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  • September 27, 2017 at 7:16 pm #75120
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    the scandal:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/college-basketball-coaches-allegedly-took-bribes-agents-deliver-athletes-n804781

    September 27, 2017 at 7:23 pm #75122
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    I’m not quite sure what i think of all this. I dont really understand who paid who and for what, exactly.

    But my first impression is — I’m not sure why it should bother me that some poor kid’s family got some money funneled to them by rich sleazy basketball people.

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    September 27, 2017 at 9:05 pm #75124
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    Rick Pitino got caught. But this has been going on for years, especially in big time college basketball. The big colleges. We all know the old saying, especially in college sports, especially in the big college, if you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying.

    September 27, 2017 at 9:21 pm #75125
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    I’m not going to follow this story, really. At least I’m not going out to read about it. Whatever I overhear, or catch from headlines will be sufficient because I don’t care. That cheating is widespread, and goes to the top, is not surprising to me, and not much of a concern, either.

    The problems are deep and complex, and there are no ready solutions, and I think we are forever going to have issues with college ball no matter what. Even if they allowed students to get paid something beyond scholarships (food allowance, books, travel expenses, you-name-it), there is always going to be somebody trying to sweeten a deal for a kid to beat out the other recruiters. Because all these kids are literally free agents.

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