Forbes: Does the Big Ten have a culture problem?
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Baylor and ND say the Big 10 has a huge problem.
Urban Meyer brought his SEC culture with him.
Perhaps they should get Jim Delany to the podium and force him to answer some tough questions. From the outside, yes it appears like the Big Ten does have a culture problem. More than anywhere else? Ummm, probably not. but, lets get Big Jim to answer some questions. Wussy
If there is a culture problem, Delany is in charge of that culture, so the problem lays at his feet.
The only silver lining in all of this is that it just might be enough to finally get Delany out the door.
The positive or negative of that depends on who replaces him.
The author states Paterno had wins vacated but does not mention that they were restored. Amazing....not
And what a shock he used to work for ESPN
And what a shock he used to work for ESPN
Weird thing about B1G culture. At PSU, players were allowed to transfer without penalty and opposing coaches could poach players without consequence. This was all in the name of protecting children regardless of the fact that no PSU players were ever in danger. At Maryland, players were reportedly mentally and physically beaten down. Isn't that a much better reason to allow players to transfer and get a fresh start? Apparently the NCAA, Delany and the B1G feel the players at Maryland are in a safer place than those at Penn State in 2012.
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anon_xdc8rmuek44eq
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Not a culture problem - a commissioner problem.
It appears that the idiot tag applies to a lot of Div1 head and assistant coaches too.
Wandering Spectator
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The transfer issue really ticked me off. Allowing the poaching truly was the height of hypocrisy. If they are STUDENTS first, you would think they would hold them to their commitment. Allowing them to transfer without waiting put football first. Period.
So true. Just really chaps my ass thinking what they did to PSU...and for what? Just a big show NCAA put on to please the people with pitch forks and to try to gain some credibility back but back fired in a huge way.
Situation at Maryland has more justification for NCAA to step in then any other situation I seen in college sports. Of course they won't because they have been neutered since they overstepped with PSU.
Plus there is OUTRAGE.
over players being mistreated at maryland, but where was the OUTRAGE. over Penn State players being overworked when we were at 65 scholarship players?
Christian Hackenberg got the living hell beat out of him because of those sanctions. It is hardly surprising that he ended up a wee bit bitter about the whole thing. I hope he catches some luck and has a career in the nfl.Plus there is OUTRAGE.
Here, Here, I'm in favor of the Kangaroo justice system over tweeter
By grouping the conference together, all singular culpability is removed from Ohio State or Maryland. See how that works? We'll just move the goal posts to include the entire decade, that way we can lump in Penn State, even though it was at the beginning of the decade itself. Now, it's not "Ohio State" or "Maryland" or "Michigan" with the culture problem. Now, it's the entire Big Ten Conference. I wonder, how do Wisconsin, Northwestern, Indiana, and Purdue feel about this. After all, they're also in the "Big Ten": You know...the conference with 14 schools that is so psychologically bigoted toward it's 4 newest members, that it refuses to acknowledge them in it's official name.
Let’s be honest.....it’s amazing the conference name never became The Big Two Conference.
I rank that right their with the UNC situation with fake classes and athletes not doing the school work at all, but still passing! These are the situation the NCAA should be involved and step in and hammer programs....but alas they get a pass it seems.
But according to 78Sweet we should all be happy that the NCAA learned their lesson about overstepping their authority with us. Who cares if they learned it as they were walking away from our burning remains...now every other college can do whatever they want with no fear of punishment....shouldn’t we be giddy about that?
The only lesson that the NCAA learned was that no school whose leadership gives one flying flip about the school will ever agree to (ask for?) a consent decree knowing the NCAA had no other grounds to act.
The consent decree wouldn’t have been needed if the NCAA wasn’t looking to overstep their authority in the first place. The BOT handled the situation badly, but that doesn’t give the NCAA the right to take action that is outside of their authority.
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I get your TIC point, but the whole "danger" spin makes no sense.
PSU's freeh-agency wasn't to protect players from danger at PSU. It was to protect them as athletes from (and let's be honest, part of the) punitive measures designed to lay waste to the program. The PSU case was unique to its time (but no longer) and in how it was approached and handled. The MD case isn't unique at all.
It is ironic that by allowing ourselves to get bitch-slapped by Delany and the NCAA -- for something that had nothing to do with the school's sports programs -- the NCAA, and the B1G in particular, have been forced into inaction amidst a plethora of scandals, most rather horrible.
Indeed, by inaction of the governing bodies the penalty in competition for violations is little more than embarrassment, or less for those with no conscience.
If it were not for loss of reelection, former Governor Corbett might still be laughing at the bar. In a magnificent display of diversion, he secretly brought down political enemies, and through collusion with the NCAA, made the NCAA itself part of the collateral damage. He and his cronies must be proud. They used the money and reputation of an academic institution to get it all done. That is real power. Someday no doubt a creative writer will capitalize with a bestseller to immortalize these guys.
Eventually I could see the federal government stepping in and shutting the NCAA down. Then they create a new Federal Department for Intercollegiate Athletics. Athletes will get paid and coaching salaries will be regulated by the FDIA. Profit that today feeds rich bureaucrats will instead enrich lobbyists, congressmen, and other deserving beneficiaries, such as the IRS. Eventually, the Secretary of the FDIA will have a seat in the president's cabinet. (After all, most presidents went to college and have a favorite team.) Freeh will no doubt become the first Secretary of the FDIA. All problems solved.
I can see it now. The bestseller grabs the reader in the first chapter as Joe Paterno gets wind of slapping sounds in the locker room. The book ends in climax as coeds are found to be providing sexual favors in the Oval Office.
Indeed, by inaction of the governing bodies the penalty in competition for violations is little more than embarrassment, or less for those with no conscience.
If it were not for loss of reelection, former Governor Corbett might still be laughing at the bar. In a magnificent display of diversion, he secretly brought down political enemies, and through collusion with the NCAA, made the NCAA itself part of the collateral damage. He and his cronies must be proud. They used the money and reputation of an academic institution to get it all done. That is real power. Someday no doubt a creative writer will capitalize with a bestseller to immortalize these guys.
Eventually I could see the federal government stepping in and shutting the NCAA down. Then they create a new Federal Department for Intercollegiate Athletics. Athletes will get paid and coaching salaries will be regulated by the FDIA. Profit that today feeds rich bureaucrats will instead enrich lobbyists, congressmen, and other deserving beneficiaries, such as the IRS. Eventually, the Secretary of the FDIA will have a seat in the president's cabinet. (After all, most presidents went to college and have a favorite team.) Freeh will no doubt become the first Secretary of the FDIA. All problems solved.
I can see it now. The bestseller grabs the reader in the first chapter as Joe Paterno gets wind of slapping sounds in the locker room. The book ends in climax as coeds are found to be providing sexual favors in the Oval Office.
It takes two to tango for a consent decree. All PSU had to say was "oh hell no" to the idea. Instead they said "oh hell yes"
The moment we signed the consent decree it would have.
Do you really think, given the public outcry, any organization would have passed on the chance to show their authority in that situation?
Our BOT did this to us. The Big Ten and NCAA went along for the ride.
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