BU, Valley, and NCAA news....

As I said elsewhere -- I really doubt even one of the coaches in the Salinas play for pay scandal will ever even get a letter from the NCAA. That's because there are so many of the top college coaches that it would bring down the entire NCAA to go after this many guys who are in the upper echelon of Division I basketball.



I note Kirk Wessler has a blog entry saying he thinks rules should be changed in the NCAA because way too many coaches are breaking rules and getting caught. He also seems to be against the paying of players that some promote...which would create chaos in college sports if it happens -- then every other athlete - even the people on the cheerleading squad and guys on the debate team would expect to get paid -- and if you don't think that'll happen, then check all the Title IX lawsuits as silly as they all are...
KW says this...
"Great argument against paying college athletes..... I certainly agree major changes are needed, and some measures I think are just common sense. (For one thing, I think it’s ludicrous for NCAA rules to prohibit athletes from selling their swag...)

... The rule book needs to be simplified, not made more complicated."

Earth to everyone who thinks the rules should be softer, or eliminated -- those rules took 100 years to draw up and refine.....
they don't need to be "eliminated" -- they need to be enforced!!!

Kirk is wrong--
his answer is "simplify the rules"...
and other people say pay the players, etc., etc...
but I say it is even easier than that...
JUST catch and enforce the rules against the cheaters...
that's all it would take --
The reason we have come to the point of so many top coaches and programs cheating is because they've found over the decades that they can do so with impunity -- that they've been able to jack the rules time and time and time again without any fear of getting caught..
and even the ones who got caught never got any serious penalties..
JUST catch the cheaters and enforce the rules that are already there, just as it was intended when the rules were devised!



MISSOURI STATE'S JERMAINE MALLETT just signed with a Polish team -
LKS Sphinx Petrolinvest Lodz .... in Lodz, Poland a city 200 miles north of Krakow.



Anyone remember Quinton Watkins?? Illini fans might - he was a 4-Star guard signed and even enroilled by Bruce Weber who then never played.
He eventuallly transferred to San Diego State, and didn't qualify there. Then he went to College of Southern Idaho. But he never played there either. He ended up at Fresno City College last year, and averaged 17 ppg. Now he is going to a D2 school Cal State-Los Angeles.
Because of how the "clock" issue relates to D1 players, he only has 1 semester of eligibility left if he goes to D1, but he has 3 seasons left at D2!
So - another 4-Star kid going D-II !!
http://jucojunction.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1245258



According to one IU Hoosier observer at the Indianapolis Pro-Am league...
..Matt Roth's team lost but Matt had only a layup and one FT for 3 pts
Skip Mills (23 pts), Andre Owens (22 pts), and George Hill & Eric Gordon each went for 30 in other games....many guys putting up some big numbers.

Here's Matt Roth's team
http://www.indyproam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=144

Matt's team is 1-4 and out of the playoffs.

Familiar names such as....Kenton Walker, Jake Kelly, Gordon Hayward, SIU's Jermaine Dearman, Josh Crawford, Shy Ely, and other Valley players are playing on the various Indy pro-am teams.

Here's a video of a Butler kid doing a pretty awesome alley-oop slam
http://www.ballinisahabit.net/2011/07/posterized-chrishawn-hopkins-rises-up.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter



For those of you guys who like women in bikinis -- I thought I'd give you this link --
ENJOY!!!!
http://www.kval.com/news/local/126289188.html



If anyone wants to see a copy of the full letter sent by JL in regards to the contract dispute - let me know --