On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Mike Machnik wrote:
 
>
> I found this interesting because it almost exactly mirrors examples of
> cases that appear in the book written several years ago as a sort of expose
> of the NCAA - author and title escape me and the book is packed away
> someplace, but it is called something like "The NCAA's Injustice For All"
> (perhaps a subtitle).  The book may have gone a little too far in some
> cases - I'm not sure - but it did raise some important questions in my mind
> as to how the NCAA conducts itself and this was one of them.
>
> The NCAA is supposed to be in the position of helping student-athletes, as
> part of its job, and it does not seem that the way in which it handles
> questions such as those Jack posed is either helpful or fair.
 
What the NC$$ is and what it is supposed to be have differed for quite
some time.  Their actions have proven they are concerned with
consolidating their own power and money making ability with little or no
concern for quote unquote student athletes who at least in basketball and
football are cash cows who gain little for themselves unless, usually
without significant external support, they pick up a degree as a
secondary priority (from the school's REAL point of view,) IMO of course.
 
I normally don't condone cheating but there does seem to be little valid
reason to strip Maine of their title although I recall an analogous
situation in the 70s at BU which cost them a number of games, not a title
though.
 
Arthur Berman [log in to unmask]
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