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<blockquote data-quote="crut" data-source="post: 583808" data-attributes="member: 3240"><p>Never got around to responding to this... And I don't have specific solutions, but maybe just some food for thought can help the conversation. Feel free to tear these ideas apart:</p><p></p><p><strong>Problem 1: Incidents where a school/coach/etc has been found (with significant evidence) to have broken NCAA rules are not getting punished</strong></p><p>I have a general understanding of NCAA investigations that have been going on, but certainly not all the specifics. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems in some of the latest cases schools have lawyered up and the NCAA appears to back down. Why is that? The conspiracy theorists would argue that it's because they don't want to damage their money making schools. But (as an example) LSU basketball getting totally wrecked by the NCAA isn't going to lessen the amount of money the NCAA makes. Almost all their money comes from the NCAA Basketball Tournament. LSU not being in that wouldn't impact it a bit, so I'm skeptical of that explanation. Maybe they don't have money in the budget to fight back? Who knows. </p><p></p><p><strong>General Solution:</strong> Create significantly more transparancy on regulations and rulings. Why, specifically, did GT get 'X' penalty for this violation, but LSU got no penalty for 'Y' violation? Create an agreement between schools that a) these are the types of violations, b) these are the specific penalties when you commit that type of violation, and c) This is a report showing after you committed a violation, why it fell under whatever type of violation</p><p>They already have similar metrics, but the fact that no one has any clue how it works and that there is no consistency means there could be significant improvements to this system.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Problem 2: Schools aren't afraid of the NCAA's punishments</strong></p><p>Right now, cheating is more of a reward to many programs than the idea of whatever punishment will come from the NCAA for that violation. From my eyes, the main reason is money. Win championships, and you will make bank, so who cares if you get caught breaking the rules trying... it is worth the attempt.</p><p></p><p><strong>General Solution:</strong> Make the idea of facing consequences from the NCAA scarier. Revoked wins, championships, and scholarships isn't all that scary. Money is scary. Maybe the schools come together and sign an agreement allowing the NCAA to impose fines. These fines would vary based on the severity of an infraction. Also, to maintain the NCAA as a non-profit, these earnings can be doled out to rivals schools evenly...maybe by conference. So if FSU gets caught cheating and gets fined $1 million, that gets split evenly between the other ACC schools.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Problem 3: From the super-elite athlete's perspective, allowing schools to cheat is more rewarding than not.</strong></p><p>In the current system, the 1% of athletes who get paid SIGNIFICANTLY under the table are rewarded for allowing that system to take place. </p><p></p><p>General Solution: Haven't thought of a great idea for solving this problem yet, but just as a general premise the NCAA needs to find a way to make it better for these athletes to discourage the systematic cheating. An off-the-wall idea is to reward athletes who provide evidence they were offered or given money. This could combine with the idea for problem 2 in the following scenario: Athlete 'X' is given $200,000. NCAA program offers $200,000 to athlete upon graduation from an accredited school (not the one that provided the impermissible benefits) and then fines the school the same amount to fund that, and then throws sanctions on top of it (less scholarships allowed, revoked wins, etc). In this scenario, the school's ability to sway a recruit with money is less powerful. Schools are doubly discouraged from trying to pay athletes (run the risk of not getting the athlete, and also have a monetary+other punishment).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crut, post: 583808, member: 3240"] Never got around to responding to this... And I don't have specific solutions, but maybe just some food for thought can help the conversation. Feel free to tear these ideas apart: [B]Problem 1: Incidents where a school/coach/etc has been found (with significant evidence) to have broken NCAA rules are not getting punished[/B] I have a general understanding of NCAA investigations that have been going on, but certainly not all the specifics. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems in some of the latest cases schools have lawyered up and the NCAA appears to back down. Why is that? The conspiracy theorists would argue that it's because they don't want to damage their money making schools. But (as an example) LSU basketball getting totally wrecked by the NCAA isn't going to lessen the amount of money the NCAA makes. Almost all their money comes from the NCAA Basketball Tournament. LSU not being in that wouldn't impact it a bit, so I'm skeptical of that explanation. Maybe they don't have money in the budget to fight back? Who knows. [B]General Solution:[/B] Create significantly more transparancy on regulations and rulings. Why, specifically, did GT get 'X' penalty for this violation, but LSU got no penalty for 'Y' violation? Create an agreement between schools that a) these are the types of violations, b) these are the specific penalties when you commit that type of violation, and c) This is a report showing after you committed a violation, why it fell under whatever type of violation They already have similar metrics, but the fact that no one has any clue how it works and that there is no consistency means there could be significant improvements to this system. [B]Problem 2: Schools aren't afraid of the NCAA's punishments[/B] Right now, cheating is more of a reward to many programs than the idea of whatever punishment will come from the NCAA for that violation. From my eyes, the main reason is money. Win championships, and you will make bank, so who cares if you get caught breaking the rules trying... it is worth the attempt. [B]General Solution:[/B] Make the idea of facing consequences from the NCAA scarier. Revoked wins, championships, and scholarships isn't all that scary. Money is scary. Maybe the schools come together and sign an agreement allowing the NCAA to impose fines. These fines would vary based on the severity of an infraction. Also, to maintain the NCAA as a non-profit, these earnings can be doled out to rivals schools evenly...maybe by conference. So if FSU gets caught cheating and gets fined $1 million, that gets split evenly between the other ACC schools. [B]Problem 3: From the super-elite athlete's perspective, allowing schools to cheat is more rewarding than not.[/B] In the current system, the 1% of athletes who get paid SIGNIFICANTLY under the table are rewarded for allowing that system to take place. General Solution: Haven't thought of a great idea for solving this problem yet, but just as a general premise the NCAA needs to find a way to make it better for these athletes to discourage the systematic cheating. An off-the-wall idea is to reward athletes who provide evidence they were offered or given money. This could combine with the idea for problem 2 in the following scenario: Athlete 'X' is given $200,000. NCAA program offers $200,000 to athlete upon graduation from an accredited school (not the one that provided the impermissible benefits) and then fines the school the same amount to fund that, and then throws sanctions on top of it (less scholarships allowed, revoked wins, etc). In this scenario, the school's ability to sway a recruit with money is less powerful. Schools are doubly discouraged from trying to pay athletes (run the risk of not getting the athlete, and also have a monetary+other punishment). [/QUOTE]
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