Another academic scandal; UNC is f-cked

[Meatie Pie]

Or maybe you think, "hey, I'm about to get a free UNC degree and didn't have to do a damn thing except lift weights and go to practice. Not too shabby."

Yeah, but what can you do with that degree?

Get hired by one of the many businesses in the region that loves to hire UNC grads, and also loves to hire former UNC athletes?

You don't think, before the scandal details came out, there weren't plenty of employers who liked seeing UNC degree/former Tar Heel athlete on a resume or CV? There are alumni at most schools who go out of their way to hire former athletes who manage to graduate.

We can be idealistic if we want, but we're talking about 18-22 year old guys who see an opportunity to play their favorite sport, get laid a lot and walk away with a degree from a highly-rated school. How many would you expect to say, you know I'll got to Furman so I can actually sit in a sociology class instead?

So, yeah, this.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

I knew a guy who played for Roy at Kansas and was roommates with some friends of mine. He was a JUCO transfer who was invited to walk on, so we're not talking superstar on the court or in the classroom, but he was a good looking guy and pretty good when interviewed on TV or for the paper. In April of his senior year after the season ended his phone was ringing off the hook with job offers.

We'd be sitting around and he'd get another call and everyone else would be like "Seriously?" He said they were mostly sales jobs where they basically wanted him to come in, talk about hoops and flash his Final Four ring.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

We'd be sitting around and he'd get another call and everyone else would be like "Seriously?" He said they were mostly sales jobs where they basically wanted him to come in, talk about hoops and flash his Final Four ring.

Why are they allowed to give them rings?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

And they'll get one at the other schools, where they'll undoubtedly have to stay at least one extra year (at their own cost) because of the transfer?

They can go on scholarship,as long as the school gives them the release, even for the transfer year. That's if they go to another FBS school. If they go to an FCS school, they can play right away. Plus, nowadays, schools are getting ripped on and embarrassed if they don't grant the release.

And why would a FCS school want to give out worthless diplomas? While winning is important, it's not like millions of dollars are at stake.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I knew a guy who played for Roy at Kansas and was roommates with some friends of mine. He was a JUCO transfer who was invited to walk on, so we're not talking superstar on the court or in the classroom, but he was a good looking guy and pretty good when interviewed on TV or for the paper. In April of his senior year after the season ended his phone was ringing off the hook with job offers.

We'd be sitting around and he'd get another call and everyone else would be like "Seriously?" He said they were mostly sales jobs where they basically wanted him to come in, talk about hoops and flash his Final Four ring.

How do you think he would have done if the team didn't make the Final Four and didn't have the ring?plus, by saying he was on TV and in the paper, you're implying that he had some playing time. Unlike football players, he doesn't have 20 pounds of equipment on. It's easier to get recognized. How many job offers does the third string tackle receive?

 

[heyabbott]

We'd be sitting around and he'd get another call and everyone else would be like "Seriously?" He said they were mostly sales jobs where they basically wanted him to come in, talk about hoops and flash his Final Four ring.

Why are they allowed to give them rings?

Because it comes in the box with the cash

 

[heyabbott]

when was the last time a coach was asked at a post game press conference whether any of his players were too tired from studying for an exam or homework or writing a paper to be ready for a game?

How many classes were missed, per player, to play a mid week away game that was more than a bus ride away from campus.

The coaches dont care about academics, except to keep players eligible, because no one focuses on academics until there is a scandal. If local reporters regularly asked about classes then the coaches would have to have some answer. Did anyone ask Wiggins what his favorite class was his fall semester, during the season? You dont have to ask about grades. The one thing that reporters and players have in common is that they all attended college. use that

 

[Riptide]

I knew a guy who played for Roy at Kansas and was roommates with some friends of mine. He was a JUCO transfer who was invited to walk on, so we're not talking superstar on the court or in the classroom, but he was a good looking guy and pretty good when interviewed on TV or for the paper. In April of his senior year after the season ended his phone was ringing off the hook with job offers.

We'd be sitting around and he'd get another call and everyone else would be like "Seriously?" He said they were mostly sales jobs where they basically wanted him to come in, talk about hoops and flash his Final Four ring.

What's that guy doing today?

 

[heyabbott]

I knew a guy who played for Roy at Kansas and was roommates with some friends of mine. He was a JUCO transfer who was invited to walk on, so we're not talking superstar on the court or in the classroom, but he was a good looking guy and pretty good when interviewed on TV or for the paper. In April of his senior year after the season ended his phone was ringing off the hook with job offers.

We'd be sitting around and he'd get another call and everyone else would be like "Seriously?" He said they were mostly sales jobs where they basically wanted him to come in, talk about hoops and flash his Final Four ring.

What's that guy doing today?

Congress

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I knew a guy who played for Roy at Kansas and was roommates with some friends of mine. He was a JUCO transfer who was invited to walk on, so we're not talking superstar on the court or in the classroom, but he was a good looking guy and pretty good when interviewed on TV or for the paper. In April of his senior year after the season ended his phone was ringing off the hook with job offers.

We'd be sitting around and he'd get another call and everyone else would be like "Seriously?" He said they were mostly sales jobs where they basically wanted him to come in, talk about hoops and flash his Final Four ring.

What's that guy doing today?

The idea, of course, is that the guy should be parlaying the ring into a job offer, where he learns the sales side of the business, and becomes a successful salesman.

But that's also assuming that he is capable of learning to do that. Seeing that, as LTL pointed out, not all athletes should have been accepted to college, one wonders if he, or someone else like him, would be capable of doing that, or would flame out once the novelty of the ring fades away.

 

[Big Circus]

The NCAA has begun spinning the upcoming "40 lashes with a wet noodle" punishment.

NCAA: Educational quality not our job | Sports - Home

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Now that's the NCAA I know.