The College Football Atmosphere

The NCAA has had probably the worst offseason ever. It will forever be remembered as the offseason when THE Ohio State University (finally) got busted for player benefits and one of the NCAA's biggest revenue producers The U, Miami University being absolutely thrown under the bus by something named Nevin Shapiro. While all college football fans should be talking about final depth charts and who is going to be starting and the pre-season rankings, most are talking about all of the blatant violations by two of the biggest schools in college football.

First of all, something about Nevin Shapiro. The guy looks like he is 5'8" and the only reason he got picked in the park to play is if he brought the football. Not only are you an idiot for getting busted on a Ponzi scheme, but then you decide to throw your alma matter directly under the bus. I get it, you had loads of cash and you loved throwing it around at U football/basketball players, but would you have ever revealed these allegations if you weren't in prison? My guess is no. I'm not a huge U fan but really, grow a spine.

Now on to some NCAA rules. First, the idea that these scholarship athletes don't have enough money to buy food or whatever is ludacris. You are getting a full ride for tuition and housing!!! If you are broke and need extra cash for tattoos or whatever you spend your money on then I have this advice for you: take out a G Dang loan like the 98% of people who are in college. And if you are as good as you think you are then you should have absolutely no problem paying those loans back with that big pro contract you sign. There is no reason why college athletes should be paid for their services. They are no different than every other student at their school. Jay Bilas compared college athletes to a music major who is on full scholarship and the musician making some cash by playing a extra gig at a local establishment. Was that music major recruited to play music for the University and undoubtedly bring in revenue for said university? No, they were not. Apples to apples Mr. Bilas.

And here is my final thought. Every college cheats, but some are just better at not getting caught for awhile at it. The SEC is full of cheaters, take a real good hard look at Alabama, Auburn and LSU. Auburn almost got busted with $Cam Newton. USC got busted. Ohio St. Now Miami. How much longer before another big name's dark recruiting secrets are revealed? Every big name school in the NCAA does it. It is just a matter of time before they all get caught for something.

Thanks for reading. Much more to come in the future.