https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...iller-if-he-loses-job-in-fbi-wiretap-scandal/Sean Miller (head coach at Arizona) is toast and could be doing time in the federal penal system. He was caught on tape arranging for a 100K payment to a top recruit. I know we have talked about paying athletes before but this corrupt shamateur system is broken.
Maybe something similar to the amateur system that track and field adopted in the early 80's could be adopted for athletes in the big 4 sports. This corruption has been around for years, only the payment figures have increased due to inflation and more money floating around due to larger revenue from network television. Even back in the days of true amateurs the Mafia corrupted players to shave points so you can't just blame Nike or the television networks.
I have seen commentators using this occasion as a back door way to slip into the conversation the need to PAY the players. Again as indicated above this sort of back room pay stuff is apparently not new but I actually did not know the extent of it which is naïve I guess.
In a nut shell I have always been fiercely AGAINST PAYING COLLEGE ATHLETES. You can picture this in full color. A black 6th grader--make NO MISTAKE this issue is about paying black players---is targeted as one of the CHOSEN ones and will be paid accordingly.
That sort of set up will stifle the game even further and even though college is under the lamp right now the NBA has their sticky fingers all over this mess. First off I do not like the slimy NBA commissioner. My first instinct was to dislike this grease ball from the get go and my first impression is unchanged. He is a two faced TWIT.
I have said it countless times but one of the best ways to alleviate this underhanded garbage is to go back to the old days where High School players are allowed to enter the NBA Draft if they so choose and that College players must remain in school until after their Junior season or after they turn 21. Just like they do in college baseball.
The set up now with this one and done garbage has ruined the college game. And now it has infected white players as too many have left school too early for a shot at the NBA where most every white player from this past draft are playing in obscurity except for one. But the NBA dictates the rules and colleges for some unknown reason haven't pushed back.
So to me the big elephant in the room is the NBA and all the attendant sleaze balls along with ******* black players who have been worshipped since they were in the 3rd grade. They are just as culpable as the greedy colleges. A lot of these kids walk around with a sense of entitlement and figure personal responsibility doesn't apply to them. This whole charade needs to end and they need to get back to basics like if you are getting a FREE ride to college you can't apply for the NBA Draft until after your Junior season. What ever happened to common sense?
Too many in the media like caste prick Jay Bilas want to ensure that the young black players are worshipped and treated like kings for the rest of eternity. That the mere public should bow down in awe as year after year another group of young black players are showered with gifts from the heavens. Like the old days when the pagans offered up everything for the gods.
