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Some one at the NCAA is after UConn no matter what. Mark Emmert? This is beyond my imagination.
 
jleves said:
Not really. In some of her interviews she said she wants to play PG for UConn. Having the coach call her to congratulate her isn't like JC calling someone to say great interception. Gino should really know better (and probably does and doesn't care. He made his point and got a minor reprimand). If Coach K or the Squid called a little league pitcher who said he wanted to play PG for Duke or UK, many of you would be apoplectic.
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I'm sorry but that is just totally bogus. If some little leaguer, whose ability to even play D1 basketball in the future was a total unknown at this point, said his dream was to play for one of those schools and K or the Squid called them, I'd hazard a guess that almost all of us would go, "oh, okay" and then move on. Don't try and make this into a bigger thing than it is.
 
Reports say that it was not a school from the AAC or the ACC. Also, it was not MD. That was yesterday.

Reports are now surfacing that it was an AAC school. So who knows.

It is now clear that regardless of what rules it publishes, the NCAA will interpret the rules to suit their or somebody else's agenda.

What I would like to see in print is:
1. Who wrote the ruling.
2. Who made the complaint.
3. Is Emmert behind this.
 
huskeynut said:
Reports say that it was not a school from the AAC or the ACC. Also, it was not MD. That was yesterday.

Reports are now surfacing that it was an AAC school. So who knows.

It is now clear that regardless of what rules it publishes, the NCAA will interpret the rules to suit their or somebody else's agenda.

What I would like to see in print is:
1. Who wrote the ruling.
2. Who made the complaint.
3. Is Emmert behind this.
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Does anyone remember what Emmert's beef with the school is in the first place? I thought it had to do with Calhoun, but I really don't recall.

He may not actually have a vendetta, but these coincidences (if they are in fact that) are to numerous to go unnoticed.
 
Husky25 said:
Does anyone remember what Emmert's beef with the school is in the first place? I thought it had to do with Calhoun, but I really don't recall.

He may not actually have a vendetta, but these coincidences (if they are in fact that) are to numerous to go unnoticed.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...dent-emmert-previous-cases-uconn-lsu/2047607/

Six years after Mark Emmert left his job at the University of Connecticut, the governor of Connecticut ordered an investigation into a massive construction project on campus that had been ravaged by scandal, including more than $100 million lost because of mismanagement.

To find out where things went wrong, the investigators looked at old papers of Emmert, who once supervised the project as UConn's chancellor. They soon found a bombshell.

Memos from 1998-99 showed that Emmert and two other top UConn officials knew about the construction project's big problems then, but failed to disclose them to the school's board of trustees or the state legislature.

The other two officials ultimately resigned after being placed on leave. The third — Emmert — went on to become president of the NCAA.
 
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itgoeslike said:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...dent-emmert-previous-cases-uconn-lsu/2047607/

Six years after Mark Emmert left his job at the University of Connecticut, the governor of Connecticut ordered an investigation into a massive construction project on campus that had been ravaged by scandal, including more than $100 million lost because of mismanagement.

To find out where things went wrong, the investigators looked at old papers of Emmert, who once supervised the project as UConn's chancellor. They soon found a bombshell.

Memos from 1998-99 showed that Emmert and two other top UConn officials knew about the construction project's big problems then, but failed to disclose them to the school's board of trustees or the state legislature.

The other two officials ultimately resigned after being placed on leave. The third — Emmert — went on to become president of the NCAA.
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So I guess "coincidences" was indeed the wrong word, huh?

Sounds like the Army. No offense intended to our current or past servicemen, but I say that only by recalling a scene in Band of Brothers (both the mini-series and book), where Captain Sobel was overseeing the picking up / dropping off supplies and the Easy Company NCO's and privates from Tocoa were all commenting. A replacement asked who he was and what happened to him. The response? "He got promoted." In both the book and mini-series, Sobel was portrayed as an incompetent leader who relied on fear with little encouragement (In contract to Major Winters).
 
#1 trending story on facebook...can't wait to find out who it was.
 
It would be nice to see reporters question why it takes less than 24 hours to hand down a ruling on an issue of this nature when it involves UConn, but then takes several years (to never) to resolve $100K credit accounts, fake classes/grades, wide spread corruption/payoffs, etc.
 
Funny thing is that all the blowback is going to help Geno's recruiting. Not that he needs any help.
 
The girl was a popular public figure who looks up to UConn with high admiration. It was in no way a recruiting call, but congratulatory.

Whatever Geno did that was supposedly 'against regulations', the NCAA should have handled this matter privately. No need to make a public spectacle out of this, but as posters stated its UConn.
 
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itgoeslike said:
Six years after Mark Emmert left his job at the University of Connecticut, the governor of Connecticut ordered an investigation into a massive construction project on campus that had been ravaged by scandal, including more than $100 million lost because of mismanagement.

To find out where things went wrong, the investigators looked at old papers of Emmert, who once supervised the project as UConn's chancellor. They soon found a bombshell.

Memos from 1998-99 showed that Emmert and two other top UConn officials knew about the construction project's big problems then, but failed to disclose them to the school's board of trustees or the state legislature.

The other two officials ultimately resigned after being placed on leave. The third — Emmert — went on to become president of the NCAA.
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IIRC, there was a little bad blood exactly at the time of his leaving as well. I just can't remember the exact circumstances.

That's not the only scandal either. Slippery duckcker. Zero surprise he's head of the NCAA.

The case fits a pattern for Emmert. Rightly or wrongly, he has a history of dodging blame in scandals that have festered on his campuses, sometimes moving on to a more lucrative job before their full extent becomes known. Now as the top cop in college sports, he has talked tough, calling for more integrity in college sports and cracking down on wayward programs, including those that failed to blow the whistle, such as Penn State and Miami. But in his previous positions, Emmert has drawn criticism for not moving nearly as aggressively against problems that occurred under his watch. An investigation by USA TODAY Sports found:
 
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intlzncster said:
IIRC, there was a little bad blood exactly at the time of his leaving as well. I just can't remember the exact circumstances.

That's not the only scandal either. Slippery duckcker. Zero surprise he's head of the NCAA.

The case fits a pattern for Emmert. Rightly or wrongly, he has a history of dodging blame in scandals that have festered on his campuses, sometimes moving on to a more lucrative job before their full extent becomes known. Now as the top cop in college sports, he has talked tough, calling for more integrity in college sports and cracking down on wayward programs, including those that failed to blow the whistle, such as Penn State and Miami. But in his previous positions, Emmert has drawn criticism for not moving nearly as aggressively against problems that occurred under his watch. An investigation by USA TODAY Sports found:
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So basically he's the administrative version of John Calipari.
 
intlzncster said:
IIRC, there was a little bad blood exactly at the time of his leaving as well. I just can't remember the exact circumstances.

That's not the only scandal either. Slippery duckcker. Zero surprise he's head of the NCAA.

The case fits a pattern for Emmert. Rightly or wrongly, he has a history of dodging blame in scandals that have festered on his campuses, sometimes moving on to a more lucrative job before their full extent becomes known. Now as the top cop in college sports, he has talked tough, calling for more integrity in college sports and cracking down on wayward programs, including those that failed to blow the whistle, such as Penn State and Miami. But in his previous positions, Emmert has drawn criticism for not moving nearly as aggressively against problems that occurred under his watch. An investigation by USA TODAY Sports found:
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He had big scandals at both LSU and Washington. He helped sweep Roc Alexander's rapes under the rug at UW.
 
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Didn't realize this but from this article, it says she met Maya Moore and Diana Taurasi.
Seems like UConn is putting on the full court squeeze on this girl!
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If there wasn't any Wendy's involved, it wasn't their full court squeeze (press?).
 
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Horatio said:
Ok. So Geno calls an eighth grader that pitches in the LLWS and dreams of playing point guard at Uconn. He gets a violation from NCAA. I get it.
But why is it ok for the same eighth grader to throw out a pitch for a MLB
franchise and then have an arranged meeting with Maya Moore and Britney Griner, two pro athletes . I'm confused?
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Except he didn't call her. He called the LLWS staff and they said, she's here not let us put her on.
 
If she was an eighth grader at Geno Auriema basketball game...
 
Jacobs actually wrote a great column today about this. It is rediculous. So ridiculous that it doesn't hurt us at all and pushes NCAA favorability below that of Congress.
 
David 76 said:
Jacobs actually wrote a great column today about this. It is rediculous. So ridiculous that it doesn't hurt us at all and pushes NCAA favorability below that of Congress.
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I read it out loud to my wife. The entire time she was shaking her head and mumbling, "ridiculous." She is an alum and she'll watch big games, but UConn sports are not the appointment event(s) they are for me.
 
So let me ask you this.

Say a 14 yr old girl has a YouTube video go viral because she throws down a huge dunk on a playground. After she throws it down, she says "I want to go to uconn!" And after the national media picks it up, Geno calls her.

Is that a violation?
 
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If that happened it would be different. She is 13, became momentarily famous for baseball and showed no basketball skill in what made her famous.
But technically, your scenario would be a violation reinforcing how the NCAA would rather focus on minutiae and ignore Penn State, UNC and P-5 issues
Jacobs used the example of a young girl with cancer who says she wants to recover and play at ND. Should Muffet call her? Of course. Would it be a violation? I guess. But a complaint probably would not be filed.
 
Deepster said:
So let me ask you this.

Say a 14 yr old girl has a YouTube video go viral because she throws down a huge dunk on a playground. After she throws it down, she says "I want to go to uconn!" And after the national media picks it up, Geno calls her.

Is that a violation?
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It depends. But that isn't a good analogy. LL is for 11-12 yo kids. If she was 14 (in HS), and it was within recruiting times, he could make that call (I think).
 
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