News leaked yesterday that USC Basketball Head Coach Tim Floyd allegedly gave a man representing OJ Mayo $1,000 bones to get him to come to USC. The look on my face upon hearing this news was a tad less surprised than Josh Baskin after he realizes Zoltar granted his wish and made him big. I was gob smacked that the amount was so low and I was equally shocked at the level of public dismay. This has been happening for years. Collegiate athletes ‘hire’ pre-agents to get them the best deal at a school. Just ask C-Webb or Marcus Camby, who by the way was given a Lexus to deliver pizza’s though he never actually made a delivery.
The NCAA is one of the most crooked organizations in all of sport. It has a billion dollar TV deal and makes duckets hand over fist off the athletes. The biggest expense in most organizations is salaries though the NCAA only pays a fraction of this through scholarships. Shoot Lute Olsen was paid $5 million by Nike to wear a Swoosh on his lapel. Keeping guys in school for one to three years does nothing to prepare them for life. They take bird degrees and the system is used as a minor sports league. Everyone needs to wake up and realize that instead of giving guys degrees like the Appreciation of Wine and Cheese (Michael Irvin courtesy The U) we need to find a better way to compensate student athletes or get rid of age limits all together.
The NCAA is one of the most crooked organizations in all of sport. It has a billion dollar TV deal and makes duckets hand over fist off the athletes. The biggest expense in most organizations is salaries though the NCAA only pays a fraction of this through scholarships. Shoot Lute Olsen was paid $5 million by Nike to wear a Swoosh on his lapel. Keeping guys in school for one to three years does nothing to prepare them for life. They take bird degrees and the system is used as a minor sports league. Everyone needs to wake up and realize that instead of giving guys degrees like the Appreciation of Wine and Cheese (Michael Irvin courtesy The U) we need to find a better way to compensate student athletes or get rid of age limits all together.
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