NCAA & NFL Football Thread

[Slyfox696]

To go along with this, various other NCAA violations over the years:

Dan Issel (best Kentucky Wildcat in history) was at a camp in Denver, where he was GM of the Denver Nuggets at the time and held no position at UK other than alumnus.

High school player: "Did you like UK?"

Issel: "Yeah it was great."

That's a violation.


Ball player is walking around campus in a severe thunderstorm/tornado watch. Coach gives him a ride back to his dorm instead of having him walk over a mile IN A TORNADO WATCH.

That's a violation.



Coach bought a player a pizza because his food money hadn't kicked in yet and the player hadn't eaten in two days.

That's a violation.



Oklahoma won a bowl game and was given a banquet. The players were told to go up and get more food. The NCAA said that they received "improper benefits" by having an extra plate of pasta and had to make it right by making a charitable donation equal to the value of the pasta, which was less than $20 combined between the two of them. To avoid looking like two morons donating about $7 each, they made it $25 each out of their own pocket. Over improper pasta benefits.

Meanwhile:

"The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has cleared Michigan State University of any violations stemming from how it has handled sexual assault allegations — including those against disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to at least 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting his patients."
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/64346...nassar-scandal

And yet...

"A former Michigan State University (MSU) dean has been sentenced...to a maximum of one year in prison on Wednesday after he was found guilty of criminal misconduct in office and two counts of willful neglect of duty.

...

Two other former MSU employees have been charged by the state attorney general's office, including gymnastics coach Kathy Klages -- for lying about her knowledge of complaints about Nassar -- and former university president Lou Anna Simon -- for lying to the police. Those cases are still ongoing. Nassar will spend the rest of his life imprisoned for molesting patients and possessing child pornography. "
https://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-s...ry?id=64836739

But hey, calling a 13 year old girl who dominated the Little League World Series is SERIOUS business...

[Yaz]

The NCAA is an absolute joke. They literally have a history of letting sex crimes get less punishments than player payments and "improper benefits." MSU had multiple people who were found guilty of criminal charges in the Nassar/sexual abuse case, and face nothing major, if anything at all. Baylor's football program was found to be turning a blind eye to sexual predators on their team when Art Briles was the coach, and they faced no major fallout.

Two of the biggest punishments handed down by the NCAA in the last 35ish years, in regards to CFB at least, were the death penalty to SMU in the 80s for paying players and lying about it, and stripping Reggie Bush of his Heisman for having boosters at USC pay him and his family.

And it isn't like it really matters much to the NCAA what the few people who face any sort of punishment for stuff like that do post punishment anyway. I guarantee Urban Meyer is gonna end up coaching in the Pac 12 in two or three years despite the recent documents coming out that showed he and everyone else on his staff were more concerned about losing dickbag wife beater Zack Smith to a rival school than they were about getting him help. Hugh Freeze was calling hookers and escort services from his school issues cell phone (which I get isn't as bad as some of the other high profile cases of a similar nature) and left Ole Miss is shambles and still gets a job at Liberty a couple years later, which is funny as hell considering Jerry Falwell is the founder of the school.

Hell, it isn't like any punishment really matters. How many times has there been a coach, in any sport, who will leave a school amid rumors and allegations of violations and they get hired on somewhere else almost right away while leaving the program a mess? Their old school gets hits with the punishments but their new school rarely faces anything.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Report:

"And now this: Raidersâ?? WR Antonio Brown has told team officials that, unless he gets to wear his old helmet, he will not play football again, per league sources.

And more...."

Antonio Brown is legitimately insane. He needs help.

[klunderbunker]

Report:

"And now this: Raiders’ WR Antonio Brown has told team officials that, unless he gets to wear his old helmet, he will not play football again, per league sources.

And more...."

Antonio Brown is legitimately insane. He needs help.

Maybe a better helmet would help?

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Report:

"And now this: Raiders’ WR Antonio Brown has told team officials that, unless he gets to wear his old helmet, he will not play football again, per league sources.

And more...."

Antonio Brown is legitimately insane. He needs help.

What a diva.

[Big Nick Dudley]

Meanwhile:

"The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has cleared Michigan State University of any violations stemming from how it has handled sexual assault allegations — including those against disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to at least 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting his patients."
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/64346...nassar-scandal

And yet...

"A former Michigan State University (MSU) dean has been sentenced...to a maximum of one year in prison on Wednesday after he was found guilty of criminal misconduct in office and two counts of willful neglect of duty.

...

Two other former MSU employees have been charged by the state attorney general's office, including gymnastics coach Kathy Klages -- for lying about her knowledge of complaints about Nassar -- and former university president Lou Anna Simon -- for lying to the police. Those cases are still ongoing. Nassar will spend the rest of his life imprisoned for molesting patients and possessing child pornography. "
https://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-s...ry?id=64836739

But hey, calling a 13 year old girl who dominated the Little League World Series is SERIOUS business...

Football and basketball being cleared was fine. Nassar? Nope. This was so poorly handled. I'm a fan of MSU, that's my team. The Nassar deal was so awful and damaging. It was an even bigger deal inside of Michigan. All local press beat this drum for more than a year, and rightfully so.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Yes, the NCAA is a joke. Meanwhile, 1 week until "Week 0", headlined by Florida vs. Miami (FL) in Orlando.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

MBC is the Fiend of the NFL

[Slyfox696]

Football and basketball being cleared was fine. Nassar? Nope. This was so poorly handled. I'm a fan of MSU, that's my team. The Nassar deal was so awful and damaging. It was an even bigger deal inside of Michigan. All local press beat this drum for more than a year, and rightfully so.

MSU covered up the Nassar allegations for obvious athletic reasons. For the university, and every sport within, to be cleared entirely is appalling.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Everyone hating on Baker Mayfield for criticizing Daniel Jones said the exact same thing.