re: Orangebloods responds to NY Times article

Didnt the Colorado incedent involve call girls?

yepper. it did.

Well, if it isn't a rule, Auburn would definitely be at a disadvantage compared to other schools then.

Colorado recruiting violations/team scandals generally involved allegation of rape which were never prosecuted by the DA's offices. There were also allegations of using strippers to recruit and an allegation of rape/sexual assault of a player, who happened to be a female kicker. Gary Barnett made disparaging remarks to the media about the athletic ability of the female kicker which was the final nail in the coffin for his days in Boulder.
Another interesting scandal of note is the SMU scandal of the 80's where allegedly SMU coaches and recruiting personnel hired soroity girls to sleep with recruits.
To my knowledge there are no NCAA rules banning prospective student athlete interaction with members of the university community, save the inordinate amount of rules regarding a coaches' ability to initiate contact with prospects. Such interaction is natural and part of the process of becoming acquainted with the university, its people and its culture.

The allegations by Ms. Adams are very serious, the NY times story was written with a slant but all allegations were not made by the writer, he merely reported what Ms. Adams alleged or what J-Mac wrote in a school paper.

The NCAA opperates under the principle of self governance. People may be familiar with a university's compliance office, this office is required to investigate any credible allegation of NCAA rule infringement. The NCAA rule book is approximately 700 pages or minute font, crowded with regulations. Virtually all compliance offices take their jobs very seriously and investigate allegations generally in good faith. However, they are funded, paid and resourced by the University itself. Arguably, within each university and its compliance office exists a conflict of interest. Additionally, the NCAA does not have subpoena power, it cannot force individuals such as Ms. Adams to testify or even to speak with investigators. The way the NCAA generally gets its information in recent years is through official investigations by law enforcement, such as in the Colorado scandals, all information regarding the Colorado football program was gleaned from reports generated and compiled by police officers and the District Attorney's office. The information, in the Colorado case was inadequate to charge any individuals criminally where prosecutors must prove such charges beyond a reasonable doubt. An NCAA violations hearing is not subject to such a high burden of proof, I have yet to get a straight answer as to what burden of proof must be carried to prove an NCAA violation, but it is much more akin to a preponderance of the evidence (i.e. more likely than not).
The NY times story was sufficient to spark an investigation by the compliance office within the Texas Athletic Dept. If such an investigation turns up some credible evidence of a loan or promises then Texas will recommend a sanction which will likely be ratified by the NCAA. If the NCAA is unhappy with the efforts of Texas' compliance office it can launch its own investigation which will mean stiffer penalties should any information turn up.
All in all, I'm willing to bet Mr. Muschamp (sp) may be anointed the chosen one sooner than expected.
I liked the part of the article which referred to Les Miles as dry. Being dry may or may not be an NCAA violation depending upon interpretation of the afore mentioned rules.
Sorry about the length, but it is important to understand the process.

Who does this woman think she is? She's getting mad that Texas wasn't recruiting him that hard? frick, she's lucky her kid is as good as he is at football and that he is getting the scholarship offers he is. She needs to get out of his recruiting and let him decide his future.

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Also, go look at all the articles written by the accusatory author...see a trend?

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THis is gonna be a shitstorm.

I troll the OU boards... and they DESPISE Ketch. I know Ketch is also one of the more biased mods out there. I've heard him on the radio, seen what he's written etc. He's pretty bad.

But in this case, I think he may be completely justified.

Perhaps the biggest and greatest irony of it all is of the schools involved who has the worst reputation for cheating?

Texas?

Not a chance.

USC?

Not really.

LSU?

Hardly.


OU.

Bing-the frick-o.

My hope for him is that he graduates and gets that diploma with OU on it and takes that thing back to Texas...Good Luck kid.

I strongly suspect that there has been a lot of backlash in the east Texas town of Lufkin over the past 24-48 hours and that Miss Adams is probably doing two things right now:

1) Telling everyone who calls that she didn't say any of that stuff; and
2) Looking for a lawyer who will sue the New York Times for her.

Fly high little bunny, fly high...