With all of the discussion about the NCAA

Oct 30, 2014, 1:00 PM

I can't help but think that the rules governing recruitment and treatment of athletes have become so burdensome that it is difficult to navigate. (Similar to the IRS!) Some things are obviously wrong and we all know these things have happened over the years to influence recruits. For example, I heard a big UGA booster bragging about his hand in making sure the Dawgs won the services of Herschel Walker over Clemson by collecting cash and meeting someone on the interstate to hand over the bag money. Also, everyone at Clemson in the 70's saw some of the basketball players driving new Monte Carlos. I've also heard football players at small schools talk about boosters shaking their hands and palming them a $20. I am very proud that Clemson has not been implicated in any serious wrong doing in many years and I am proud that Coach Swinney is dedicated to doing things "the right way." But please, for the love of football, can't someone give an athlete a bottled water at a tailgate? Any self respecting mom would do that for any student! Remember the young man trying to raise his brother that had to get special permission for coaches' wives to give the young boy a ride? I find it all very complicated and it seems the only time schools get any penalties are for things they self report, so where is the NCAA over site? I suspect UNC will suffer no consequences for their 18 years of gaming the system. I don't care about vacating championships; that seems silly. But they should have consequences for a set number of years for breaking the rules. I sure would hate to be a compliance officer at a major university. Sorry for the rant. I feel better now. Go Tigers!

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I can't help but think that the rules governing recruitment and treatment of athletes have become so burdensome that it is difficult to navigate. (Similar to the IRS!) Some things are obviously wrong and we all know these things have happened over the years to influence recruits.

For example, I heard a big UGA booster bragging about his hand in making sure the Dawgs won the services of Herschel Walker over Clemson by collecting cash and meeting someone on the interstate to hand over the bag money.

Also, everyone at Clemson in the 70's saw some of the basketball players driving new Monte Carlos. I've also heard football players at small schools talk about boosters shaking their hands and palming them a $20.

I am very proud that Clemson has not been implicated in any serious wrong doing in many years and I am proud that Coach Swinney is dedicated to doing things "the right way." But please, for the love of football, can't someone give an athlete a bottled water at a tailgate? Any self respecting mom would do that for any student! Remember the young man trying to raise his brother that had to get special permission for coaches' wives to give the young boy a ride?

I find it all very complicated and it seems the only time schools get any penalties are for things they self report, so where is the NCAA over site? I suspect UNC will suffer no consequences for their 18 years of gaming the system.

I don't care about vacating championships; that seems silly. But they should have consequences for a set number of years for breaking the rules. I sure would hate to be a compliance officer at a major university. Sorry for the rant. I feel better now. Go Tigers!

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With all of the discussion about the NCAA

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I think what's important here is not the bottle of water...

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