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- Should coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
- Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
- Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
- Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
1. I strongly believe college athlete's shouldn't be allowed to pay recruits. If coaches were able to pay recruits it would be like a casino almost. Coaches would be bidding for the highest recruits and try to outpay the other competing coaches. In the article it explained how Brian Bowen, who plays at Louisville was given money to come play there. This is the opposite of what the "non-profit" NCAA organization stands for.
ReplyDelete2. I believe in some cases the NCAA is definitely too strict on recruiting rules. If a low income kid is very good but can't afford to take his official visit I don't see the problem in receiving money to do so. Ryan Boatright, a former star UCONN Basketball guard received some money from his mom's really close friend (who later became her husband) to cover the official visit because Boatright's mom couldn't afford it herself. It wasn't some massive sum of money and I think that this is acceptable because otherwise Boatright may have not gone to UCONN or college at all. The NCAA found this as breaking the rules. Coaches are a different story, because of their role in College Basketball. I don't think the NCAA is too strict on coach behavioral problems. These coaches define their programs and shape their players. If they step out of line, there should be a punishment. College student athlete's are entering a new world whereas coaches have been around for longer and know what is expected of them.
3. 80 years in prison may be a little excessive. These guys didn't kill anyone but as of now they really killed the image of College Basketball. However, I don't think it will take them 80 years to learn their lesson. It probably had something to do with the amount of money involved that caused the sentence to be so long.
4. I think the college programs should be supporting the players instead of the coach. But, I don't mean by giving them money but rather resources that they can use to help themselves succeed. If their struggling financially I don't think the coach should support them because he can't support every guy on his team. I am not sure who should be helping them out. I strongly believe they should be given academic as well as nutritional resources to help them succeed on campus.
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ReplyDelete1. Should coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
ReplyDeleteI don’t think that coaches should be allowed to pay recruits to join their Schools. Coaches paying recruits to come join them is considered bribery and it is very illegal.
2. Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
I think that the NCAA recruiting rules are a little too strict. I do believe it is wrong to bribe athletes to come join their schools, but when athletes win a game for their school it seems very unfair that their school and coach makes tons of money and they get nothing. I don’t think that coaches should be allowed to give their players money, but I think that schools should be allowed to give their athletes some standard compensation. It should be the same for all schools so no one has an advantage but I think the school should be able to give some spending money to the athletes that are making the schools so rich.
3. Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
I think that up to 80 years in prison is way too harsh. All these coaches did was bribe their students to come join their team. What they committed was bad, but I don’t think that they deserve to die in prison for this crime.
4. Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
I think that the school should be allowed to support it’s football players. When a university has a competitive team, the school and the coaches make so much money off it and the players get nothing in return. I think that these athletes should get some compensation for their efforts. Most of these athletes do not go on to play professionally and though a free education is huge, I think that players need to be given some spending money as well.
I do not think that coaches should be able to pay recruits, however, I do believe that they should be allowed to pay the athletes that are in their programs. If coaches were allowed to pay recruits, then big time schools would get every single recruit they wanted by just paying for them. The recruit would not pick the school based on how much they like it, they would base their decisions on how much money the school would be willing to give them. I do believe that the NCAA is too strict on their rules. For example, my friend was just in town from California looking at Sacred Heart on a volleyball scholarship, but he was not allowed to leave campus with the athletes on the volleyball team and if we wanted to visit him, we had to go to Sacred Heart. Although he did enjoy the school, he kept complaining about the NCAA rules that he had to follow while he was here. The NCAA is far too strict with recruits and people have been saying this forever, and it is time for a change. I think 80 years in prison is pretty extreme for what they did but if they do get jail time I would not be surprised and it would send a message to all other coaches not to engage in this kind of behavior because there are huge consequences. I think that coaches should always be able to look after their players. Shabazz Napier took a shot at the NCAA after UConn won the 2014 Men's Basketball National Championship by calling the team the "hungry huskies". Shabazz later said that there were nights that he was unable to eat because the campus dining halls were closed after his practices. Coach Kevin Ollie cannot even buy his players food at this moment, so he could not feed his guys after a hard practice. It is absolutely ridiculous that a coach should not be allowed to help their players. Coaches are like a mother or father figure to the players and your mom and dad are allowed to feed you so why can't your coach.
ReplyDelete1. No I do not believe that coaches should be allowed to pay recruits unless they used a cap and trade system, which allowed there to be no unfair market of targeting certain players. Each team had the exact same cap, and then these recruits who usually have to pay for hotels, food, transportation on their unofficials do not have to do that anymore. However it depends on the coach they are allowing to do it, os if any coach has any scams or mistakes in their past they can no longer be part of the recruiting process.
ReplyDelete2. The NCAA is strict for a reason, in which they hold these teens futures in their hands, and do not want to be held for anything responsible of ruining someone's life. They want everyone to succeed, but there are times they need to give leverage to. In cases where high schoolers can not afford their officials, they must provide them with a small sum of money, so they are not starving and sleeping on the streets outside. These kids are working as hard as they can to get into these schools, so a sum of money to provide them with their necesitys' while visiting should not be frowned upon. I am unsure of the rules surrounding coaching in the NCAA, so I do not want to make a claim I can not support.
3. Personally, I think they should because these are men who committed fraud knowing exactly what they were doing was wrong and going behind their commits backs. It also was exclaimed by Louisville Interim president, Gregory Postel, that, "While we are just learning about this information, this is a serious concern that goes to the heart of our athletic department and the university. UofL is committed to ethical behavior and adherence to NCAA rules; any violations will not be tolerated. We will cooperate fully with any law enforcement or NCAA investigation into the matter." No matter the situation they are breaking rules and regulations that effect these teen's lives dramatically. The NCAA is supposed to be for these players, but from these crooks they should be given a harsh penalty.
4. Yes I believe that coaches should be able to support certain families they are trying to recruit if they can not provide themselves with each common necessity. If coach's are making so much money each year off of these players, then why can he not support them to get basic fundamental needs. These coaches are making so much money in 2012, the 68 teams who made March Madness, they averaged a 1.4 million dollar salary. That is ridiculous if they can not pick up a couple meals while some recruit tries to visit.
Max Mahr
Delete1. I think it would be unethical to pay recruits to attend a school as a cash in exchange for attuning a school could be represented as a bribe. Coaches would be paying sixteen and seventeen year old kids, who would be easily manipulated through a cash bribe to attend a school. Someone who is looking to attend a college should prioritize academics, and coaches paying receipts would steer away from the significance of education. Bribes would make recruiting unfair since larger schools would have larger funds to invest in their recruits compared to smaller schools.
ReplyDelete2. I do not believe the NCAA is to strict in recruiting between coach and players. The NCAA organization has established clear standards for recruitment, as these students athletes should be prioritized as students first. These players should not be seen as a commodity, and more as a community member. I believe the NCCA is just in their enforcement of their rules and standards as they provide clear recruiting guidelines for players and coaches. These athletes are compensated for in my option through being offered scholarships where they can attend a university free of charge. The NCAA is lenient where it allows basketball players to attend for a year, where they can then declare for the NBA draft.
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I do not think the four NCAA coaches should be given a jail sentence of up to 80 years. I believe these gentlemen should be prosecuted to the fullest extend of th law and tried for their infractions against the NCAA, but I think they should serve a maximum of a 20 year sentence. These men need to pay for their crimes as their actions have had serious consequences on the NCAA, the sports of college basketball, and the universities that these coaches were affiliated with.
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I do not believe a coach should be able to support a player who is struggling financially. There are many opportunities fir student athletes to receive an affordable education. Athletes can be given full athletic scholarships, and numerous other scholarships that are offered. Athletes can be given grants for recognition of their achievements, or they can take out students loans ti help pay for their schooling. I do not believe it is the reasonability of the coach to become involved in the finances of a recruited athlete.
Matt Engler
ReplyDeleteShould coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
College coaches should not be allowed to pay recruits as a way of incitement to get them to come to a specific school. This creates several issues regarding ethical and moral decisions relating to how one should go about choosing a college to play at. The recruiting process should focus primarily on what a school and their athletic program have to offer to a student. No students decision should be influenced by outside financial factors. Paying recruits, or bribing them completely goes against the principle of education and what it means to go to college. While these student athletes are demanded a lot from their programs, they are first a student of the university. It is unfortunate that some coaches believe the most important part of being a student athlete is winning. While working hard to get the best team and achieving success is important, going too far to make these things possible is truly a negative.
Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
No I do not, I think the NCAA makes it very clear to colleges that they are not allowed to pay players in order to persuade them to come to their schools. It is clear that, “The NCAA supports student-athlete well-being by promoting a fair recruiting environment that limits intrusions into the lives of student-athletes and their families.” One of the most important lines in that statement is, “limits intrusions into the lives of student-athletes”. It is vital for colleges to respect the players and their families and using money as a way to influence a true family decision should be punished. While the punishments may seem strict the NCAA is making it very clear that coaches are not allowed to use money as a recruiting incentive, and therefore will be punished for their actions if they do so. This will hopefully send a message to the community and prevent actions like this from taking place in the future.
Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
While I do believe these coaches should receive punishment for their actions, I think 80 years in prison seems too much. I believe these coaches should be removed from their coaching positions and be banned from coaching college sports for a certain time period. I also think the university should be punished, either financially or by limiting their recruiting window in the upcoming seasons. A prison sentence should not be taking into consideration however because while the actions of these coaches are disappointing, they are not bad enough to prompt an 80 year prison sentence.
Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
The recruiting process, especially for division I athletes, usually involves some sort of financial involvement. Most division I schools offer prospective student-athletes a full ride scholarship which covers the academic and room and board costs of that students stay at that university. This should be the only way the school supports the player and family financially. I would also say it would be fair for the school to pay for the family to travel to the school to see their child play, if they were unable to pay the travel costs. Any other outside, non academic related, support should not be tolerated due to its ability to undermine the basic principles of the college recruitment process.
1. Should coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
ReplyDeleteNo I don't think coaches should be allowed to play recruits because it goes against these universities being for education. Students shouldn't be payed to go to school because they are already getting scholarship money. Also money shouldn't be the decision maker on what schools these athletes go to because that doesn't prioritize education. It prioritizes sports which should come second at college.
2. Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
The NCAA needs to be strict on recruiting rules because otherwise their rules would be broken and useless. It is also to be strict because if one school can play the system and brake rules it gives them an advantage that the other schools won't have.
3. Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
I think 80 years is way too much prison time for what they did. I believe they should be punished and should go to prison depending on how much fraud they participated in.
4. Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
I don't think it is necessary for coaches to help the players families because they are already getting scholarships and going to college for free most of the time. I think that is enough compensation for playing sports for the school and helping the families.
Should coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
ReplyDeleteI do not think coaches should be allowed to pay recruits. This would make player's decisions based around which school is going to pay them the most. The schools with the most money would get the best players.
Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
I don't think the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules or coaches behavior normally, but an 80 year sentence seems like too much for the situation. Although their crimes deserve punishment an 80 year sentence is practically a life sentence and they are ruining the NCAA's reputation and acting corruptly but that does not mean they need to spend the rest of their life in prison.
Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
No, the coaches only need a sentence that gives them time to reflect on their decisions and teach them not to be immoral in the future as well as punish them. I think that they do not need 80 years for the crime they committed.
Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
I think that the player's official visits should be allowed to be paid for if the player does not make certain financial requirements, but no more than that. The visit allows the player to choose the school and they often then have scholarships.
Should coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
ReplyDeleteNo, coaches should never be allowed to pay recruits. It is highly illegal and unfair to all the other teams competing in the NCAA. Recruiting should be done fairly because that's what makes college basketball so much more fun and competitive. We can’t be handing high school basketball players 100,000 dollars who don’t deserve that money, especially when college athletes don't’ get paid! For example, Coach Mike Krzyzewski has a very upfront and impressive recruiting process and manages to bring them to Duke quit easily. He recently recruited top player Marvin Bagley. Overall, Paying recruits is cheating, highly illegal, and any coach that does it deserves to be fired and punished.
2. Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
No, I think the NCAA rules on a coach's behavior or recruiting are very fair. The NCAA has made their rules very clear in the handbook and if the coaches believe differently, they can make suggestions or protest it. These are high school athletes who are young and have the privilege to pick where they want to go to school. If athletes are allowed to be bribed, it would be an all-out war between every college and would be a complete mess. The NCAA if anything should make the rules even more stricter after this ongoing investigation to warn other teams and prevent this from happening. A high school athlete should be honored to even be recruited and possibly get a full ride, instead of taking bribes which leaves the NCAA in a sticky situation. Overall, the NCAA rules are perfectly fine and personally, I think they need to be even stricter with all the behind the scene actions going on.
3. Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
No, I do not think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison. Even though what they did was wrong, anywhere from even 30-80 years is way to harsh to me. To me, it is almost like plagiarizing on a test and you get a zero. These coaches should be dismissed from their jobs indefinitely and be banned from coaching in the NCAA ever again. I understand it was illegal, but these coaches are under an enormous amount of pressure and trying to do anything they can to bring athletes to their school. Even if that requires giving them money. But, a high school athlete should never have money in it’s hand because it basically stealing and when college athletes aren’t supposed to be paid in the first place. To me a 5-10 year sentence is appropriate and would teach these coaches and any other coach a lesson for illegally recruiting.
4. Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
I believe a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles finally where cash/checks aren’t being handed to them. A lot of these top athletes tend to be very poor causing them to be ignorant and take bribes. They want to help their family in any way they can and hope they don’t get caught. That is why I believe a coach should be able to buy them lunch or clothes but never actually hand them money. I also believe if you are a top athlete who has a high chance of making it to the professional level, you should wait a year and possibly make millions from there forward. But a lot of these athletes such as Shabazz Napier claim they go to bed hungry at night so I can see why they would take a bribe. Overall, I think a coach should be able to support an athlete in an appropriate manner as well as the athletes being fortunate to receive a financial discount to attend the school.
1. Should Coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
ReplyDeleteCoaches should not be allowed to pay their recruits. Paying recruits leads for unfair opportunities towards certain players. Players will just chose a school for the money, not because it is the right schools for them. It goes against good morals and it goes against the whole idea of college. College is a place to learn and improve your skills in an environment you fit into. Bribing student athletes to come to a school totally goes against what colleges stand for and should not be tolerated. The recruits are student athletes, not athlete students. Sports should not be the primary focus going into a school, let alone only the money for the athletics. Paying and bribing students to go to their schools for athletics not only goes against good moral, but it breaks it breaks NCAA's rules for recruiting. Coaches paying recruits is unethical and should not be allowed.
2. Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
The NCAA has reasonable rules that need to be followed by coaches and recruits, and they should be followed. The rules are not unethical and they are not too much to ask for. Going to college and playing a sport in college is a privilege you have to earn fairly and justly just like everyone else. Above all, academics are the main focus of college and having these rules in place enforces this. If coaches have a problem with the rules, they can always speak out against it. They should not just go around breaking the rules, but instead, voice their opinions. Even though that would be fair, the rules are understandable and help ensure organization for collegiate sports.
3. Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
Although the coaches broke the rules and committed a bad crime is the sporting world, 80 years is essentially lifelong. A life in prison is not deserved by a college sport who illegally bribed players to come to their school. Although this crime is big and as a result should deserve a big punishment, 80 years is too much. Instead, coaches should be banned from coaching collegiate sports for life or a very long time. You shouldn't end a persons life for breaking college sports rules. They have families who care about them and who shouldn't suffer from their wrongdoing. College coaches didn't commit and serious crime enough for 80 years in prison.
4. Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
A coach should be able to support a player who needs help. If a player is choosing a school just for the big money they are offering, it is something different. Kids who don't have the money to go to the school of their dreams, coaches should be allowed to pay for their expenses and whatever they need payed for. They shouldn't be allowed to give them huge access amounts of money, but enough for them to go to the school that he/she really wants to be apart of.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think that coaches should be allowed to pay recruits because doing so would would strongly push athletes to go to the schools that are offering them the most money. The richest schools would end up attracting the most players. This is unethical and not fair to the schools who can't afford pay that much money for players. A player's focus should not be about how much money he will get by a school but on how much he likes the the school itself and its academics.
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Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
No I don't think they are too strict. The NCAA rule that coaches cannot bribe players to come to their school is very clear and simple. This rule is very important and necessary because it makes the recruiting process fair and equal for all colleges. Also coaches need to know that if they choose to break the rules of recruitment then there will be harsh consequences and I think these consequences are necessary in order to keep all the schools in check. If the consequences are not strict then more coaches would break this NCAA rule.
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No I believe 80 years is way too harsh. This means that coaches that made one mistake will live out the rest of their lives in jail which is way to hard of punishment. Nonetheless I do think there still needs to be a punishment of some sort. Maybe it could be being fired from the school and never being allowed to coach there again, or having to pay a certain percentage of their income to the NCAA.
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I think that the school itself rather than the coach should be supporting a player who struggles financially. Many of these players are huge assets to many of these schools and they bring in revenue to the school when they play. I think the school should be allowed to give back to some of these players who are poor and have trouble supporting themselves financially. However, I think that giving them straight cash is wrong because you never know how they are going to spend it. I’d recommend finding out what the player needs support with, whether it be food, academics, clothes, transportation, and then providing those resources to the player.
Should coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
ReplyDeleteI think that this is actually one of the most talked about topics in all of college sports. Whether or not student athletes deserve a compensation for their efforts. And what I truly believe is no. I think that it hurts the game and it hurts the intentions of the NCAA. The NCAA believes in education first and then sports. If this were to be flip flopped then most student athletes would have no intention of earning an education. College basketball is also not the pros yet. They are still at a level where they are students and a part of a university or college. Since they are students and not professional athletes then I believe that is another reason why they should not be paid.
Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
I don't think that they are too strict whatsoever. I believe that the way recruiting rules is no is perfectly fine. At times it is a bit unfair because schools such as Kentucky will be recruiting higher prospects than those that commit to Georgia. Kentucky is a prestigious school for basketball so athletes will most likely play at Kentucky rather than some of the smaller basketball schools. So I wouldn't say that the NCAA is too strict on recruiting but I would not say recruiting is 100% fair. I also do not believe that paying student athletes coming out of high school is the right move. So I think that they should just stick to the system that is put in place.
Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
I actually don't think that they should serve that long of a term in prison. I know that they broke the rules and all but I don't see how this could be a punishment of up to 80 years in prison. I understand that they aren't allowed to pay recruits, they aren't allowed to work with executives from Adidas, and they aren't allowed to speak with agents. I do believe that they should lose their jobs and maybe go to jail but I think that 80 years is way too long.
Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
I don't think that a coach should be helping out the player but I do believe that the university or sport program should be able to support this student athlete. Many of these athletes coming out of high school struggle financially to support themselves because they may be brought up from a struggling background. These players are truly beneficial to these programs and it is only fair that they can taken care of in return. Now I know that they are earning free educations and getting some real life experience but the programs and schools should make sure that their players can survive with what they need. If it is emergency and a student athlete needs food then these programs should be there to support and take care of them.
1. I think coaches should not be able to pay recruits but they should be allowed to help the finically and help them pay for others thing like school costs, food, and other necessary things.
ReplyDelete2. Yes, I do think the NCAA is way to stricken on players and coaches, rules that are put in place only help the NCAA and not the players. The Players and Coaches that bring money to the NCAA should be aloud what ever they want to do, due to the fact there the only reason why there is a NCAA.
No, I don't think those coaches should go to prison due to the fact they only wanted to help. And didn't break any serious laws only stupid rules created by NCAA.
Yes, coaches need to help kids if they want to play for them and the NCAA should want coaches to help out so the players can come and play. By playing they will bring in money to the school and bring money to the NCAA.
1. I do not think college coaches should be allowed to pay recruits. This is an issue that has been going on for an extremely long time, and has yet to be resolved. If college coaches are able to pay recruits, it would be unfair to the rest of the players that receive nothing for playing for their school.
ReplyDelete2. I do not think the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules. If the NCAA allowed schools to recruit anyone they desire, the big schools would have a huge advantage over the smaller schools with less money. This would ultimately end up hurting the league and the quality of its games. Certain schools would become powerhouses in their division.
3. I believe that what the coaches did was very wrong, but I don't think the penalty should be as severe as 80 years in prison. I believe that the coaches deserve a punishment, and I understand that they are not allowed to take bribes and use money to draw in players, but 80 years in prison is too harsh of a punishment.
4. I do believe that coaches should be able to support players that struggle financially, because it is not the players fault. The coaches should be able to do this by working with admissions and granting scholarships to students that can't afford the school, not by bribing/paying players individually. If coaches were allowed to pay players individually to come to a school, bribing would become much more of an issue than it is today. Coaches and programs would use money as an incentive to get players to come to their school.
1. Should coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
ReplyDeleteI think that coaches should be allowed to pay recruits. Collegiate sports have turned into an incredibly profitable market, and the players go all out for every game. They deserve to be compensated for this. Hearing stories about players who do not have enough money to pay for meals is saddening, because they are the key parts of an industry that makes hundreds of millions of dollars, but they don’t see a penny of that money.
2. Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
Yes I think that the NCAA is way too strict. Coaches should be able to buy meals for their players if they need it. Obviously what Rick Pitino did was over the line, but there must be a change in the rules. Coaches who are making tens of millions per year off of these kids should be able to help them out when they are in need.
3. Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
I do not think this is a fair punishment. Rapists don’t even get this much time, and these coaches did not commit a really heinous crime. I think that they should serve some time for what they did, but 80 years is excessive.
4. Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
Definitely. Some college coaches are the highest paid people in their state! They are making tons of money off of these kids who in some circumstances are struggling. They should most definitely be able to support these types of players.
1. Should coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
ReplyDeleteI don't think coaches should be allowed to pay recruits in order to join their team. A player should go to the college they intend to play for, not to the college that'll offer them the most money. Also, a player is payed through a college education, which can be worth upwards of 50,000 dollars a year. If payment was received, players wouldn't have motivation to complete an education.
2. Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
I don't think the rules are too strict- the NCAA rules that a coach should not bribe players in recruitment- it disrupts having players go to all colleges, not just the ones that'll pay them the most. If this rule were changed, there would be less strong teams in college basketball, and games would be less interesting to watch.
3. Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
I think that a punishment of up to 80 years in prison for these college coaches is outrageous. Sure, they knew the rule, and despite that, broke it, but recruiting a player illegally should not result in 80 years of prison. For a first offense, to make sure that coaches won't commit this penalty, the NCAA should suspend the coach, and give them a much lesser punishment than this. After a first offense, a coach should be fired and receive a bigger offense, but a total of 80 years in prison for one punishment should never be accrued for a coach committing this crime.
4. Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
I think that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially, but that the financial help should not determine where a player goes to school- it must be determined after the player chooses to attend a school. A player may need help getting ample necessities that college doesn't provide them with, and if a coach can help them, I see no reason why not. If this were to turn into a situation where players play for teams with coaches that are known for giving money to players, then some sort of reversal/rule against this should be made, but I see no reason why it shouldn't be tried.
1. I don't think that college recruits should be paid money. But I think there should be a system that allows coaches to convince recruits that they should go to that specific school.
ReplyDelete2. Yes I do think that the NCAA is too hard when it comes to recruiting rules. Coaches should be allowed to do something to bring in the best talent. It's fair if one school offers more to another in order to bring in talent.
3. I think 80 years is way too much I think maybe a year plus a fine and lifetime suspension from coaching makes a lot more sense. 80 years is way too much for paying recruits to play a sport.
4. Yes I think a coach should be able to help a financially struggling student. If it wasn't for football or basketball or baseball some kids wouldn't go to college it seems like a good thing to do if a student can't support himself.
1. No, recruits should not be payed because it opens a whole new world of problems. A first priority should be school and getting an education for these students, not just worrying about getting payed to play basketball on a big stage. On top of full-ride scholarships sometimes, which can already be a ton of money paid off, being payed to play sports is excessive and unnecessary. To the players that don't get payed to play, it would create a completely unfair system.
ReplyDelete2. I don't think the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules. Smaller schools are already at a huge disadvantage, as they can't recruit big time players who are getting a ton of attention from big schools that can offer them so much. If the NCAA rules were less strict, big time schools could offer them even more with money and smaller schools would fall into complete irrelevancy, making college games less fun to watch, especially in March Madness.
3. The 80 year sentence is completely absurd. Although these coaches were accused of fraud and bribery, they don't deserve a sentence to serve prison time for the rest of their lives, when people commit far worse crimes than that of these coaches and get shorter sentences.
4. I believe coaches should be able to support players who struggle financially. Some of these coaches are extremely wealthy and should be able o help out their players who mean a lot to them who maybe can't afford some essentials. Coaches should be able to do what they want with money for players that struggle. That is far different from bribing players into recruitment.
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ReplyDeleteI don't belive that colleges should be able to pay college recruits, I belive that because it would be unethical and an unfair advantage to other low financial schools that want recruits. I belive that recruiting should be fair, and to make the game/teams fair.
ReplyDeleteI dont think that the rules are that strict, they make it that strict for the game to be fair, so big schools that have a lot of money in the sports department dont have a big advantage to other teams.
Although the coaches broke the rules, I dont they should spend a big majority of their life in prison. They could maybe be in prison for a shorter period of time, or a large fine and fired from their job.
I do not believe coach's should be able to support a player who is struggling financially. There are many opportunities like a full athletic scholarships, and numerous other scholarships to be able to support them.
Should coaches be allowed to pay recruits?
ReplyDeleteYes, I do believe that coaches should be allowed to pay the athletes that they are recruiting. The NCAA makes hundreds of millions every year off of the athletes and they receive none of it. Why should they not be able to be payed, if they are the ones making all of the money.
Do you believe the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behaviors?
Yes, I do believe that the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and behaviors. They don’t allow for basketball players to go straight to the NBA anymore, keeping them from making money, but they also don’t allow for them to make any money in college either.
Do you think the 4 college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison?
No, The 4 coaches should not get the 80 years in prison, because even though there are real charges linked to the coaches, they did not hurt anybody and people have done far worse things before and have gotten less time.
Do you believe that a coach should be able to support a recruit/player who struggles financially?
Yes, I do believe that a coach should be able to support a player who struggles financially, to a point. It the Recruit is not even eating, and the coach gives the players a couple of meals, that should be fine. However, if the coach is buying the recruits cars and not necessary items, they should be stopped. a
I do not believe that coaches should pay athletes to go to that school. Being payed should not be an incentive to go to a certain school. There should be other ways of making kids go to the school. There should be other wait of advertising these schools.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the NCAA was not too strict. Paying college students to come to that school is unethical and shouldn't exist. The only way to prevent these types of situations from happening in the future is to be strict about this issue.
I do not think that the college coaches should get up to 80 years in prison. Although this situation is unethical 80 years in prison is an unnecessary and cruel. At this point in time, if a coach gets up to 80 years, they will not leave until their death. I do believe they should go to prison for at least 5-10 years in prison or even just an extremely large fine and loss of the ability to work for the NCAA ever.
I believe coaches should be able to help students who struggle financially. They should not be allowed to use this as an incentive for the students to go to that university but they should advertise that if a student struggle financially that that university may be able to help out. Nothing should be guaranteed though, and it should only be enough to help the student get on his feet. It should not be enough for him not to try to find his own way.
Recruits should not be payed in any way to join a team because that gives bigger schools an advantage to get top recruits. I don't think the NCAA is too strict on recruiting rules and coaches behavior but there does need to be more awareness of schools scandals with recruiting and giving students academic passes. Getting eighty in prison is crazy and while people are doing much worse aren't getting that kind of punishment. I think coaches should be able to recruit player who's are in financial need because it can give them the opportunity to make a ton of money and become a professional athlete.
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