Is it fair to hold players out?

So for some reason it is 2:30 in the morning and I can’t sleep which really sucks because I have a 6:30 lift in the morning.  For an even stranger reason I feel like talking about how the NCAA goes about conducting the investigations that they have on players.  It is the complete opposite of the judicial system that is put in place here in America.  In the real court system you are innocent until proven guilty but in the NCAA’s court you are essentially guilty until proven innocent.  You may ask how can this happen?  Well here is how, let’s say that a player is under investigation for receiving extra benefits.  That player cannot participate in any games until the investigation has been concluded.  Even though the rule states that a player is innocent until proven guilty if they are proven guilty than the team that let that player play will have to forfeit all of their wins that they achieved with the help of that player.  This is not the way things are supposed to be.  The system is flawed just because of allegations brought upon a player should not hold him out of a game.  This hurts the team tremendously.  Take for example the University of North Carolina Tar Heels to begin the season they had 13 players withheld from their first game against LSU this year.  The Heels were missing numerous skill players that have now begun to be declared innocent.  The Heels lost that first game followed by their second game against Georgia Tech by a total of 12 points who is to say with the help of those players they don’t win those games.

Hello,

Today I feel like talking about how temptations of accepting the bribes that are being put in front of the college athletes today.  These Agents know what they are doing when they are asking these players if they wanted to take some free stuff such as trips, cars, money, free tickets and things like that.  Let’s be honest what college student wouldn’t accept these extravagant gifts.  Even though these athletes know that they are not supposed to accept these gifts why wouldn’t they?  In the past ten years there have only been around five major cases that have caused athletes to lose a year of eligibility because of agents.  Nick Saban coach of the defending National Champion Alabama football team went as far to call agents “pimps”.  I have found a video that shows this press conference at the SEC media day.   He says that the agents are coming in and giving these unexpecting college kids that have came from nothing lavish gifts that these kids have never had the opportunity of having.  Here is a short clip frome the SEC media day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZJsPCZbPXc

Introductory Post

When watching any sports games there are always the standout players, the guys that make the big plays, the big hits, the clutch moves, and the plays you’ll never forget. The difference in college sports and professional sports is that the players are getting paid in the pros and the players in college cannot receive a single penny outside of their scholarship.  If a college athlete accepts money or gifts from outside sources they are subject to become ineligible and their team may be stripped of all wins that the player was involved in.  The problem with this rule is that agents are able to contact these players and although they are not supposed to they give players these extra benefits.  Let’s be serious what college student is not going to take a free trip, a free car, a free house, or any other gift offered by an agent.  If these players accept these gifts they will be punished as I said earlier but the agents themselves are not punished one bit.  That means that they have the right to offer these kids all of these gifts and not pay any consequences.  But if a player accepts a gift their entire season can be taken away.  It sounds to me like there is a double standard in place here.  For those of you who are asking why a agent would try and bribe these athletes it is because they will sign for upwards $70 million over 6 years.  These agents are trying to get a head start on the competition and guarantee these athletes signing with them so that they can get a cut of that money.