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- The boys finished Vacation Bible School tonight. They had a blast, but man, are they pooped.
- David Letterman’s not saying anything any tackier than the things any number of people were saying last fall. Why is it suddenly outrageous?
- I picked up some of these tip cards recently. I thought they’d be a good way to generate some critical thinking, until it occurred to me that most service people don’t pay federal income taxes anyway. Oh, well. I have them, so I’ll use them.
- Three years’ probation and 21 vacated wins. There is a lot to say here, and I’m not going to say most of it. Way to incentivize good faith self-reporting, NCAA.
- In his column today, Jay Nordlinger provided a marvelous list of works for the new classical music listener (as well as some clarity on the absurd notion that Che Guevara was a really nifty guy).
- Netflix is now offering some titles for instant streaming in HD. I tried it briefly tonight to see if I have the bandwidth, and I do. Yay!
- Saintseester and I were discussing the federally-owned car companies at lunch today, and remembering how controversial Chrysler Corporation’s 1980 government assistance was. But that was “only” $1.5 billion in loan guarantees (about $3.9 billion today). Doesn’t that seem quaint now—almost cute?
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3 years is nothing. They lost no scholarships and the trend has been to give those wins back. Besides, most Tide fans would rather forget those years anyway. Slap on the wrist and out for beers.
“Neither the football team nor any other sport lost postseason eligibility or scholarships.” I’m inclined to agree with BB_FAN, and think of the additional joke fodder: even after we fire the bum, Shula still manages to lose games for us!
The NCAA is a complete joke, but that aside, what would have been an appropriate response in your view? Upping the ridiculously small $43,900 fine?
As of Thursday, HR1207 has a majority of the U.S. House as cosponsors, and that doesn’t rate a mention in the Much-Vaunted Miscellanea? ?
If those violations had occurred at Clemson or NC State or Maryland the punishment would have been more severe. The difference is that the three schools mentioned above are not high-profile programs. The NCAA doesn’t dare jeopardize big money TV contracts for schools like Alabama (now that they have returned to the big-time). Look no farther than USC for proof. 15 or 20 years ago they would have come down on them like the fist of God for the Reggie Bush debacle. And they would deserve it.
On the other hand, what happened with the text books seems like a trivial thing in the grand scheme of big-time college athletics. Was it fraud? Yes. But I’m sure that no employees affiliated with the football program knew it was going on. I think the punishment fit the crime. What I don’t appreciate is the uneven dolling out of punishment for violations. I agree with Greg– the NCAA is a joke.
We should let the NCAA administer the national health care program. Ha ha ha.
I guess it’s about what I expected, though I’m not at all pleased at the length of the probation. Cheryl, I hear what you’re saying about the Alabamas and Ohio States of the world vs. the Clemsons and NC States, but whether we really are or not, it feels like we’re an errant Pepsi away from the death penalty until 2012.
And given that it’s self-reported, and without any coaching staff complicity, and leading to no advantage on the field, and remarkably minor compared to some other incidents that are apparently indefinitely “under investigation”…ah, hell, I said I wasn’t going to talk about it.
NCAA has had a hard on for prosecuting Bama since Dr. Jones got that massive slander settlement from them. We’ll live with them in our knickers for the foreseeable future. Shame they had to attack the Shula Era like that…vacate wins…hell, can we vacate a few years?