Another academic scandal; UNC is f-cked

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?

So, yeah, this.

 

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.

 

Why are they allowed to give them rings?

 

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.

 

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?

 

Because it comes in the box with the cash

 

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

 

What's that guy doing today?

 

Congress

 

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.

 

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

NCAA: Educational quality not our job | Sports - Home

 

Now that's the NCAA I know.