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<blockquote data-quote="VanC" data-source="post: 819250" data-attributes="member: 3355"><p>Here's a little article I found on the subject. The paragraph I highlighted is, in my opinion, the sad truth of the state of affairs in major college sports today. In other words, if the NCAA digs deep enough at Oregon they'll probably find some sort of violation. It could be minor, it could be something big, it might or might not involve a coach or two, but it's almost certainly there. But the same could be said of any other major college program, especially football. You dig deep enough and you'll find something there. There's too much money, too much pressure to win and win now, and too much pride involved for there not to be. Call me a cynic, but that's the way I see it.</p><p></p><p>As for the Oregon case, it was only a matter of time before someone started pointing fingers. No offense, Alan, but your Ducks haven't exactly been known as a national football power down through the years. All of a sudden, just within the past couple of years, they're on top of the world, or very close. That doesn't mean they cheated to get there, but that's the type of thing that raises eyebrows.</p><p></p><p>The Texas connection is no surprise either. Any time a school like Oregon or Illinois or any other goes into a football crazy state like Texas and takes a couple of "their" kids, they get suspicious and start looking into things. It's almost impossible for people at programs like Texas, Florida, Florida State, Ohio State, etc. to believe that one of "their" blue chippers would want to leave the state and play somewhere else. So they assume that the out of state school cheated and they start pointing fingers. Happens all the time.</p><p></p><p>Remember when SMU got the "death penalty" back in the 80's? Turns out that the bigger Texas schools had been cheating like there was no tomorrow. Most of them even got put on probation a couple of times for minor violations. But that was mostly over recruitment of in state players. Everybody looked the other way because they were doing it, too. There was one case where Texas A&M bought Eric Dickerson a car while he was still in high school expecting him to play for the Aggies. Dickerson ended up going to SMU for cash and kept the car. There wasn't much A&M could do at that point. If they turn SMU in, they go down with them. That's the way it was back then.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, it wasn't until SMU went into Pennsylvania and recruited the No. 1 ranked player in the state that the whole house of cards started to come down. The people at Pitt got suspicious and sent someone to talk to the kid's mother. After he left there he contacted the NCAA and got them involved. After that, the dominos started falling and a year later the SMU program was shut down. So I guess the moral of the story is: if you're gonna cheat, stay in your state.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VanC, post: 819250, member: 3355"] Here's a little article I found on the subject. The paragraph I highlighted is, in my opinion, the sad truth of the state of affairs in major college sports today. In other words, if the NCAA digs deep enough at Oregon they'll probably find some sort of violation. It could be minor, it could be something big, it might or might not involve a coach or two, but it's almost certainly there. But the same could be said of any other major college program, especially football. You dig deep enough and you'll find something there. There's too much money, too much pressure to win and win now, and too much pride involved for there not to be. Call me a cynic, but that's the way I see it. As for the Oregon case, it was only a matter of time before someone started pointing fingers. No offense, Alan, but your Ducks haven't exactly been known as a national football power down through the years. All of a sudden, just within the past couple of years, they're on top of the world, or very close. That doesn't mean they cheated to get there, but that's the type of thing that raises eyebrows. The Texas connection is no surprise either. Any time a school like Oregon or Illinois or any other goes into a football crazy state like Texas and takes a couple of "their" kids, they get suspicious and start looking into things. It's almost impossible for people at programs like Texas, Florida, Florida State, Ohio State, etc. to believe that one of "their" blue chippers would want to leave the state and play somewhere else. So they assume that the out of state school cheated and they start pointing fingers. Happens all the time. Remember when SMU got the "death penalty" back in the 80's? Turns out that the bigger Texas schools had been cheating like there was no tomorrow. Most of them even got put on probation a couple of times for minor violations. But that was mostly over recruitment of in state players. Everybody looked the other way because they were doing it, too. There was one case where Texas A&M bought Eric Dickerson a car while he was still in high school expecting him to play for the Aggies. Dickerson ended up going to SMU for cash and kept the car. There wasn't much A&M could do at that point. If they turn SMU in, they go down with them. That's the way it was back then. Anyway, it wasn't until SMU went into Pennsylvania and recruited the No. 1 ranked player in the state that the whole house of cards started to come down. The people at Pitt got suspicious and sent someone to talk to the kid's mother. After he left there he contacted the NCAA and got them involved. After that, the dominos started falling and a year later the SMU program was shut down. So I guess the moral of the story is: if you're gonna cheat, stay in your state. [/QUOTE]
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