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@huskymedic posted:
Along those lines, it’s not certain who are the “victims” of college basketball fraud. The player and his family receive financial compensation and the school he attends lands an elite recruit. The recruit then helps the school win games and generate revenue.
Say what?? It is very clear. The players are the victims. One recruit getting paid doesn't ensure fair compensation for all of them. If that wasn't the case, the school's would not have to worship at the feet of a false authority. They could just pay the players their worth and leave it at that. But they can't do that, because it would threaten the entire system, so what do they do instead? They do it under the table. That way the cash rolls in and they can continue to subsidize their other programs while pretending that all of their student-athletes are equal. Nostalgia is central to the sales pitch, from both the NCAA and the school. That can't happen with a system that is both fair and tenable. Which means...
The fans are also the victims. They are paying for an illegitimate product and getting no reimbursement. The NCAA and the school's are promoting one thing, selling you something else, and then keeping the money anyway while they begin the process of feckless moralizing and scapegoating.
And now, the coaches that work 80 hours a week slogging to AAU tournaments, studying film, and assigning elaborate workout programs will lose life-changing sums of
guaranteed money because they partook in a model that cannot be sustained without whispers and winks.
The NCAA and the school's are at fault. Everyone else is going to enjoy a handsome payout when all is said and done. I said it from day one that the Louisville case was a sham. Pitino should still be the coach there because he's worth every penny of the contract he signed and more. The other noises are skeletons in somebody else's closet.
