re: When will someone put the smackdown on the NCAA?

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I understand why they WANT to police that, I'm just not sure why they should have the authority to do so. In trying to identify and control every possible way that a school could provide a financial benefit to a player, they have made it damn near impossible for universities to remain compliant.

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since you understand why they want to police extra financial benefits i do not understand your complaint. Shep is not in trouble yet, i think it's being looked into. his girlfriend works for LSU so there is a concern on the part of the ncaa that LSU is paying more than the allowable (since i think his schollie provides room and board). yes, this situation appears to be the act of an overzealous compliant person and, if so, time will tell and everything will be OK. the fact is, we need rules to run any organization and the ncaa is charged with enforcing these rules. if not them, there would be another organization that would, so what's the difference? there is a reason why rules are so complicated; that reason being that repeated attempts are made to circumvent existing rules so the enforcement people have to keep refining them. it's just like our legal system. between the rules circumventors and the lawyers, how can it be possible to have simplicity?