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FRPLG · 08-18-2011, 12:53 AM

This isn't a black and white deal. NCAA I-A football is a business. Major f*ing business. With lots of money. By enforcing their "rules" the NCAA is hurting their business. By ignoring their rules they end up killing real competition and hurting their business. They're in a real tough spot on this stuff. If there were an easy fix to the underlying problems then I think we can all be sure that the NCAA would have figured that out and implemented whatever changes were dictated. But whenever we are talking about a giant business with major money involved you're never going to eliminate pure human self-interest. It's what drives every single human-being alive. The only way for the NCAA to "fix" this is to fundamentally change what the sport is...which probably kills it as a business. Anyone think the NCAA is going to do that?

08-18-2011, 12:53 AM	#21
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 47 Posts: 10,164	Re: University of Miami Football Program This isn't a black and white deal. NCAA I-A football is a business. Major f*ing business. With lots of money. By enforcing their "rules" the NCAA is hurting their business. By ignoring their rules they end up killing real competition and hurting their business. They're in a real tough spot on this stuff. If there were an easy fix to the underlying problems then I think we can all be sure that the NCAA would have figured that out and implemented whatever changes were dictated. But whenever we are talking about a giant business with major money involved you're never going to eliminate pure human self-interest. It's what drives every single human-being alive. The only way for the NCAA to "fix" this is to fundamentally change what the sport is...which probably kills it as a business. Anyone think the NCAA is going to do that?