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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 25, 2009 4:58:00 GMT -5
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jgalt
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Post by jgalt on Mar 25, 2009 7:26:09 GMT -5
So how is Yahoo sports able to do investigations like this, but the NCAA doest?
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Post by HoyaTejano on Mar 25, 2009 8:33:02 GMT -5
Well, regarding the NCAA, former LA sports radio talking head Dave Smith once commented that the NCAA got so angry at UCLA for its recruiting violations in the Wooden era that they punished SE Louisiana for it.
UConn is in the hoops nomenclatura and that helps.
On the other hand, UConn apparently put so much effort into a guy who ultimately did not pan out. Sort of humorous and rich in irony.
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Post by tashoya on Mar 25, 2009 11:45:38 GMT -5
Raise your hand if you're even remotely surprised... thought so. Guaranteed nothing comes of this but a slap on the wrist. Ready... set.... steal some laptops!!!
This is great though... best line in the article:
"For UConn, Miles fit the profile of the program’s great tradition of wing players. "
This line is, of course, written AFTER discussing Miles' problems qualifying and allegedly beating a woman and violating a restraining order. That is some tradition!
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Post by RDF on Mar 25, 2009 12:07:16 GMT -5
Stanley Robinson's eligibility should be investigated more then Miles--who is a problem child for ANY program. Robinson was deemed expendable for Calhoun until he saw Majok would have issues making it in time, and other scenarios unfolded. Then he found the "light" of academia and became a great student/athlete.
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Post by jgalt on Mar 25, 2009 13:40:20 GMT -5
\ This is great though... best line in the article: "For UConn, Miles fit the profile of the program’s great tradition of wing players. " This line is, of course, written AFTER discussing Miles' problems qualifying and allegedly beating a woman and violating a restraining order. That is some tradition! Could have easily read "For Cuse, Miles fit the profile of the program’s great tradition of players" |
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Post by seaweed on Mar 25, 2009 15:31:13 GMT -5
Miles' problems qualifying and allegedly beating a woman and violating a restraining order. That is some tradition! Bringing new meaning to "Swing Man". Ah it is going to be a nice evening in class here in central Connecticut, with a booster prof and a whole string of sycophantic Conn-alum classmates. |
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Post by guru on Mar 25, 2009 15:44:34 GMT -5
Miles' problems qualifying and allegedly beating a woman and violating a restraining order. That is some tradition! Bringing new meaning to "Swing Man". Ah it is going to be a nice evening in class here in central Connecticut, with a booster prof and a whole string of sycophantic Conn-alum classmates. Wow, that statement by Calhoun at his press conference was terrible. |
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Post by tashoya on Mar 25, 2009 19:18:24 GMT -5
Nice... swing man.... nice.
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Post by tpk3 on Mar 25, 2009 21:14:34 GMT -5
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Post by Bay99 on Mar 25, 2009 23:25:37 GMT -5
Certainly I'm biased as a Hoya fan, but nonetheless have to say that Calhoun does not sound too innocent in his public statements on this. Kind of an A-Rod-ish tone to the comments that apparently are meant to serve as an explanation.
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Post by tpk3 on Mar 26, 2009 6:03:06 GMT -5
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Post by Jack on Mar 26, 2009 8:52:33 GMT -5
While it was published on the Herald's website (and perhaps also in the paper, not that I would pay for it), Ian O'Connor writes for the Bergen County (NJ) Record. |
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Post by Bay99 on Mar 26, 2009 13:06:27 GMT -5
New story by Andy Katz: Source: NCAA to probe UConnsports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4017697"But a source with direct knowledge of the process told ESPN.com that decisions on how to proceed with the case have already been made. Due to the potential for major NCAA violations as detailed in the story, the body's enforcement staff will take the lead in the investigation, rather than its eligibility staff or its agents, amateurism and gambling staff." |
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 27, 2009 6:30:23 GMT -5
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Mar 27, 2009 14:25:43 GMT -5
There's no chance of sanctions affecting the current team is there?
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Post by Bay99 on Mar 28, 2009 10:12:49 GMT -5
More from Dana O'Neil: UConn coach defends programsports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4022206Calhoun acknowledged that a mistake could have been made but said he believes it is impossible to know all of the intricacies of the ever-changing, every expanding NCAA rules. Asked wasn't it his job to know the rules, Calhoun retorted, "Do you think every NCAA investigator knows what's in every one of those 508 pages? You think so?" |
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 31, 2009 17:57:05 GMT -5
I love that response. This isn't "I accidentally texted a day later than I should have," it's "I intentionally hooked up a high school kid with an agent who would pay him lots of money.
It doesn't take knowing the rule book to know there's an issue there, Jim.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Mar 31, 2009 20:58:20 GMT -5
I said it in another thread, but journalists are not doing their jobs if they have not sent hundreds of FOIA requests in on other recruits. Remember, we now only know about Majok and Miles. I would look into others, including players who ended up at other schools. Calhoun is known to poach and attempt to poach (see Wiggins, Doug et al.).
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Bay99
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Post by Bay99 on Apr 3, 2009 22:17:11 GMT -5
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