As sleazy as Pete Carroll is I’m surprised he’s not the Dem nominee for gov of Cali at this point. That said, the upper tier of NCAA football and basketball would be better re-named not “college sports” at all but what it is: just call it “cheating” and be done with all the investigations.
Think Reggie is worried about it now?
In 1971 Villanova lost the NCAA hoops final to UCLA. Until the magic year of 1985 it was the Wildcats greatest year.NOT!! They forfeited all victories that year because their star player, Howard Porter, had hired an agent prior to the season.No contacts between the agent and the NBA or ABA had taken place. No dollars were exchanged, yet Villanova’s season was wiped out. Bush’s actions were more egrigious and the environment at USC certainly was no obstacle to Bush’s plans.USC should suffer at least the consequences of the 1970-71 Villanova Wildcats.
We need only to look at Bama and Miami too see how long it takes a program to rebound from these kinds of sanctions— about 5 years. USC will not be relevant until 2015 at the earliest, and that’s assuming their recruiting picks right up after 2012 and they coach they players properly.
College football is a corrupt sport. I hope someone starts digging into the LSU or Florida NC teams to dig for some dirt. They will find plenty. Then they can lose their NC.
The BCS is a complete joke anyway.