[Will88]

I didn’t know that the NCAA could assess simple fines against member institutions such as the $60 million assessed against Penn State.

But since they can assess fines, they should have assessed a huge fine against Duke for probably the most unfair, abusive treatment of its student athletes in NCAA history. If athletes have ever received worse treatment at the hands of a member institution’s administration, I haven’t heard about.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I didn’t know that the NCAA could assess simple fines against member institutions such as the $60 million assessed against Penn State.

But since they can assess fines, they should have assessed a huge fine against Duke for probably the most unfair, abusive treatment of its student athletes in NCAA history. If athletes have ever received worse treatment at the hands of a member institution’s administration, I haven’t heard about.

I suppose you could refer to “students” who are recruited to sports programs and who are never even expected to earn a degree. Ya gotta admit, being recruited to be a “student” under those conditions is abusive in its own way - and has been and probably still is quite common in most programs.

And likewise, a true student is abused when his competition is not actually a fellow college student. But the Duke Lacrosse Team was thrown under the bus most egregiously - the administration actually counseled the students not to contact outside legal aid while at the same time the Nifong and the Duke faculty was organizing a veritable lynch mob against them.

The Penn State scandal is about what Penn State was willing to do for its football program. The Duke scandal is about what Duke was willing to do to its lacrosse team.