Most of the basketball aficionados’ have probably chewed, digested and regurgitated the information that I am preparing to offer by now but I think “chewing the cud” a bit more might not be such a bad idea; at least it is better than “chewing the fat,” because as far as I can see the only one getting fat is the NCAA.
Dean Smith, the legendary North Carolina Tar Heels coach, passed away on February 7, 2015. On March 16, a letter was sent by Tim Breedlove, Trustee of the Dean E. Smith Revocable Trust Fund, informing the former players of Dean Smith that they were awarded a $200.00 “gift” from the estate of the iconic coach assumedly as a gesture of thanks from him for their “services” as athletes.
The greedy, seedy and needy NCAA even had to add their “two cents” regarding that noble gesture. College basketball writer Chip Patterson recently posted this on cbssports.com; “we found out that former North Carolina coach Dean Smith gave his former players $200 for a “dinner out” via his will. It was a unique gift from the legendary coach, and one that the NCAA issued a ruling on Saturday night.
“Contrary to inaccurate media reports, Dean Smith’s generous gift to former student-athletes is NOT an NCAA violation,” the NCAA announced via the @InsideTheNCAA. “Not an NCAA violation.”
Are these clowns serious?
I am now at a critical point regarding the way that I view the NCAA and maybe the way a majority of folks will see them after they remove their “crimson” colored sunglasses. Why does the NCAA even have to poke their noses into a coach giving his former players $200 lousy dollars after the players have left or have graduated from the university?
Is Vladimir Putin the undercover President, CEO, Chairman of The Board and Founder of the NCAA?
Is there a secret marriage covenant between the NCAA and the athletes’ that we don’t know about and if so, isn’t the “divorce” final after the players leave the university?
Scripture tells that; “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
The NCAA allows coaches to invade the homes of thousands of young American men. The NCAA “minions” are disguised as recruiters, armed with grandiose promises, along with sex, lies and videotapes. They remove the young men from parents and homes, preaching that they should abandon any individual goals and concentrate on becoming one with each other to achieve victory as a “team.”
God might join these athletes together, but the NCAA will surely divide and conquer everyone that gets in their way when it comes to equitably “distributing the dough.”
The NCAA should have been applauding the gesture by Dean Smith as opposed to having to sanction it.
Dean Smith coached the North Carolina Tarheels basketball squad for 36 years. The average roster size was 16 players that initially equals 576 players. Now, say the average player played for 4 years that is 576 players divided by 4 equals 144 players.
Hey listen, 144 x $200.00 =$28,800.00. For the sake of another argument let’s go toward the high end. If Coach Smith gave 544 players a stipend of $200 to “eat out,” that still only equals $108,000.00, just a drop in the bucket compared to the salary that Dean Smith and his brand commanded over a 36 year coaching career.
Thumbs up to Dean Smith for even thinking of his players. Thumbs down to the NCAA for always thinking only of themselves.
The head of the “tea party” terrorists’ are advocating and spewing out of their politically and socially foul mouths that the IRS should be abolished. Why are very few “activists’ promoting the elimination of the NCAA? Even the bible says a marriage is technically over when one of the spouses passes away. Most of the time a man or a woman can leave their, spouse or their children an inheritance without many “tax based” repercussions, which is why rich folks are always getting around “inheritance tax” issues.
Many of Dean Smith’s players were almost like family.
Enough is enough, the NCAA has outlived its usefulness. It is time to say goodbye to yesterday and the NCAA! (The source for this article was cbssports.com)
Aubrey Bruce can be reached at: abruce@newpittsburghcourier.com or 412.583.6741
He is also a contributing columnist for urbanmediatoday.com
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