NCAA Foolishness Thread

[mtangelsfan]

Here is my submission:

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/believe-not-washing-car-university-water-ncaa-violation-201607788.html

 

A female athelete penalized for washing her car on campus with "university water".

[nate]

What an appalling violation.  The NCAA should suspend her for the season and force her to repay the $1 of water she used.

 

NCAA is a joke.

[Vernster52]

They actually valued the use of the hose and water at $20 and required her to pay it back.

[stevestevens]

I am so sick of these athletes thinking they are above everyone.

[gotbeer]

She should wear a bikini, and charge $30 for each car washed.  

 

Wait, then the NCAA will say she made $10 and take that too.  Dammit.

[AngelsLongBall]

Save me Jeebus.  Common sense is dead in this country

[halobob]

I hate the NCAA.  With the way things are going I can see another organization stepping in within a the next couple decades to run college athletics.

[RallyMo]

I hate the NCAA, too.

 

Cal clearly would have won a major bowl in 2002 if not for the unfair postseason ban.

[RallyMo]

...not that I was a Cal fan in 2002.

[Tank]

What kind of world do we live in where washing your car with a hose is valued at $20 and is an extra benefits violation for a college kid?

Meanwhile, boosters still seem to have unfettered access.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Here is my submission:

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/believe-not-washing-car-university-water-ncaa-violation-201607788.html

 

A female athelete penalized for washing her car on campus with "university water".

 

Hey, that's a powerful recruiting incentive. That probably dictated her choice of school.

 

Every time I believe that the NCAA has made the most asinine decision they could possibly make, they top themselves. We might as well shut down every sport everywhere, because athletes shower after competitions using university water and showers, which aren't available to regular students.

[Brandon]

I think what I learned here is I am getting great value from the Mexicans washing my car.

[mtangelsfan]

As long as they aren't using Mexican water, then your car would be leaking fluids all the time.

[LBHalos17]

NCAA is hilarious with their draconian ruling...

This illegal-theft-of-water/University Services is just another example of their insanity.  We used to wash our cars at the dorms at LB St. all the time; maybe that's why I never made it to the water polo Major Leagues. 

[Chris Voivedich]

Keeping The BCS: 4 Reasons Why College Football Playoffs Are Dumb

 

 

http://sportsfansnews.com/cfb/keeping-the-bcs-4-reasons-why-college-football-playoffs-are-dumb/

 

[Vernster52]

Keeping The BCS: 4 Reasons Why College Football Playoffs Are Dumb

 

 

http://sportsfansnews.com/cfb/keeping-the-bcs-4-reasons-why-college-football-playoffs-are-dumb/

 

 

Troll

[nando714]

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/june/oregon+former+head+coach+failed+to+monitor+football+program

Forcing Oregon to wear 1 home/away jersey and forcing them to huddle would have hurt more

Gotta love the ncaa

[nate]

nando, you can blame Garrett for the USC sanctions.  Oregon was very forth comming and cooperative with the NCAA investigators, they admitted to the violations right away.

 

USC was combative to the very end.

[Lifetime]

"NCAA spokswoman Dana Thomas emailed Thursday that her organization did not participate in the decision and does not consider the car wash to have been an extra benefits violation. Asked why the golfer was penalized, Thomas said "it seems there was a miscommunication at some level" and the WCC is working with the school to clarify."

 

So this wasn't a NCAA thing, it was a stupid school official that originally reported it asan extra benefits violation and WAC that agreed and fined her. 

[nando714]

nando, you can blame Garrett for the USC sanctions. Oregon was very forth comming and cooperative with the NCAA investigators, they admitted to the violations right away.

USC was combative to the very end.

I know

& Paul Dee

[James]

Seems that someone overreacted on the car wash thing, but I wouldnt call that person stupid. The NCAA has created such an atmosphere where overreactions will occur out of fear.

[Lifetime]

WAC over reached. The school official reporting it over reacted but that is somewhat understandable since everyone is on edge about violations, but WAC confirming it and charging her, was stupid. 

[GuliblGuy]

What a gross misappropriation of water.  Who does she think she is, a fireman??

 

And I think the Oregon punishment is fine...it was their recruiting people they hired, not them directly.

[jshep]

http://www.dnj.com/article/20130818/SPORTS/308180046/Red-shirt-White-Blue-Marine-fighting-eligibility-play-MTSU-season

 

Rhodes, an Antioch native, finished his five years of active service in the Marines this summer, when he called MTSU coaches in hopes of landing a spot as a walk-on player for the Blue Raiders. They happily granted the request of the athletic 6-foot-3, 240-pound Marine sergeant. He has played both tight end and defensive end thus far in preseason camp.

 

But not long after arriving on campus, Rhodes was told that his participation in a military-only recreational football league in 2012 would hinder his immediate eligibility to play Division I college football, per an NCAA rule.

 

Despite his age, military service and complete lack of college football experience, Rhodes must take a mandatory redshirt and not play a single game for MTSU this season.

 

Rhodes was shocked by the news. He knew what that recreational league was. It was not pay-for-play. It was not highly competitive. It was not even well organized.

[stevestevens]

I read that today jshep, good to see them keeping all the cheaters and liars out of the game