“The college basketball world was turned upside down on Sept. 29 when the the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York laid out findings from an F.B.I. investigation that uncovered mass corruption, bribery and wire fraud involving some of the sport's top programs.” (Rapaport). NCAA scandals have made the college basketball rules and playing style become corrupt. Scandals can be in many forms and have different types of penalties depending on the situation. In a normal scandal coaches want to recruit players and in order to do this the coach might give the players bribes or other things that will make them come play for their program. Also, sometimes the universities may make classes easier for the athletes to pass so …show more content…
they can continue to be eligible to play. The NCAA deals with scandals in a very particular manner. First the NCAA decides how bad the scandal is and if it is scandalous. If the scandal is decided as scandalous then the FBI will eventually have to step in. After this occurs the NCAA will decide the penalties that will apply. Some penalties may be from firing coaches to not fielding a team which is also known as the “death penalty”. There have been many scandals throughout the college sports era and some examples are from universities like Michigan State, Louisville, UNC, and SMU. In the Michigan State scandal a doctor named Larry Nassar sexually assaulted many athletes that came to him when they were injured. Some of his patients included USA Gymnast, Aly Raisman. This act could affect Michigan State’s reputation and athletic play. In the Louisville scandal, Rick Pitino was accused of bribing recruits with certain things. As a result, Rick Pitino was fired and Louisville lost a national championship, final fours, and 123 wins (“NCAA Denies Louisville”). A scandal that resulted in very little penalties was the UNC scandal. UNC was accused of cheating and making “fake classes” for athletes for 20 or so years, but then they were found innocent of doing this. Finally, one of the worst scandals in NCAA was at SMU. At SMU coaches paid their recruits so that bigger players would play for their football team because they were getting beat because they were too small and as a result the program received the “death penalty”. NCAA scandals dramatically affect teams, players and coaches. NCAA scandals dramatically affect college sports teams by implying the death penalty, taking wisna and titles, and their reputation. Scandals can affect teams in many different ways depending on the penalty the NCAA has enforced on that team. One of the most extreme penalty a college team can get from becoming guilty in a scandal is the “death penalty”. This penalty was applied to the SMU football team in 1976 (Dodd). This penalty states that a team cannot field a team for a year or more. This means that the program will not be able to compete in non-conference and conference play. This penalty is the worst possible penalty a team could get. This penalty is so bad that John Lombardi described it as this, “It’s like what happened after we dropped the [atom] bomb in World War II. The results were so catastrophic that now we’ll do anything to avoid dropping another one.” A similar situation like the one at SMU applied to the Kentucky basketball team in 1952-1953 when the team was found guilty of players taking bribes to point shave (“The Most Salacious”). As a result the college basketball team was not able to play in the 1952-53 season (“The Most Salacious”). Another example of a team that have been affected by penalties of a scandal is the Louisville basketball team. During this scandal Louisville was found guilty of recruiting players with money and other things, which is against the NCAA rules. As a result the NCAA permitted Louisville from playing in ACC play during the 2017-18 season and also the NCAA tournament (Greer). The team also was forced to fire their head coach Rick Pitino under NCAA ruling (Greer). Firing Rick Pitino affects the program dramatically because they have lost a good coach and are going to have to start from scratch. Another example of how NCAA scandals affects college sports teams is by taking their titles and wins.
Depending on how bad the scandal was the NCAA has the authority to take away wins, championships, and final four appearances. About a week ago this happened to the Louisville basketball program. The NCAA had been debating on taking wins for a long time from this program and they finally decided to. On February 20, 2018 the NCAA took away Louisville’s 2013 title, their 2012 Final Four appearance, and 123 wins (Greer). On the other hand UNC had no wins and titles taken after the NCAA had been contemplating about doing so. No wins were taken because the NCAA stated that “no rules were broken,” …show more content…
(Kane). The last example of how NCAA Scandals affect college sports teams is by tainting their reputation. Two teams have have their reputation tainted recently are Duke and Michigan State. Duke was accused of cheating and crime on campus. SInce these incidents Duke University is now known as a school with crime rather than what they were previously known as a smart and educational school, which is still true, but not as much. At MSU Larry Nassar has made Michigan State known as a school with unintelligent students and staff because of Larry Nassar’s actions. Reputation affects teams because in the recruiting process players might not want to go to that school because they do not want to be seen of how the school is seen. Players are dramatically affected by NCAA scandals because they might not be eligible to play, get their scholarships removed, and affect their reputation. Players are affected by their eligibility of play. If a player is involved in a scandal then the NCAA can prevent the athlete from playing or suspend him/her. For example a player at Louisville was suspended because he had impermissible benefits (Greer et.al). This action was breaking the NCAA rules and the 5 star recruit was suspended from play until further notice (Greer et.al). This athlete was involved with Rick Pitino and the scandal he was involved in. In the scandal at Kentucky University players took bribes and they were later sent to jail (Greer et.al). This connects to the eligibility of play because they were involved in the scandal at Kentucky and being sent to jail affects them because they will not be able to participate until they are released from jail. These examples of player being suspended or permitted from play shows the effect NCAA scandals have on players. The second way how NCAA scandals affect players is by taking their scholarships. An example of a player losing a scholarship due to a scandal was a football star that was getting heavily recruited by many teams. This player decided to take a scholarship offer to Penn State (Corcoran). After his deal with Penn state football star, Myles Hartsfield got caught up in a hazing scandal, where Hartfield and other groups of people beat up lower classmen and hoping they would get away with it (Corcoran). After hearing the news that Myles Hartfiel was caught up in a scandal, the university decided to rescind Hartfield’s scholarship (Corcoran). Taking away this scholarship means the football star will not be able to pursue his dream and play college football. The last and final reason of how players are affected by NCAA is reputation.
Many college athletes retain a bad reputation after a scandal ends. If a player is found guilty in a scandal than people may not want that player or might think bad about them. For example, if a player is found guilty in a scandal and colleges find out about it this player now has a bad reputation. In college it is very important to not have a bad reputation. It is important because teams and coaches will think bad about him/her and the player could face many challenges. The player could face challenges like getting their scholarship rescinded, not playing a sport in college, and not pursuing their dream of being a college and possibly a professional athlete. Therefore, if you are a college athlete you should stay out of trouble because it could affect you in many different
ways. The last aspect that NCAA scandals affect are the coaches. If a coach is found in a scandal they may get fined a lot of money. For example, Rick Pitino waa the highest paid coach at $7.8 million including bonus pay (Greer et.al). This scandal had a major impact on his paycheck, Pitino was fined for a possible $55 million or more (Belden). This impacts Rick Pitino because this was a big fine and now he can’t pay off things and will have to leave the university. In addition, at Georgia University Shane Beamer was the assistant coach of the football team. Beamer was the fined $25,000 (Georgia fines Shane). Beamer was fined because he got caught up in a scandal at Wake Forest University which where he previously coached. In this scandal Beamer was leaking game plan information to other NCAA teams (Georgia fines Shane). Both examples provided were showing how coaches are affected by NCAA by getting fined. The second way coaches are affected by NCAA scandals is by getting fired. If a coach is caught up in a scandal they may have serious consequences they might even get fired. This happened to Rick Pitino at Louisville University. Prior to Rick pitino being fired he was upheld to a five game suspension placed by the NCAA (Bahr). Eventually the NCAA decided to come to a conclusion that Louisville will be forced to fire one of their greatest coaches of all time, Rick Pitino (Bahr). This action greatly impacts Pitino and the program. This impacts pitino because he will not be wanted anywhere else to coach so he will have to give up his coaching career and he will not be making any money. This impacts the program because the team will not be as successful as they were prior to the scandal. The final way coaches are affected by NCAA scandals is their reputation. A coaches reputation may get worse after a scandal and how they were involved in it. This affects the coach because they will then have a bad reputation. If a coach has a bad reputation they will not be wanted anywhere and they will have to quit their job of coaching. This was shown by Rick Pitino because no program has offered him a job since he was fire from Louisville because he is seen as a criminal now. College sports scandals dramatically impact teams, players, and coaches. Temas are impacted by the “Death penalty”, a loss of wins and titles, and their reputation. Players are affected by their eligibility to play, rescinding scholarships, and their reputation. Finally, coaches are impacted by getting fined, fired, and their reputation. These aspects play a big role in college sports programs because if there coaches and players are affected then the whole program will be. How will you feel if your favorite college team has to stop participating in you favorite sport?
Athletes do not always get in trouble, but when they do some athletes tend to have favoritism shown to them by the law enforcement. When it comes to athletes that break the law, one major viewpoint is that some athletes tend to get special treatment when they commit crimes because they are famous, but with harsher consequences. Athletes are supposed to be role models for younger kids who look up to them, but they are getting in trouble and causing controversy for all the wrong reasons and it is affecting their careers, the athletes might not think that it is because of the favoritism that law enforcement shows them, but it is. When athletes do commit crimes law enforcement tends to be bias toward them because they are known around the world (Withers). Therefore, this causes a lot of controversy surrounding the athlete because many people believe that they do not get disciplined like they should.
In 1986, it was hinted that people were giving money to Southern Methodist University to bolster the football program. After this was confirmed, the NCAA began taking action and started its own investigation into the program. Upon completing their investigation, they found that all prior allegations were true and began sanctioning the program. On February 25, 1987, the SMU football program, already the most penalized program in history, received the harshest sanctions ever hande...
This is a big topic in the sports world. Players such as Reggie Bush and O.J Mayo have stripped their team of big achievements just because of one desicon. Some of the things that have been stripped are national championships, scholarships, wins, and not being able to play in the postseason next year. The player also may have some achievements taken away as well. Such as, player of the year award, or defensive player of the year. Most of the incidents happen when a player signs an agent and takes gifts such as money, houses, cars, food, and so on. Colleges should be punished because they are responsible for that player, colleges/coaching staff have a pretty good idea of the events that happen between players, and the athletes are representing the college.
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First, illegal recruiting in NCAA athletics is tremendously unethical. “The extremely high stakes of recruiting can sometimes compromise the values that coaches need to teach: honesty, integrity, and loyalty” (Spillane). No matter how high the stakes, there is no reason to put all morals and values aside for the sake of a college sport. Whether it is a low level recruit or a superstar, it all has to deal with the same principle, meaning that if the coach doesn’t regard the two recruits equally he isn’t doing his job right. As expectations for the coach begin to rise and job security decreases, it tempts the coaches to go out and attain the recruits no matter what the cost (Spillane). Although a coach may be susceptible to losing his job, it is better to be fired than to give up all of their morals and integrity. If a person is to give up all of their morals for any reason, it truly shows what type of person they are. Also, as explained in Modern Sports Ethics by Angela Lumpkin, there may not be any moral obligation for a coach or recruiter to make the right choice (66). Therefore, the coach’s character becomes ...
The Southern Methodist University football scandal, also known as Ponygate, was one of the most severe consequences that the NCAA has ever given out to a college or university. In this instance, the Southern Methodist University football program was found to be illegally paying their players after already being in trouble with the NCAA several times. The first time this football program had been caught by the NCAA for not following its rules was in 1985. This was when an incident regarding offensive lineman Sean Stopperich came up. Prior to transferring schools after going through an injury which made him unable to play, he was paid $5,000 by one of the Southern Methodist Universities booster programs to attend the school and play football there. This caused “the NCAA to place SMU on three years of probation in 1985, limit its postseason appearances, ban the boosters involved and strip the football program of 45 scholarships.” This did not show the program or the school a lesson though. Again in 1986 the Southern Methodist University football program was found breaking NCAA rules. This was their seventh time they had broken and been caught breaking NCAA rules. This time it was found that, “an unnamed booster had been found to have paid 13 Mustang players $61,000 from a slush fund with the approval of key members of the SMU athletic staff.” The result of this complication with NCAA rules is what became known as the, “death penalty”. This death penalty declared that there were to be, “no football in '87. only seven games in '88. no television or bowl appearances until 1989 and restrictions on off-campus recruiting and the number of assistant coaches until 1989 SMU which signed no high school players to letters of intent this winter...
Throughout the late 1900’s, Title IX had an effect on both men’s and women’s sports. Before Title IX, girls were often discriminated in sports and education. Girls were not given fair treatment because they were thought of as weak. Men were given more privileges in sports. Some people think that Title IX has ruined men’s sports. The creation of Title IX was to reduce gender discrimination in sports and education. After Title IX, women were given more respect in sports and education. Women have grown both academically and athletically. Title IX has had effect’s on both women’s and men’s sports and education.
With the recent controversy and scandal surrounding the University of Colorado and the college football world, this off season has been one of the busiest ever. College Football has experienced an eye-opening revelation and these experiences call for major changes in the traditional recruiting practices. Last month, stories surfaced about the University of Colorado using sex, alcohol, and parties to lure blue chip recruits to their program. While these types of actions are prevalent at every major football program, this is the first time that they have been officially exposed. This exposure has started a chain-reaction of changes to the recruiting part of college football and has grabbed the attention of the United States Congress. The involvement of the most powerful government in the world shows the seriousness of the present situation and also that these inappropriate recruiting practices are not going to be ignored any longer. The face of college football will change dramatically and the results of this scandal will have a lasting impact for decades to come. For any person who follows college football and has a favorite team, this is an important issue because the traditional way that many of us have come to love, is about to disappear.
The NCAA is guiding them in directions to make money for everybody while doing everything possible to keep the players out of the money. College athletes deserve profit because they bring in large revenue into their program and the NCAA, and they invest tons of time into their sport. The athletes at these institutions bring in tons of money into their school every year and deserve compensation. These universities are exploiting these athletes by not giving them back what they make for their school. The numbers say it all when it comes to the scamming of the athletes by their own schools.
People believe that paying college athletes will ruin the tradition and innocence of the game. However, people forget that Olympians get paid, and most of them are amateur athletes. "Gold medallists from the United States receive a minimum of $15,000 for their success (from the U.S. Olympic Committee and the national governing body of the winner's sport), USA Today, Final Ed." These Olympians can also capitalize on endorsement deals and other additional bonuses, most of which are illegal in college athletics. The innocence of the game is already in jeopardy, in a June 24th, 1996 issue of The NCAA News, " Studies indicate that 75 percent of underclassmen have received cash or gifts from an agent." That’s a pretty high number, three out of every four are involved in illegal activities involving agents, and 90...
College basketball has gone from amateur competition to multi-million dollar tournaments and will continue to get larger and larger. The student-athlete is no longer a student and has become more and more of an athlete. Admissions are loosened and deals are made in order to get the best basketball players in the land. Athletes who are not students are criticized when they leave for the pros even though they are probably doing the right thing by not perpetuating the myth of academics and athletics. College basketball has become a multi-million dollar industry whether schools will admit it or not and the student athlete is the one getting played.
Abstract: Collegiate athletes participating in the two revenue sports (football, men's basketball) sacrifice their time, education, and risk physical harm for their respected programs. The players are controlled by a governing body (NCAA) that dictates when they can show up to work, and when they cannot show up for work. They are restricted from making any substantial financial gains outside of their sports arena. These athletes receive no compensation for their efforts, while others prosper from their abilities. The athletes participating in the two revenue sports of college athletics, football and men's basketball should be compensated for their time, dedication, and work put forth in their respected sports.
The impact of college athletic programs on academics has always been a controversial and contentious topic. It seems that athletic programs have some contemplative effects on academics of colleges and universities. Different people have different ideas about how college athletic programs should be carried on. College presidents, administrations, student athletes, parents of students, and athletic trainers are along with these people who point out different facts about the fallouts of athletics on academics. A bunch of people suggest that athletic programs should be dropped from college system, while another group suggests that athletic programs should be taken care with more advertence. An analysis on the effects of college athletics on academics has two personal approaches: college athletics undermine academics, and athletics amplify academic experience.
College athletes are manipulated every day. Student athletes are working day in and day out to meet academic standards and to keep their level of play competitive. These athletes need to be rewarded and credited for their achievements. Not only are these athletes not being rewarded but they are also living with no money. Because the athletes are living off of no money they are very vulnerable to taking money from boosters and others that are willing to help them out. The problem with this is that the athletes are not only getting themselves in trouble but their athletic departments as well.
In recent years the idea of student-athletes getting paid for playing in college has become more and more popular. There have been many instances where questions have been raised surrounding some of the finest athletes participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Some of the biggest names in athletics have been involved, including Cam Newton, Reggie Bush, Johnny Manziel, along with many more athletes who have been exposed by the media for supposedly accepting cash benefits while in college. Most recently Johnny Manziel has been brought up in an autograph scandal. Apparently he was paid ten-thousand dollars for more than over one thousand and one hundred autographs. Ultimately Manziel was only suspended one half of a full collegiate football game, but is it really fair that he was forced to sit a half of football game because he simply gave some people his John Hancock? Reggie Bush and Cam Newton have both been involved in scandals involving mone...