🏈 NCAA shows schools like Alabama too valuable for severe penalties

[252BAMA]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The NCAA placed Alabama on three years' probation for misuse of free textbooks

While 'Bama is open for the death penalty, it seems the NCAA has forgone using it

With billion dollar TV contracts, major schools are too valuable for harsh penalties


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/06/11/alabama.penalty/index.html?eref=T1

 

[Nate]

This guy is a moron...

 

[c5vetman]

This guy is a moron...

Obviously, look who he writes for

 

[TerryP]

I don't see a thing wrong with what he's putting out here.

I said a few times here already, if Shula was still out coach we'd have been hit harder because the "brand" (Alabama football) wouldn't be as big or strong as it is now with Saban in charge.

I see comments from fans about USC deserving the death penalty. BS. That would be bad for college football.

We had a lot riding in our favor here. You may not want to admit it, or may not have taken time to consider it, but it is the truth.

Especially now with Myles Brand on his crusade about the need for more revenue from NCAA sports in this economic time.

 

[musso]

so basically Alabama is too big to fail? at last, i finally approve this argument. :lol:

 

[TidePride50]

I don't see a thing wrong with what he's putting out here.

I said a few times here already, if Shula was still out coach we'd have been hit harder because the "brand" (Alabama football) wouldn't be as big or strong as it is now with Saban in charge.

I see comments from fans about USC deserving the death penalty. BS. That would be bad for college football.

We had a lot riding in our favor here. You may not want to admit it, or may not have taken time to consider it, but it is the truth.

Especially now with Myles Brand on his crusade about the need for more revenue from NCAA sports in this economic time.

I agree. I think it could have been a lot worse.

 

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

Cash rules everything around me, CREAM, get the money, dolla dolla bills ya'll.

 

[firestorm]

I don't see a thing wrong with what he's putting out here.

I said a few times here already, if Shula was still out coach we'd have been hit harder because the "brand" (Alabama football) wouldn't be as big or strong as it is now with Saban in charge.

I see comments from fans about USC deserving the death penalty. BS. That would be bad for college football.

We had a lot riding in our favor here. You may not want to admit it, or may not have taken time to consider it, but it is the truth.

Especially now with Myles Brand on his crusade about the need for more revenue from NCAA sports in this economic time.

Agreed, I don't see nothing bad on that article as well, and from my point of view, that columnist just hit the nail on the head...

Neither powerhorse nor great programs are gonna be turned by the death penalty or something disastrous like that, because of the TV and commercial agreements. And if someday happens, it's going to be terrific for the college football game. Just think how you would deal that tumultuous decision if you're the chairman of one of those great tv networks, for example.

RTR,

 

[252BAMA]

I don't see a thing wrong with what he's putting out here.

I said a few times here already, if Shula was still out coach we'd have been hit harder because the "brand" (Alabama football) wouldn't be as big or strong as it is now with Saban in charge.

I see comments from fans about USC deserving the death penalty. BS. That would be bad for college football.

We had a lot riding in our favor here. You may not want to admit it, or may not have taken time to consider it, but it is the truth.

Especially now with Myles Brand on his crusade about the need for more revenue from NCAA sports in this economic time.

Terry,
You are so right. Very few of them have gotten it completely right. Only one that I know of, Dennis Dodd, has gotten it completely wrong.

 

[TerryP]

Terry,
You are so right. Very few of them have gotten it completely right. Only one that I know of, Dennis Dodd, has gotten it completely wrong.

I saw that link and as soon as I realized you'd stumbled on a Dodd article I moved on from that thread.

After hearing the teleconference and the ensuing questions yesterday I knew we wouldn't see any Pulitzer prize considerations coming from most of the media today.

 

[TidePride50]

Cash rules everything around me, CREAM, get the money, dolla dolla bills ya'll.

Wu-Tang Wu-Tang.

 

[CtrlAltDel]

This particular writer is merely hiding his contempt better than most. Most of them on a national level are not trying to hide their disgust with Alabama's light punishment.

The roundtable deal at ESPN where all of them basically say Alabama should have been dealt with more severely. They didn't outright say it but, they insinuated it.

Writers all over seem a little disappointed; that is what I am getting from it. Scarbinsky needs to join Finebaum, they both have the same style. Scarbinsky is scathing in his article about 'Bama.

So many, a whole lot, rival fans of several different programs were highly disappointed. They are crestfallen and distraught; sadness has replaced anticipation.

Even Fiutak, the writer that created a very good defense of 'Bama and actually seemed sincere, was just a day ago kind of saying that the NCAA either needed to sack 'Bama or leave us alone.

Overall, taking into account all 3 or 4 different type of media and what their writers and anchors and sportscasters, etc... have said, is it wrong of me to assume that there seems to be a nationwide tinge of disappointment? It is a feeling I immediately had. Does anyone feel the same?

The title of the piece is also smug & superior.

 

[bamarooski]

This particular writer is merely hiding his contempt better than most. Most of them on a national level are not trying to hide their disgust with Alabama's light punishment.

The roundtable deal at ESPN where all of them basically say Alabama should have been dealt with more severely. They didn't outright say it but, they insinuated it.

Writers all over seem a little disappointed; that is what I am getting from it. Scarbinsky needs to join Finebaum, they both have the same style. Scarbinsky is scathing in his article about 'Bama.

So many, a whole lot, rival fans of several different programs were highly disappointed. They are crestfallen and distraught; sadness has replaced anticipation.

Even Fiutak, the writer that created a very good defense of 'Bama and actually seemed sincere, was just a day ago kind of saying that the NCAA either needed to sack 'Bama or leave us alone.

Overall, taking into account all 3 or 4 different type of media and what their writers and anchors and sportscasters, etc... have said, is it wrong of me to assume that there seems to be a nationwide tinge of disappointment? It is a feeling I immediately had. Does anyone feel the same?

The title of the piece is also smug & superior.

Feels like that Northeastern blow! same ole! same ole!

 

[CtrlAltDel]

Feels like that Northeastern blow! same ole! same ole!

Nice description.

 

[bear facts]

This particular writer is merely hiding his contempt better than most. Most of them on a national level are not trying to hide their disgust with Alabama's light punishment.

The roundtable deal at ESPN where all of them basically say Alabama should have been dealt with more severely. They didn't outright say it but, they insinuated it.

Writers all over seem a little disappointed; that is what I am getting from it. Scarbinsky needs to join Finebaum, they both have the same style. Scarbinsky is scathing in his article about 'Bama.

So many, a whole lot, rival fans of several different programs were highly disappointed. They are crestfallen and distraught; sadness has replaced anticipation.

Even Fiutak, the writer that created a very good defense of 'Bama and actually seemed sincere, was just a day ago kind of saying that the NCAA either needed to sack 'Bama or leave us alone.

Overall, taking into account all 3 or 4 different type of media and what their writers and anchors and sportscasters, etc... have said, is it wrong of me to assume that there seems to be a nationwide tinge of disappointment? It is a feeling I immediately had. Does anyone feel the same?

The title of the piece is also smug & superior.

Originally Posted by bamarooski
Feels like that Northeastern blow! same ole! same ole!

Altie & bamarooski, I agree with your sentiments. Although the article's content is spot on, it is the way the material is presented that bothers me. Notice who received the headlines and lead into the story.

And with commentary like this:

"Unlike when the Crimson Tide purchased a defensive tackle like a heifer at a livestock auction at the beginning of this decade,"

you can't tell me Staples isn't simply getting his digs in on Bama.

I'm so jaded when it comes to most college football articles these days. Whatever happened to the time when sportswriters simply reported the facts and left opinions to the editorial page or readers? Objectivity in sportwriting today is about as rare an Auburn national championship in football.

 

[CtrlAltDel]

Altie & bamarooski, I agree with your sentiments. Although the article's content is spot on, it is the way the material is presented that bothers me. Notice who received the headlines and lead into the story.

And with commentary like this: you can't tell me Staples isn't simply getting his digs in on Bama.

I'm so jaded when it comes to most college football articles these days. Whatever happened to the time when sportswriters simply reported the facts and left opinions to the editorial page or readers? Objectivity in sportwriting today is about as rare an Auburn national championship in football.

Exactly, the constant smarmy comments are what gets me when people like this "discuss" Alabama.

You know, if this writer is going to go to the trouble of saying that 'Bama purchased someone like a heifer at a livestock auction, why not just go ahead and go into the whole story.

Let's hear about how TENNESSEE, Arkansas, Georgia, Ole Miss, Michigan State, and Kentucky were also bidding on the player.

Let's hear all about how actual assistant coaches from other teams were offering money and gifts for the services of Albert Means.

Of course, when these facts are mentioned you get the old "just because others do it, it doesn't make it right" bit. So, to me, when sanctimonious people like this writer get on their high horse about 'Bama it makes them seem vindictive.

 

[Bamaforlife]

I've said that all along...........

the NCAA's DP punishment is a thing of the past- But, what I'm convinced of is this.....the NCAA could hamstring any program w/ enough scholarship cuts to greatly reduce it's effectiveness to field a competitive team for years and years- Rather than the DP, the NCAA will allow the program to survive, but will limit what it can do from a recruiting or bowl game standpoint- In doing so, you watch as a program becomes mired in a decade of 6-6 or worse seasons.