The NCAA are the police and the SEC CU OSU are the Italian mob with the cops on the payroll while usc and Miami are the hoods trying to get a cut. Hoping that we become Frank Lucas one day.
I would've posted this in the b-ball forum, but this kind of relates to football:
So James Wiseman, the # 1 b-ball recruit for the class of 2019 was just ruled ineligible by the NCAA. James was very close to Penny; however, after probing, the NCAA found that Penny helped James and his family move to Memphis.
So here's my question; Calipari was running a dumb dirty program at Memphis, and it wasn't until Coach Cal moved to the fortress of UK that the NCAA punished Memphis, ONLY, as opposed to Coach Cal...how in tf could this be?
Saban just moved an entire family to Alabama from Hawaii, yet the NCAA says it was a "legit" move. How, Sway??
This SEC bias has to stop, and I hope Penny fights this tooth and nail. Wiseman just received a temporary injunction against the ruling by the NCAA to play tonight. I hope this all blows up in the NCAA's face.
Once the NCAA voted to allow the likeness pay, nobody respects them anymore. It’s just a matter of time before this stuff isn’t viewed as shady so they don’t care. Before that vote, no school in their right mind would’ve let the kid play last night, but Memphis did. If he is ruled ineligible, which he probably will be, they could ban Memphis from the tournament.
How the school deals with the investigation will go along way in determining what the NCAA does. Yall do yourself a favor and watch Bilas’ interview from last night, where he explains the rules on it. Crazy stuff man
Once the NCAA voted to allow the likeness pay, nobody respects them anymore. It’s just a matter of time before this stuff isn’t viewed as shady so they don’t care. Before that vote, no school in their right mind would’ve let the kid play last night, but Memphis did. If he is ruled ineligible, which he probably will be, they could ban Memphis from the tournament.
How the school deals with the investigation will go along way in determining what the NCAA does. Yall do yourself a favor and watch Bilas’ interview from last night, where he explains the rules on it. Crazy stuff man
Wasn’t an impermissible benefit because 56 night snacks ate it before DJ got back to the crib.DJ Dallas just received an order from McDonalds which included an apple pie that he didn't pay for. The FBI has his house surrounded.
The impermissible benefit occurred before Penny was the Memphis HC. Now, that doesnt necessarily make it acceptable, but this entire thing stinks and smells of retaliation and retribution. If Hardaway wasnt the Memphis coach, this wouldnt be an issue and Wiseman wouldnt be having a problem.It wasnt “many years ago”, and the issue isnt that Penny is his coach.
The issue is that Penny, a booster, paid the family 11k to move to Memphis in 2017. This helped secure his committment.
The reason Penny was made head coach was bc he has no problem paying players, and is adept at doing so. His “incredible recruiting” is bc they pay kids.
Patrick Ewing who is a much greater player than Penny ever was, didnt recruit like this. And he actually coached in the NBA for years.
The naivety that Penny, a booster at a multiple time dirty school, is securing the number one class bc he is an ex player is laughable.
The impermissible benefit occurred before Penny was the Memphis HC. Now, that doesnt necessarily make it acceptable, but this entire thing stinks and smells of retaliation and retribution. If Hardaway wasnt the Memphis coach, this wouldnt be an issue and Wiseman wouldnt be having a problem.
And the Ewing comparison falls flat imo. Ewing -- who I was a fan of (liked Hakeem more tho) -- doesnt have anywhere near the cred or popularity as Penny, whose shoe just as an example is arguably the second most iconic after Jordans. Ewing will never be able to recruit on Penny's level.
No one believes Hardaway has to pay players to land a commitment, and that's part of the problem some have. They view his and potentially others star wattage as an unfair advantage. You heard similar gripes about Coach K when he was the Team USA Coach.
It's crazy that no one makes the argument you make in your last paragraph about #1 recruiting classes at dirty schools with Cal at UK, Self at Kansas (watch them skate on their current case), or William's at UNC. These schools have histories far more dirty than Memphis, and no one bats an eye when they pull in #1 classes.
I wonder why.
I literally posted an article stating exactly that.Pay attention.
It is irrelevant that Penny was or wasnt the HC.
A Memphis booster paid a kids family to move and then he committed to them. THAT is the infraction.
I peeped that;
But what I feel is that the government is getting a little sick & tired of the NCAA’s inconsistencies. The NCAA may forget that politicians are fans as well (and per my relative’s ex father in law who’s a former circuit judge, undercover boosters).
The NCAA have their bylaws, which is fine; but when your bylaws are applicable to some schools, and not others....that starts ****ing fans off. Although shady, but reports from a disgraced lawyer comes out about Zion getting paid to go to Duke. That investigation lasted all but 10 secs, and never heard about again.
B/c of all the attention this is getting, I’m hoping the NCAA is completely exposed. Either Emmert steps down and the NCAA gets back on the “relative” right track, or it gets disbanded is my wish.
You know, in this day and age of the corrupt NCAA, I don't blame any school for saying ***** the tournament if it comes to that.
With Dewan, we had no business not playing him in my opinion. We likely weren't going to have much a season anyway, and definitely not without him. Freakin play the kid until you are told he is ineligible and give up post season basketball that you weren't going to play in anyway.
That’s exactly right and I hope it gets exposed too. College sports used to be something really special before Emmert ruined it.
I just hope this vote is the ***** in the armor the NCAA needed to give some power back to the schools