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Former NBA player Jalen Rose wants to see college players finally get more than a free education for putting their bodies through pain and long journeys just to help make the NCAA a billion dollar organization.
According to social media, Rose believes NCAA players should boycott the upcoming March Madness tournament in an effort to deliver a clear message.
https://twitter.com/AdamReisinger/status/967241688161898496
This past weekend, Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy called out the NCAA over multiple publicized corrupt money-grubbing scandals.
Over the course of seven minutes early Sunday, Van Gundy blistered who he thinks are the real culprits of the scandal — the NCAA and college presidents. “The NCAA is one of the worst organizations — maybe the worst organization — in sports,” Van Gundy said. “They certainly don’t care about the athlete. They’re going to act like they’re appalled by all these things going on in college basketball. Please, it’s ridiculous and it’s all coming down on the coaches.” (Detroit Free Press)
As of late, the FBI has targeted a handful of top-tier colleges and universities for players possibly violating the league’s rules.
Players from more than 20 Division I men’s basketball programs have been identified as possibly breaking NCAA rules through violations that were uncovered by the FBI’s investigation into corruption in the sport, according to documents published by Yahoo! Sports. Schools identified by Yahoo! as having players who possibly violated NCAA rules include Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan State, USC and Kansas. At least 25 players are linked to impermissible benefits, including Michigan State’s Miles Bridges, Alabama’s Collin Sexton and Duke’s Wendell Carter. (ESPN)
Last fall, buzz developed over Adidas getting linked into a criminal investigation surrounding teams like University of Louisville’s ex-coach Rick Pitino.
Three federal criminal complaints released in September detailed some aspects of the process: Coaches, financial advisers, agents and the shoe company allegedly working together to control a prospect’s basketball career and business dealings for their own enrichment. Ten men were criminally charged. The revelations helped bring down University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich and continue to cause widespread shockwaves in college basketball, threatening the NCAA and perhaps legal trouble for more colleges. (Courier-Journal)
Ridiculous that tha NCAA & everyone from coaches, Athletic Directors, Colleges and Universities & Corporations make Millions off what these players do & all they get is a free Education… These guys see fans wearing jerseys w/they name and number on it, buying tickets to games & buying apparel for teams they make popular and don’t see no coin… #NCAABoycott4sho #StopthaMadness
Guess a free education means nothing? That’s b.s. I wish my son could have all expenses paid education with a monthly stipend. Even with great grades you get barely anything. Yet now since players and admn get busted we should ”fix” the problem by paying student athletes?? That’s ridiculous. How about making education more affordable for everyone. There’s is paid for.
I got ur free Education, Would u work for a corporation making BILLIONs per year and accept a free car and enuff gas to get u to & from work instead of a salary? A free education is not fair compensation when you look at the REVENUE the NCAA enjoys… Take a look at MARCH Madness, it brings in Advertising revenue like the NBA playoffs but tha athletes get free education instead of Money… I’ve been sayin students deserve proper financial compensation since FAB 5 days
Not a good comparison. It’s called the difference between amateur and professional athletes. Should they get a larger stipend for food and expenses? Probably and I am okay with that. NBA can spend money on their development league and pay players to bypass college and go directly pro since the education piece doesn’t matter anyway.
Fantastic comparison! If u work for a successful company that sees billions in profits, your going to ask for a raise because you feel as tho you contribute to its success (unless ur a moron)….
Tha NCAA, is an outdated & corrupt institution, It’s exploiting tha amateur status of athletes but is run like a Professional league. Even the Olympics, which is also a organization for amateur athletes, has bent it’s rules to allow professionals to compete and amateurs to profit from corporate sponsorship.
Don’t look to tha NBA for answers, they part of the problem by not accepting players directly from High School (anymore) basically forcing them to college. It’s a system similar to indentured servitude. In order to gain passage to the NBA they are forced into 1 year of service with tha NCAA