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re: Non-SEC fans, whats your opinion on SEC fans, and the SEC bias in general?
Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:14 am to VABuckeye
Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:14 am to VABuckeye
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Yet the SEC has taken steps to eliminate the practice as they have recognized the flaws of oversigning recruits.
The Big Ten has limited the number of recruits a team can sign for quite some time.
Unforunately, Slive caved to the politically correct pressure and limited the SEC to 25 signees a year instead of the 28 cap. That was a victory for the B1G team's push to further steer talent way from the SEC....err...I mean further look out for the well being of student athletes.
Now fewer plays get to fulfill their dream of attending and playing for an SEC school. There are also fewer possibilities of people that would never get the chance otherwise to get an education at a major Division 1 school. In short, the very people that feign genuine concern for the student athlete have convinced Mike Slive to afford fewer major Division 1 college educational opportunities to kids that could otherwise not afford. Yaaaaaay anti-oversigning.
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Posted on 5/9/12 at 11:12 am to Govt Tide
I'd have no problem with 28 because there are going to be casualties. It was the 37 that Houston Nutt signed that really got people going. That was more than a little ridiculous.
Plus, Florida has shown that a team can be successful in the SEC without signing huge numbers.
Plus, Florida has shown that a team can be successful in the SEC without signing huge numbers.
Posted on 5/9/12 at 1:25 pm to Govt Tide
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Now fewer plays get to fulfill their dream of attending and playing for an SEC school. There are also fewer possibilities of people that would never get the chance otherwise to get an education at a major Division 1 school. In short, the very people that feign genuine concern for the student athlete have convinced Mike Slive to afford fewer major Division 1 college educational opportunities to kids that could otherwise not afford. Yaaaaaay anti-oversigning.
Exactly. And that's why "loss of scholarships" is such a BS punishment by the NCAA. Fine the school, ban bowl games, whatever punishes the school, that's fine. But Scholly losses? To paraphrase Govt Tide:
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Now fewer plays get to fulfill their dream of attending and playing for USC (or Ohio State, Or South Carolina, whatever). There are also fewer possibilities of people that would never get the chance otherwise to get an education at a major Division 1 school. In short, the very people that feign genuine concern for the student athlete, the NCAA, have afforded fewer major Division 1 college educational opportunities to kids that could otherwise not afford.
So to punish USC over Bush, the NCAA denies 30 (THIRTY!)young men the opportunity to go to an excellent university for free.
This post was edited on 5/9/12 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 5/9/12 at 1:42 pm to ToesOnTheNose213
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So to punish USC over Bush, the NCAA denies 30 (THIRTY!)young men the opportunity to go to an excellent university for free.
Well, I had the NCAA rules mandating 85 schollies instead of the 95 it was not that long ago as well as a hard yearly cap at 25 in mind but you have a little bit of a point with USC as well.
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