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Originally Posted by carom
I may be totally off base here, and if I am please ignore this post. Im not saying that the NCAA isnt corrupt, but all sports are corrupt.
Im guessing your user name is in reference to Jose Mourinho, so I am guessing you are a fan of association football. Look at the recent history of the league that Mourinho is managing in right now? Association football in europe (and probably most of the world) is super corrupt, way worse then anything in North America (or at least here they can cover their @ss). This doesnt ruin the champions league for me.
If you dont want to watch NCAA football that is fine but dont say you refuse to watch it because it is corrupt, that is ignorant. Because NCAA is amateur I would guess that they are much me diligent at catching the worst cheaters, and not sweeping things under the rug. You can find corruption in any sport if you want, you can choose to ignore it, or you can just accept it. IMO this is not a valid reason to write it off.
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My problem with the NCAA is that they screw these young men who generate BILLIONS by paying them NOTHING. I know they get a degree if they can stick it out for four full years but statistically the majority don't. Look at the graduation rate for all the big schools.
Of course there's corruption at some level in all sports but none so blatant as in the NCAA in my opinion.