NCAA related NYTimes op-ed

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally posted by theboys
Did you see this week's SI? Rick Reilly's column moans and cries about the great injustices against Rick Majerus (who received no penalties for minor indiscretions, at best), and concludes the NCAA should go away. Yet, an article titled "College 101" (I think) spells out all kinds of major violations the NCAA has had to deal with in recent years. My guess is Rick Reilly whines when a police officer pulls him over for going 57 in a 55, and gives him a warning, saying as he pulls away, we have no need for police.

I read that column too. Did you notice how Reilly is writing about all these admittedly minor violations, then slips in a mention about practices going over the four hour daily limit, like that is comparable to him buying Keith Van Horn's breakfast the morning after his dad died? My experiences around D1 basketball teams is that these players would practice 14 hours a day instead of 4 if their coach told them too, NCAA rules be damned. None of them would even joke about reporting this, either. While there are a lot of regulations to protect the "integrity" of major college athletics, some of the regulations are there to protect the athlete.

Reilly is a slimeball who will always distort facts to make his story. Just ask Barry Bonds.