Has the media started asking the right questions to the right people yet or is this officially dead?
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Slaying idiots? Do you even realize nothing you said in your response applies to said "idiots". I see NO ONE saying they aren't 100% personally responsible. No one is even hinting at it being any one but the athletes faults.
The keyboard warriors that act like a judge with an iron fist on social media are beyond laughable. You knew the rule,so too bad for you, is such a weak minded argument. It isn't nearly that absolute. If we were arguing there should be no punishment, then you would actually be correct. However, I don't think one person has. The simple, inarguable truth is, losing an entire season, or for all of the Iowa guys, the rest of their careers, is a comically ridiculous punishment for what they did.
Take Vodka's example: Which is worse, driving drunk into a Taco Bell or gambling a few dollars on an Women's Basketball Game? One ended several guys' careers, while the other was a several mid-season matches suspension. I would be willing to bet nearly all people asked that don't know anything about either situation and were removed from college athletics ,would guess the opposite in both situations...would that make them idiots as well?
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You don't lose a season of eligibility for getting caught drinking in high school. If you are a multiple time offender you probably will, but not for the first time.
They had no search warrants. The geofence was to be used to monitor their own employees. The state had no right to use the casino’s infrastructure. The real crime is what the state did and not these kids laying 20 dollar bets.
The DCI continues to say it’s an open investigation, yet the director of the Iowa gaming commission bolts for another job in the middle of an investigation? Something stinks here, but we already knew that
1. The wrestlers did something they knew was against the rules so they should be punished with a multiple date suspension.
2. The year long ban, which amounted to a career ending ban for most, is ridiculous and that isn't really debatable.
3. The DCI investigation did just as much wrong as the wrestlers. What will their punishment be?
4. The NCAA and it's enforcement of the rules is a joke, and to say that all their rules enforcement decisions are to protect the integrity of the sports is an even bigger joke.
5. This situation has me seeing both sides of the arguments in this thread and I think both sides are mostly correct in their opinions.
6. That is my opinion, but we all know what they say about opinions and I'm 83% sure the NCAA could not care less about mine or anyone else's opinion on this matter.
2. The year long ban, which amounted to a career ending ban for most, is ridiculous and that isn't really debatable.
3. The DCI investigation did just as much wrong as the wrestlers. What will their punishment be?
4. The NCAA and it's enforcement of the rules is a joke, and to say that all their rules enforcement decisions are to protect the integrity of the sports is an even bigger joke.
5. This situation has me seeing both sides of the arguments in this thread and I think both sides are mostly correct in their opinions.
6. That is my opinion, but we all know what they say about opinions and I'm 83% sure the NCAA could not care less about mine or anyone else's opinion on this matter.
Even Barter Town would have almost certainly given them a lighter penalty. Hell, I am pretty sure Cass would choose a "2 men enter, 1 man leaves" against Master Blaster(although Max only had to technically fight Blaster) before what he has to stomach now...
Multiple people have now said this. I must be mistaken here.
Maybe I always just considered it a full season suspension because our baseball coach made it clear that if you missed half the season or whatever for a code then you might as well not come back.
Nice rebuttal. You ignore all of the points made and reply to that one sentence with a weak gif.
I expect better from you. I think you're generally a reasonable and respectable poster, but you're behaving like an "idiot" now. 😉
That is different. As the Head Coach, you can change the rules and standards quite a bit. Our baseball coach had a no spring break or no baseball. Needless to say, I went on spring break my senior year...
That third sentence is exactly what a lot of kids do these days. I've seen it multiple times, and it's not exactly new. When my oldest son was in HS in the '90s, a State Champion wrestler got busted for drinking and fighting a week before the State tournament and was allowed to take his suspension at the beginning of track season so it didn't interfere with State or with baseball, which was his second main sport
does the NCAA ever suspend guys for drinking and driving? usually that's a team punishment, not an NCAA punishment.
someone else mentioned harbaugh...his 3 game suspension was from the big ten, not the NCAA. they're still investigating...
comparing punishments handed out by different organizations (team vs conference vs NCAA) doesn't make sense to me
the easiest answer to your question at the end is "because the schools don't want them to"
NCAA is basically a collection of reps from the member schools...those reps establish policies and select leadership
so if the schools wanted their athletes tested all the time and more diligent monitoring, that's what would happen.
