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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 11, 2018 14:45:56 GMT -5
Gotta figure that all of the shoe companies are into this as deep as Adidas. We've long believed there is money changing hands for top recruits, but it is interesting to see the dollar amounts being bandied about.
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Post by Commissioner on Oct 30, 2018 18:28:06 GMT -5
So they got convictions last week of two Adidas execs and Christian Dawkins. The underside of college hoops bared for all to see.
I am still very uncomfortable with making, literally, a federal case out of it. To do that, the prosecutors had to argue that the universities were somehow victimized (by wire fraud), which seems pretty absurd. When you stretch statutes like this, they rarely go back to their original purpose. Today it's the big meanies at Adidas, but all of us now have one more bizarre statute that threatens us with prosecution.
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Post by titantarheel on Oct 31, 2018 12:55:57 GMT -5
Agree Commish -- while the underbelly of big time NCAA athletics is ugly, it's difficult to see how alot of it is an actual crime rather than merely against good taste or reasonable behavior of a gentleman.
Now if the NCAA actually was involved, and had teeth to do so, then it could be quite different in terms of making a dent in pay to play arrangements.
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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 31, 2018 19:01:19 GMT -5
With all the things I see coming from government officials these days, a federal agency using existing laws to go after people knowingly involved in wrongdoing doesn't even make the top ten on my list of things that worry me this government.
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Post by motorcitysam on Nov 19, 2018 16:41:48 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Jan 7, 2019 18:45:59 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Feb 8, 2019 17:47:07 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 1, 2019 14:55:50 GMT -5
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Post by calihanmole on Mar 1, 2019 16:55:36 GMT -5
Interesting. I’ll see what I can dig up.
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 1, 2019 17:40:32 GMT -5
Interesting. I’ll see what I can dig up. Don't you mean "make up"?
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Post by Commissioner on Mar 6, 2019 14:39:11 GMT -5
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Post by ptctitan on Mar 6, 2019 15:23:40 GMT -5
The judge departed significantly from the sentencing guidelines to issue very lenient sentences. The judge was very skeptical of the government's theory that the Power 5 universities involved were truly aggrieved parties.
And that gets back to the issue of whether the US federal government should be in the business of enforcing NCAA rules by criminalizing violations.
I'm not happy with how the NCAA administers college sports. However, I am equally unhappy with them giving the federal government enforcement powers under this convoluted theory that because these schools benefit from federal funds, they can become victims under certain federal statutes. This sets a very dangerous precedent in all aspects of our lives because federal funds can be tied indirectly to a lot of activity.
For example, since the federal government subsidizes the arts, does this now give it the power to criminalize certain violations of an ethics code established by a private museum?
Must private universities that accept federal funds or accept students receiving federal aid now become allow the federal government to enforce their private student codes of conduct?
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Post by Commissioner on Mar 6, 2019 15:46:25 GMT -5
The judge departed significantly from the sentencing guidelines to issue very lenient sentences. The judge was very skeptical of the government's theory that the Power 5 universities involved were truly aggrieved parties. And that gets back to the issue of whether the US federal government should be in the business of enforcing NCAA rules by criminalizing violations. I'm not happy with how the NCAA administers college sports. However, I am equally unhappy with them giving the federal government enforcement powers under this convoluted theory that because these schools benefit from federal funds, they can become victims under certain federal statutes. This sets a very dangerous precedent in all aspects of our lives because federal funds can be tied indirectly to a lot of activity. For example, since the federal government subsidizes the arts, does this now give it the power to criminalize certain violations of an ethics code established by a private museum? Must private universities that accept federal funds or accept students receiving federal aid now become allow the federal government to enforce their private student codes of conduct? I'm with you.
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 6, 2019 20:25:34 GMT -5
If you create a situation where people are getting $100,000 payments and hiding it from the government, you are basically inviting federal law enforcement to get involved. If the feds get wind of that happening in the arts,I expect they will get involved there, too.
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Post by Commissioner on Mar 6, 2019 23:22:39 GMT -5
If you create a situation where people are getting $100,000 payments and hiding it from the government, you are basically inviting federal law enforcement to get involved. If the feds get wind of that happening in the arts,I expect they will get involved there, too. I've got no problem with charging people with tax fraud. But I wouldn't expect to be charged for violating the company's ethics code.
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