Schools have been doing these things for years. What did the NCAA think would happen when sponsors started pumping in millions and millions of dollars into basketball and football while allowing their coaches to receive millions and players not getting at least of piece of the pie?

And yes, you could say that they're receiving a full ride to college with a place to stay and so on but tell that to the kid that has nothing and comes from an environment where their athletic abilities are the only way to get their families out. The NCAA should be the ones held accountable for their lack of institutional control for allowing these programs to attain the status it has and expect the kids to sit back and just go along for the ride.

If anyone has their "heads in the sand" it's the so called "fans" that still think there's no one out there that cheats. They ALL do. Some just do it better than others and there are some that have more to bring to the table.

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Posted by EA6B

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Posted on 4/29/19 at 3:22 pm to tigergirl26

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If anyone has their "heads in the sand" it's the so called "fans" that still think there's no one out there that cheats. They ALL do. Some just do it better than others and there are some that have more to bring to the table.

Most of the fans know everyone cheats, they just put it out of sight, out of mind, continue to pretend its amateur college athletics, and all that matters is winning. It is almost like a religion and the one thing that they cannot tolerate is anything that threatens their belief.

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Posted by mdomingue

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Posted on 4/29/19 at 8:37 pm to tigergirl26

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If anyone has their "heads in the sand" it's the so called "fans" that still think there's no one out there that cheats. They ALL do. Some just do it better than others and there are some that have more to bring to the table.

I think most know that, I am saying the folks who think nothing could possibly come of this and get pissy when people express concern are the ones who may their head in the sand. Head coaches use surrogates to do this stuff for just this reason.