Eight football players from the University of Miami (Florida) have been suspended for a variety of games by the NCAA for accepting illegal benefits from a university booster...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/08/30/miami-eligibility-ruling.ap/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a7
While these allegations are certainly bad, this is not the first time that the University of Miami has faced charges such as these. There are some that feel like the university simply is not a place where honesty can rule the day and have suggested drastic measures...
http://www.sportsillustratedeverywhere.com/issues/protected/com.timeinc.si.web.inapp.08292011/16-years-later-its-time-to-get-real-9198.html
Still, there are others out there who view this from a different angle. There are some who feel that the players should be compensated and that the whole idea of punishing them for taking money / gifts is absurd...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/michael_rosenberg/07/25/ncaa.pay/index.html
Do you think that the punishments handed out by the NCAA were fair? Is this enough, or should the overall program be punished as well? Is Alexander Wolff's suggestion that football be dropped a good idea or is it tooo severe / extreme? What can be done to stop problems like this from existing? Should we even care that things like this are taking place? (DUE BY SUNDAY 9/4)
I think the punishments are fair. The colleges were cheating and it is never a good thing for a school to cheat in order to get players that they want for their athletics teams. I think that although the players accepted the money, the program should be punished since they are the ones who decided to do the wrong thing. I also believe that dropping the football programs for colleges may be a terrible idea since, as stated in one of the articles, some of the profit is taken from the football program and given to the other athletic programs existing in other colleges. I think that this problem can be solved by enforcing this policy and making the punishment slightly worse than it already is. If we did not, the colleges may continue to cheat and even get away with it. We should care because it is similar to a bribe and we should allow colleges to get a fair chance to get talented players for their athletic programs.
ReplyDeleteI believe the punishmentsmade by the NCAA are fair. The players were getting paid and knew it was wrong, and didn't notify anyone of their action. I believe that the overall program should be punished because it happened inside the program. The punishment should be like a suspension from bowl games and not allowed to recruit for a few years. I think dropping the football program is too extreme, because not all the players were involved in the illegal actions. If 3/4 of the team was involved, and/or all the starters were involved, i think mabey dropping the program for a year would be a little harsh, but reasonable. I think for these actions to be stopped, the program should have someone review the booster program every month and make sure no illegal actions are being done. I think we the fans should not worry about these actions but know information about them when they happen.
ReplyDeleteYes, i do believe that the punishments handed out were fair. If Ohio State players were suspended from games for violating rules, it would be unfair to not suspend the Miami players. Overall, I do not think that the program should be punished. That is going to far for a punishment. Even though this has happened before with them, it still would be unfair to take away a university's greatest athletic team. Football is what the school relies on. To stop problems like this from existing, they should limit the booster program from doing certain things. Also, they should just keep an eye on the program and what it is doing. I believe that we should worry about these things. It is affecting college football in some ways. It is influencing players to go to the colleges that are paying them the most money; kind of like the case with USC.
ReplyDeleteI think that punishments were too light. The players should be done for the year. All universities need to come together to put an end to players accepting illegal benefits. Getting rid of football is not the answer. That is absolutely ridiculous in my opinion. Something does need to be done because this has happened before.
ReplyDeletei think its fair because all the teams know what the rules are, even if they don't agree with them, they know the rules and the consequences for what they were doing, so they deserve what they got. Also, if they've been in trouble for it before, they should have known better to not do it again.
ReplyDeleteI believe the punishments handed out by the NCAA were fair. Some event like this happens each year. For example, many players at Ohio State University were reviving "benefits" and received the right amount of punishments for doing so. I believe that the few players that accepted these benefits should be the ones who suffer, not the team entirely. Alexander Wolff's idea is too severe, plain and simple. There is nothing you can do but raise fines the more it happens.
ReplyDeleteI believe this is fair. All of the players are told their consequences and then do it anyway. The players punishment is enough, there is no need to punish the whole program. If the problems keep occurring then maybe they should start kicking the players out for the season. We should not care because it doesn't involve us. It only involves the teams and the individual players.
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ReplyDeleteWow! This is really the first time I have ever really thought about the rules and regulations that a college athelte mst abide by. The punishments that the Universoty of Miama players recieved are more than fair, due to the fact that the rules are in place as of right now. The players should onyl be able to not get in trouble if the rules were not in ace, but soince they are in place, then any student athlete must follow them. If the rules indicate that the prgrams should be geting punished as well, then so be it! Wolf's suggestion that football to be fropped is way out of proportion. The reason for that is because rules are made all the time, and they are almost guarenteed to be broken at some point in time, and as long as the correct consequences are delt with, then the committee has sone their job. The only way to stop such problems that college athletes seem to be facing with are to reinforce the rules, and ingrave them into the minds of the players before they agree to sign with a college. Yes, we should care about these problems, because every athlete should be following by the same guidelines. In my opinion, the athletes need to come to the realization that college is not just for the athletics, it is for the educational process that will help the indiviual in later life if their peformance on the field does not meet professional standards. In my opinion, the rules should be that each college needs to take into consideration the type of athlete they are going to have be representing their university on the field. If the athlete is financially struggling, then that college should be willing to help them and do the best that they can do to support their playing athlete.
ReplyDeleteI feel like they should make their ideas about the players accepting gifts/ money must be made clear to the players and there should be set and certain guidelines and hold all players accountable to it. There should no longer be any ifs or buts about it. If you break whatever the guidelines are you will face the punishment and if that means being penalized for X amounts of games, well maybe you should of thought twice. But i also think that if the guidelines, rules and regulations were not set in-place when these students did commit their wrongdoing then they potentially should not be the first to be punished.
ReplyDeleteI feel the punishment is fair, players and universities must be held accountable for their actions but you cant completely get rid of the football program because then you are taking revenue from the entire school not just the football program but the rules to keep this from happening again should be severe enough that no college would dare break the rule without completely getting rid of the team and punishing innocent players.
ReplyDeleteThe punishment is acceptable. I think the progream and university as a whole should be punished though. I would like to know if the players were totally aware that what they were accepting was illegal. If they did know then i think the punishment should definetely be more drastic, such as being out for the entire season. However, you have to remeber that they are only college kids and if it wasn't "black and white" to them that what they were accepting was wroing, then i think the suspensions are adequite.
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