There is no punishment for the agents who gave the money, and there never will be. NCAA violations are not illegal by law. They are just against the rules of the NCAA. So what is to keep every agent and booster from offering money to a kid when there are no consequences for them, and there is money to be made off of a superstar athlete? If you don't offer them something, then another booster or agent will. After all, these kids wont be amateurs forever. When a representative of one school offers a penthouse suite on the beach in Miami to an athlete's parents, what is your schools reps going to do to even the playing field? They have to match the offer of course. This goes on every year to get the best players to wear your school's colors on Saturdays. Either the system needs to be drastically overhauled, or the system needs to perish.
Monday, September 16, 2013
The current system
Maybe the most popular NCAA violation for those of us that have watched college football is the Reggie Bush scandal. Reggie Bush was a dynamic athlete who rose to prominence at USC, winning the Heisman trophy during his tenure. Reggie had to return his Heisman trophy in 2010, after it was found that he and his family accepted up to 300,000 dollars in gifts from a few agents. The rule is that a college athlete cant receive anything for free, or else they lose eligibility. I come from a family that has not had to struggle like some of these less fortunate athletes, and I can tell you right now that if my parents were offered a luxurious home and I was offered a Audi R8 Spyder, it would be PRETTY hard to turn it down. So I can't blame a struggling college kid for taking what is given to them. Reggie now makes millions a year playing the game he loves, and no one suspected anything during his college tenure. The NCAA finally found proof half a decade later of the violations, and the school has to take the fall for it, as well as the athletes that were at USC during the time of probation. Reggie was never punished. He is still the Heisman trophy winner. He still won a national championship. He didn't have to give back any money. The school has to take the fall, as well as the athletes, even though the violations happened when the current USC athletes were in middle school.
There is no punishment for the agents who gave the money, and there never will be. NCAA violations are not illegal by law. They are just against the rules of the NCAA. So what is to keep every agent and booster from offering money to a kid when there are no consequences for them, and there is money to be made off of a superstar athlete? If you don't offer them something, then another booster or agent will. After all, these kids wont be amateurs forever. When a representative of one school offers a penthouse suite on the beach in Miami to an athlete's parents, what is your schools reps going to do to even the playing field? They have to match the offer of course. This goes on every year to get the best players to wear your school's colors on Saturdays. Either the system needs to be drastically overhauled, or the system needs to perish.
There is no punishment for the agents who gave the money, and there never will be. NCAA violations are not illegal by law. They are just against the rules of the NCAA. So what is to keep every agent and booster from offering money to a kid when there are no consequences for them, and there is money to be made off of a superstar athlete? If you don't offer them something, then another booster or agent will. After all, these kids wont be amateurs forever. When a representative of one school offers a penthouse suite on the beach in Miami to an athlete's parents, what is your schools reps going to do to even the playing field? They have to match the offer of course. This goes on every year to get the best players to wear your school's colors on Saturdays. Either the system needs to be drastically overhauled, or the system needs to perish.
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An obviously interesting topic, Landon. There is, however, a readability issue. The text against this background doesn't seem to work do we'll. It was difficult for me to read--and all in about an interesting issue.
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