Petition to Overturn Men's Basketball Ban

[HuskyNationJE]

Hi fellow Boneyarders,

A few months ago, I started a petition to get the mens basketball ban overturned. It's unfair the way they are being punished for past APR scores that none of the current team had a part in. Since posting on boneyard, I got about 260 signatures in 2 days, but we need a lot more, so I'm going to all the forums and hoping people will sign, repost, Tweet, facebook, contact people they know, etc. We have about 2 weeks to get it done! Thanks!!!

http://www.change.org/petitions/nat...ciation-ncaa-overturn-ban-on-uconn-basketball

 

[Jimdish255]

Hi fellow Boneyarders,

A few months ago, I started a petition to get the mens basketball ban overturned. It's unfair the way they are being punished for past APR scores that none of the current team had a part in. Since posting on boneyard, I got about 260 signatures in 2 days, but we need a lot more, so I'm going to all the forums and hoping people will sign, repost, Tweet, facebook, contact people they know, etc. We have about 2 weeks to get it done! Thanks!!!

http://www.change.org/petitions/nat...ciation-ncaa-overturn-ban-on-uconn-basketball

Post it everywhere.

 

[HuskyNationJE]

Post it everywhere.

I've put it on here in Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Football and the Big East Realignment. I've tweeted it at people like Mike Wilbon, PTI, Dick Vitale, Kevin Ollie, the players, Joe Lunardi, everyone. None of those people acknowledged it. I need to get in touch with the NCAA as the next stop apparently, but I can't find a way to get in touch with them. I e-mailed Mark Emmerts office a few weeks back but got nothing. I feel we could get the signatures, but we need the right people to let it pass.

 

[thatguyed]

Nice thought but where's that graphic of the dead horse again?

 

[freescooter]

give it a rest. The NCAA isn't budging...besides, if they bought your argument, they could never punish any team for rules violations. Given the nature of college sports, basketball in particular, you never have the same guys, so you always punish at least some folks who had nothing to do with the problem.

 

[HuskyNationJE]

or you

give it a rest. The NCAA isn't budging...besides, if they bought your argument, they could never punish any team for rules violations. Given the nature of college sports, basketball in particular, you never have the same guys, so you always punish at least some folks who had nothing to do with the problem.

you could punish a school or a program, not just the players. Take away a recruit, suspend players who have bad scores. There are other options. Didn't think I'd find a UConn fan against this.

 

[Jimdish255]

give it a rest. The NCAA isn't budging...besides, if they bought your argument, they could never punish any team for rules violations. Given the nature of college sports, basketball in particular, you never have the same guys, so you always punish at least some folks who had nothing to do with the problem.

It's retroactively changing the punishment for past transgressions that is the issue. As far as the dead horse is concerned, the tourney hasn't started yet and hundreds of peeps and millions of others seem to have plenty of time to post all day long here and on Facebook. Plenty of time to beat other "dead horses" on this board so maybe they can spare a moment to try to revive this one.

 

[HuskyNationJE]

It's retroactively changing the punishment for past transgressions that is the issue. As far as the dead horse is concerned, the tourney hasn't started yet and hundreds of peeps and millions of others seem to have plenty of time to post all day long here and on Facebook. Plenty of time to beat other "dead horses" on this board so maybe they can spare a moment to try to revive this one.

I feel like we need it done before the Big East Tourney starts, but if not, there's still a little time after for March Madness. If we make a strong push over the next week or so, crazier things have happened!

 

[freescooter]

I'm not opposed to trying, but I guess I mean don't get your hopes up. The "ex post facto" nature of the punishment is a much better argument, but one UConn itself seems to have ditched for some reason. Susan Herbst herself has pretty much ignored that one, which leads me to think that either she supported it or she just knows the NCAA isn't hearing it. But the one everyone has landed on is exceedingly weak. If you buy that one, then the NCAA can never punish any school for anything. USC and Reggie Bush? Well why should the team after Bush left be banned form bowls? They didn't get houses and cars. Tatoogate at Ohio State? Those players and coaches are gone. Can't ban Ohio State from bowl games now. See what I mean? It is an argument that would result in the NCAA never being able to enforce any rule or punish any school with significant violations.