The NCAA is so ass backwards it's ridiculous. I love how we get banned for education issues from years passed, but all this other ridiculous garbage is overlooked. Kids who are having academic issues this year like Sutherland at Syracuse, are given temporary suspensions but are allowed back to play. All these recruiting violations where teams just lose scholarships, or the player who was illegally recruited sits a couple of games and then the NCAA overturns it, but UConn, who has a roster full of players who had NOTHING to do with the cause for their ban are facing a season long punishment. Even things like the Xavier/Cincinnati fight from last year. All these players get into a huge brawl, swing at coaches and each other and the biggest suspension is 6 games. What kind of example is that? So if you have good grades, you can be a thug on the courts? What kind of example does this set for the future collegiate athletes? Fighting is acceptable with a slap on the wrist, but academic issues from the past are unacceptable? They should fire Mark Emmert for something a past NCAA president did, and then when he asks why, tell him he's being punished for mistakes of his predecessors. Sorry everyone, but this topic gets me worked up seeing our Huskies sitting out for ridiculous reasons. I started a petition months back to get the ban overturned, but could only get like 40 signatures. We could and should be in the tournament this year and I feel we could make a decent run as well.
