TigerOne 1,140 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 in USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2018/01/23/ncaa-michigan-state-larry-nassar/1060547001/ seems pretty accurate "If you’re looking toward the NCAA to be the moral compass for its members or to be powerful like the NFL with the discretion to punish people because it feels like the right thing to do, you’re hopelessly misguided. How many times do we need to prove that? The NCAA is a wonky organization with a big rulebook that does a good job running championship tournaments and occasionally busting a coach for petty rules violations or a player for taking money from a booster. Expecting the NCAA to do anything else, at this point, and you’re only asking for trouble. If the conduct of a university doesn’t fit into an NCAA bylaw, it’s just not going to amount to much — no matter how bad that conduct might be. Perhaps there’s something the NCAA can dig up that makes a connection between Nassar getting away with years of assaults and Michigan State gaining some kind of competitive advantage. Otherwise, this seems to be a story about a school employing a criminal and failing to stop him for whatever reason, which is horrible by any measure but not something an organization that largely deals with petty amateurism issues is equipped to handle". He forgot to mention how it's a cover organization for updyke athletics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triangletiger 1,599 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 1 hour ago, TigerOne said: in USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2018/01/23/ncaa-michigan-state-larry-nassar/1060547001/ seems pretty accurate "If you’re looking toward the NCAA to be the moral compass for its members or to be powerful like the NFL with the discretion to punish people because it feels like the right thing to do, you’re hopelessly misguided. How many times do we need to prove that? The NCAA is a wonky organization with a big rulebook that does a good job running championship tournaments and occasionally busting a coach for petty rules violations or a player for taking money from a booster. Expecting the NCAA to do anything else, at this point, and you’re only asking for trouble. If the conduct of a university doesn’t fit into an NCAA bylaw, it’s just not going to amount to much — no matter how bad that conduct might be. Perhaps there’s something the NCAA can dig up that makes a connection between Nassar getting away with years of assaults and Michigan State gaining some kind of competitive advantage. Otherwise, this seems to be a story about a school employing a criminal and failing to stop him for whatever reason, which is horrible by any measure but not something an organization that largely deals with petty amateurism issues is equipped to handle". He forgot to mention how it's a cover organization for updyke athletics They sure went after Penn State for ethical issues. I'm still not sure how that situation (however heinous it was) fell under the jurisdiction of the NCAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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