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The alternative- having the NCAA govern this sort of issue- is far worse than accepting that there is a degree of ludicrousness to comparing it with bylaw infractions.

What is it most here think Meyer did wrong and got punished for?

I lean to thinking Meyer was on the verge of telling them to shove it, maybe he did and got talked out of that step.

Someone, his wife?, may have said "Give it time, don't make a rash decision."

He quit at Florida as I recall and then "unquit" before he quit again.  Maybe he recalls that step and didn't want to do it rashly, but perhaps after a week of contemplation, he weighs his duty to his team and his legacy and decides it's not worth it.  I don't know about his physical health.

The story isn't over.

Mgoblog wrote something today that I thought was nuanced/smart.
The crux was that out of revenue self-interest the NCAA has pushed the notion of "amateurism" at all costs. And that one of these costs is an environment in which perhaps every good player is getting some impermissible benefits under the table. Furthermore, it's clear that each program, at worst, considers this a joke or, at best, cares but after sending the boilerplate "don't do it" ultimately has to look the other way, or at least not stare too hard.
In other words, the NCAA is the central culprit of a culture of "see no evil, hear no evil" silence. That on its own doesn't really matter right? Because in a capitalistic society players trying to earn closer to their market value is not an illegal act, and (rule-breaking aside) not an ethical issue, either.
But what happens when these little sports enclaves with their cultures of silence brush up against true legal and unethical issues, like sexual abuse or domestic violence? Recent evidence, shows how ugly that mixture can be.
The answer to fixing this is to eliminate our cultures of silence. I'm persuaded that, HIGHLY INDIRECTLY, of course the NCAA is the largest force at fault.
My questions: Now that amateurism has brought us these cultures of silence, are they engrained, or can they go away if amateurism goes away? How long until we start over, without amateurism, perhaps without the NCAA?

Mgoblog wrote something today that I thought was nuanced/smart.
The crux was that out of revenue self-interest the NCAA has pushed the notion of "amateurism" at all costs. And that one of these costs is an environment in which perhaps every good player is getting some impermissible benefits under the table. Furthermore, it's clear that each program, at worst, considers this a joke or, at best, cares but after sending the boilerplate "don't do it" ultimately has to look the other way, or at least not stare too hard.
In other words, the NCAA is the central culprit of a culture of "see no evil, hear no evil" silence. That on its own doesn't really matter right? Because in a capitalistic society players trying to earn closer to their market value is not an illegal act, and (rule-breaking aside) not an ethical issue, either.
But what happens when these little sports enclaves with their cultures of silence brush up against true legal and unethical issues, like sexual abuse or domestic violence? Recent evidence, shows how ugly that mixture can be.
The answer to fixing this is to eliminate our cultures of silence. I'm persuaded that, HIGHLY INDIRECTLY, of course the NCAA is the largest force at fault.
My questions: Now that amateurism has brought us these cultures of silence, are they engrained, or can they go away if amateurism goes away? How long until we start over, without amateurism, perhaps without the NCAA?

Mgoblog wrote something today that I thought was nuanced/smart.
The crux was that out of revenue self-interest the NCAA has pushed the notion of "amateurism" at all costs. And that one of these costs is an environment in which perhaps every good player is getting some impermissible benefits under the table. Furthermore, it's clear that each program, at worst, considers this a joke or, at best, cares but after sending the boilerplate "don't do it" ultimately has to look the other way, or at least not stare too hard.
In other words, the NCAA is the central culprit of a culture of "see no evil, hear no evil" silence. That on its own doesn't really matter right? Because in a capitalistic society players trying to earn closer to their market value is not an illegal act, and (rule-breaking aside) not an ethical issue, either.
But what happens when these little sports enclaves with their cultures of silence brush up against true legal and unethical issues, like sexual abuse or domestic violence? Recent evidence, shows how ugly that mixture can be.
The answer to fixing this is to eliminate our cultures of silence. I'm persuaded that, HIGHLY INDIRECTLY, of course the NCAA is the largest force at fault.
My questions: Now that amateurism has brought us these cultures of silence, are they engrained, or can they go away if amateurism goes away? How long until we start over, without amateurism, perhaps without the NCAA?