Bill Self Headed to the Big House?
- Thread starter Remo Gaggi
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The comparison to Penn St or Baylor is poor.
It’s much more likely and appropriate for the NCAA to punish programs for coaches cheating than it is for the NCAA to punish programs for coaches/players being convicted of criminal acts not related to the field of play.
It’s much more likely and appropriate for the NCAA to punish programs for coaches cheating than it is for the NCAA to punish programs for coaches/players being convicted of criminal acts not related to the field of play.
That's not really how our justice system works. There are those that will be pursued, and those who will not.
How about “My Adidas” by Run D.M.C. over the PA as they hit the court?
Couple thoughts on this:
Putting these shoe guys behind bars for years seems completely overblown. We have people convicted of violent crimes that spend a lot less time than that.
Self saying, "My staff and I have not and do not offer improper inducements nor are we aware of any third-party's attempt to do so" despite the fact that his assistant was on a federal wiretap talking specifically about that is just absurd. These guys are too smart to act this dumb.
Putting these shoe guys behind bars for years seems completely overblown. We have people convicted of violent crimes that spend a lot less time than that.
Self saying, "My staff and I have not and do not offer improper inducements nor are we aware of any third-party's attempt to do so" despite the fact that his assistant was on a federal wiretap talking specifically about that is just absurd. These guys are too smart to act this dumb.
Thanks for posting that. Now I feel like I have to go take a shower.
If an asst coach or former asst coach at KU testifies in court that he was given direction by Self...then Self will be toast. I mean everyone knows what has and is happening but in this day and age with blue bloods u basically have to have video of Self literally handing a open bag of money over to a player...even then that might not work.
You should be okay unless you were at a restaurant with him.
This reminds me so much of that old saying.
The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky that Cleveland State is going to get the death penalty.
The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky that Cleveland State is going to get the death penalty.
I'm not too optimistic anything will happen to Self considering that one of the all time biggest cheaters in John Calipari is still coaching. Sean Miller is still the coach at Arizona even after all the wire taps that came out about possibly paying for Deandre Ayton last year. Look at how long Pitino hung around till finally all the scum he surely knew about got exposed. It wouldn't surprise me if Roy Williams is dirty too with all the stuff that has come out about UNC over the years. So to think that Self will wind up in big trouble over this is probably wishful thinking considering the NCAA and Big 12 still has not put the hammer down on Baylor Football and that mess is WAY worse that this is with all the cover-ups of assaults that involved many players and a widespread cover up throughout the athletics administration and university and there is all kinds of evidence in that mess. There is way more evidence and widespread problems at Baylor than there was with the Penn State mess too.
I can easily see the NCAA and the conferences involved just sweeping this under the rug and using the line that it's a criminal investigation that Self and anyone else mentioned in the testimony are not charged with any wrong doings so there is nothing more for the NCAA to investigate and it's out of their jurisdiction to hand down any punishment even though it sure looks pretty obvious that amateur status of some players are in question and some big name programs and coaches were discussing payments. College sports is big time money and to put the hammer down on big time programs and coaches hurts the NCAA's image and bottom line so unfortunately I don't have much faith that much will come out of these pay for play lawsuits where all the dirty laundry gets aired out in the process.
I can easily see the NCAA and the conferences involved just sweeping this under the rug and using the line that it's a criminal investigation that Self and anyone else mentioned in the testimony are not charged with any wrong doings so there is nothing more for the NCAA to investigate and it's out of their jurisdiction to hand down any punishment even though it sure looks pretty obvious that amateur status of some players are in question and some big name programs and coaches were discussing payments. College sports is big time money and to put the hammer down on big time programs and coaches hurts the NCAA's image and bottom line so unfortunately I don't have much faith that much will come out of these pay for play lawsuits where all the dirty laundry gets aired out in the process.
Color me skeptical. Bill Self could pay cash to a recruit on live television and nothing would happen.
Are you sure nothing would happen? I think the recruit would sign with Kansas.
