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<blockquote data-quote="GTNavyNuke" data-source="post: 352808" data-attributes="member: 322"><p>Here's what Bloomberg had to say, duh ....... <span style="font-size: 9px"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-13/ncaa-proves-once-again-it-doesn-t-care-about-classes" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-13/ncaa-proves-once-again-it-doesn-t-care-about-classes</a></span> </p><p></p><p>"...... <em>What’s worse is that the <strong>NCAA has the gall to describe these fake classes as a “benefit” to the athletes</strong>. It was anything but. Crowder told investigators that she felt badly for those athletes who were clearly unqualified to do college-level work, and wanted to help them out. But she was actually depriving them of the one and only thing the university promised them in return for their labors on the playing fields: an education. <strong>Few scandals in the history of college sports have shined as bright a light on its moral bankruptcy as this one.</strong>"</em> </p><p></p><p>"<em>The NCAA’s decision to punt on the UNC scandal is likely to have serious antitrust implications. Over the years, the <strong>NCAA has successfully warded off legal antitrust attacks by stressing the alleged connection between amateurism and education. </strong>Most recently, in its <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/sports/ncaa-obannon-case-ruling-supreme-court.html" target="_blank">2015 O’Bannon decision</a>, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld a federal court decision that the NCAA’s amateurism rules violated the federal antitrust laws. But it then went on to say that any cash compensation received by the players had to be “tethered” to an educational mission. In other words, it bought the NCAA’s rationale.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Post O’Bannon, another antitrust case against the NCAA is slowly making its way through the courts. The Jenkins case -- named for former Clemson football player Martin Jenkins, who is the lead plaintiff -- is a full-frontal assault on the NCAA’s compensation limits. The lawyer bringing the case, Jeffrey Kessler, has built his career advocating for professional athletes; he helped bring about free agency in professional football. He contends that even with the 9th Circuit’s decision, he has a good chance of winning.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He certainly has a better chance after Friday. <strong>The NCAA’s abdication simply undercuts its primary defense: that the integration of academics and athletics are pro-competitive.</strong></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Anybody paying close attention has long known that’s not true. Now even federal judges are likely to see it.</em>"</p><p></p><p>May the NCAA rot in hell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTNavyNuke, post: 352808, member: 322"] Here's what Bloomberg had to say, duh ....... [SIZE=1][URL]https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-13/ncaa-proves-once-again-it-doesn-t-care-about-classes[/URL][/SIZE] "...... [I]What’s worse is that the [B]NCAA has the gall to describe these fake classes as a “benefit” to the athletes[/B]. It was anything but. Crowder told investigators that she felt badly for those athletes who were clearly unqualified to do college-level work, and wanted to help them out. But she was actually depriving them of the one and only thing the university promised them in return for their labors on the playing fields: an education. [B]Few scandals in the history of college sports have shined as bright a light on its moral bankruptcy as this one.[/B]"[/I] "[I]The NCAA’s decision to punt on the UNC scandal is likely to have serious antitrust implications. Over the years, the [B]NCAA has successfully warded off legal antitrust attacks by stressing the alleged connection between amateurism and education. [/B]Most recently, in its [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/sports/ncaa-obannon-case-ruling-supreme-court.html']2015 O’Bannon decision[/URL], the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld a federal court decision that the NCAA’s amateurism rules violated the federal antitrust laws. But it then went on to say that any cash compensation received by the players had to be “tethered” to an educational mission. In other words, it bought the NCAA’s rationale. Post O’Bannon, another antitrust case against the NCAA is slowly making its way through the courts. The Jenkins case -- named for former Clemson football player Martin Jenkins, who is the lead plaintiff -- is a full-frontal assault on the NCAA’s compensation limits. The lawyer bringing the case, Jeffrey Kessler, has built his career advocating for professional athletes; he helped bring about free agency in professional football. He contends that even with the 9th Circuit’s decision, he has a good chance of winning. He certainly has a better chance after Friday. [B]The NCAA’s abdication simply undercuts its primary defense: that the integration of academics and athletics are pro-competitive.[/B] Anybody paying close attention has long known that’s not true. Now even federal judges are likely to see it.[/I]" May the NCAA rot in hell. [/QUOTE]
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