCAA doesn't even look into this?
June 7, 201016 yr Author Seems like a double-standard to me if Memphis is penalized games for an allegedly ineligible player, and the NCAA doesn't even look into this? They looked into it...
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