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    What is the gist behind the big college basketball corruption allegations?

    I keep hearing about a bombshell that is going to hit 50 plus schools but I can’t find anything about it. Anybody know anything?
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    Not surprising we always have revelations of how colleges break the law and get away with it for years.

    Jerry Sandusky is just one of MANY. There is no oversight they do whatever they want, except educate
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    Not surprising we always have revelations of how colleges break the law and get away with it for years.

    Jerry Sandusky is just one of MANY. There is no oversight they do whatever they want, except educate

    The Jerry Sandusky thing has no relationship to the corruption in attracting the one and done college basketball player.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    I keep hearing about a bombshell that is going to hit 50 plus schools but I can’t find anything about it. Anybody know anything?
    Football and BB need true minor leagues like Base Ball and Hockey . That would fix alot of this.

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    LBJ recently advocated for a minor league.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    The Jerry Sandusky thing has no relationship to the corruption in attracting the one and done college basketball player.
    It has relationship in the sense that everyone knew what was going on at that college to the top and allowed it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    LBJ recently advocated for a minor league.

    MLB still has rookies come up in their late 20's and players who concentrated on the sport without attending college at all. Yet their is still a college to pro route used by such greats as Fred Lynn. College should not be the sole route.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    LBJ recently advocated for a minor league.
    My first thought when I read that was, "How old is this thread?!" (That, or "Who conducted the séance?") Not being a hoops fan, I didn't realize that there was a new LBJ in town.

    Bottom line - it's money, of course. The NCAA rakes in almost a billion dollars a year. None of the 40 top-paying NCAA schools pays their basketball coach less than a million dollars a year. Any human endeavor or activity with that much green involved in it is going to inevitably generate corruption and rule-breaking.

    If the powers that be are truly serious about stopping it, they'll incentivize officials by telling a school that gets caught cheating, "You don't have a basketball team for the next (fill in the number) years".

    Establishing minor leagues is a good (and probably more realistic) idea, too. I love minor league Baseball, and have been to games from Hawaii to Virginia.
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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    Football and BB need true minor leagues like Base Ball and Hockey . That would fix alot of this.
    They do, it’s called the euro league.
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