Tuesday, 14 April 2009
NCAA comes out for freedom of speech
Hahahahaha, just kidding!
College sports were a cesspool of corruption long before[1] Howard Cosell ranted about “Big Time College Football†(and yes, you could hear the caps rattle past when he spoke!), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association has been the primary enabler/monopolist in the whole sorry mess. Billions of untaxed dollars in revenue, multi-million dollar coaches’ contracts, unaccountable athletic “departments,†all balanced on the back of unpaid “student-athletes,†administered and defended by a bunch of faceless bureaucrats in Indianapolis.
Elsewhere:
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“We don't see it as a free speech issue. What we do see it as is a recruiting issue.†- Erik Christianson, NCAA spokesman
College sports were a cesspool of corruption long before[1] Howard Cosell ranted about “Big Time College Football†(and yes, you could hear the caps rattle past when he spoke!), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association has been the primary enabler/monopolist in the whole sorry mess. Billions of untaxed dollars in revenue, multi-million dollar coaches’ contracts, unaccountable athletic “departments,†all balanced on the back of unpaid “student-athletes,†administered and defended by a bunch of faceless bureaucrats in Indianapolis.
Elsewhere:
In the discussion at Volokh Conspiracy, commenter “Phil17†raises the key issue:
Can an institution [i.e., the NCAA - o.g.] impose rules that provide for sanctions in the event that a member institution fails to illegally abrogate the First Amendment Rights of a student?Lovers of liberty would say “no,†but as has been demonstrated many times Mr. Christianson’s organization is no lover of liberty when it might interfere with the cash flow.
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[1] From Horse Feathers, 1932:
Wagstaff: Where would this college be without football? Have we got a stadium?
Professor One: Yes.
Wagstaff: Have we got a college?
Professor One: Yes.
Wagstaff: Well, we can't support both. Tomorrow we start tearing down the college.
Both professors: But professor! Where will the students sleep?
Wagstaff: Where they always sleep. In the classroom.
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