Report: Former LSU Basketball Player Tim Quarterman Received Payment While At School

The teams during that period were subpar, but we had talented NBA caliber players come through the program nonetheless, so it’s not all that amazing

Yes they much bad

Why does that matter. LSU doesn't need to cheat.

No sir...the NCAA does not have jurisdiction over players who are already gone from school. penalties are levied over the school.

What the hell are you talking about. As a result of sanctions issued by both USC and the NCAA, the Trojan athletic program received some of the harshest penalties ever meted out to a Division 1 program. The football team was forced to vacate the final two wins of its 2004 national championship season, as well as all of its wins in 2005. It was also banned from bowl games in both 2010 and 2011 and was docked 30 scholarships over three years. The basketball team gave up all of its wins from the 2007-08 season and sat out postseason play in 2010. The NCAA accepted USC's earlier elimination of its wins between November 2006 and May 2009 and did not sanction the team further.[1] Shortly after the NCAA handed out its penalties, the Football Writers Association of America announced it would no longer recognize the Trojans as its 2004 national champion.[5] In June 2011, the Bowl Championship Series stripped the Trojans of the 2004 BCS title, though the Associated Press still recognizes the Trojans as its national champions for 2004. Bush is the first person in the Heisman Trophy's history to give his trophy back to the Heisman Trust, and the 2005 season is the only one in the award's history for which there is no winner.

ParrishGore. Do you really want there to start being bidding wars for an athlete to come to a college?

I cannot understand that either. Especially when these 'payments' are loans the organizations expect to be paid back. IDK if there are some tax laws being violated or maybe there's certain federal regulations governing the loan procedure's that were violated. The FBI and NCAA should be investigating referees and game officials instead of kids from poor families just trying to get by in life. How much money does Mark Emmert make each year off college athletics? It's these kids that make college sports what it is and they get nothing while coaches make millions and administrators make hundreds of thousands. Years ago I was against paying players. I mean, an education is expensive and they get that for free. But, in todays world these players must work a lot harder to get to the next level past college. In the past these kids could get summer jobs and save money for the season to use for going out to see a movie or going to a restaurant. But now days they must work out 4 to 8 hours a day or they will fall behind the competition. Kids on academic scholarship are allowed to work for spending money, but athletic scholarship athletes are not allowed to. Not during the season, and they would not have the time to do so anyway. The NCAA is ruining college athletics. These major universities like LSU, Fla, FSU Texas, USC etc. need to seceded from the NCAA and institute another governing body that will be more lenient to the needs of these kids and allow them to get paid something. Maybe then some of these kids who know they won't get drafted will stay in school another year or two.

ParrishGore The only way you can even try to compensate players is to give each and everyone of them the same amount, and that goes for bench players along with tennis players and water polo players alike. Can you now understand why not?

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