← Previous Post: | Next Post: →

 

“Calling on Congress: It is time for probing hearings into corruption at the NCAA and the serious misuse of college athletics and college athletes by major educational institutions for their own profit. Haul up Mark Emmert, a passel of college presidents and athletic directors, Shabazz Napier and other current and former athletes who have been exploited by the system, and let the chips fall where they may.”

Sure, laddie.

Listen up.

Until Hillary’s in power, you’ll never rustle up enough guys to do this. President Obama is a major jock, and he sets the tone. Forget it.

And … you know what? Forget it when Hillary takes over too. When that happens, the guys will get even more jockish. In reaction.

Margaret Soltan, April 10, 2014 12:40PM
Posted in: sport

Trackback URL for this post:
https://www.margaretsoltan.com/wp-trackback.php?p=43717

4 Responses to ““Calling on Congress: It is time for probing hearings into corruption at the NCAA and the serious misuse of college athletics and college athletes by major educational institutions for their own profit. Haul up Mark Emmert, a passel of college presidents and athletic directors, Shabazz Napier and other current and former athletes who have been exploited by the system, and let the chips fall where they may.””

  1. Mr Punch Says:
    April 11th, 2014 at 8:50AM

    Last time I saw Shabazz Napier, he seemed pretty happy. The more it goes, the more I think that (1) the “exploitation” issue is real but it’s sort of an aspect of the unpaid internship issue (and the Northwestern case is addressing it); (2)the matter of coaches’ pay is just economic rationality, a symptom of underlying problems; (3) the race issue in college athletics, while obviously salient for some, is basically a side issue that perhaps impels action but almost certainly makes a sensible resolution of matters less likely; (4) the real question always comes down to, “How – or at least to what extent – should this nonsense be a priority of a university?”

  2. Derek Says:
    April 13th, 2014 at 10:47PM

    Unfamiliar with separation of powers, are we?

  3. Margaret Soltan Says:
    April 13th, 2014 at 11:52PM

    Derek: No.

  4. Derek Says:
    April 14th, 2014 at 5:11PM

    Really? You say so, but a rudimentary understanding of separation of powers undermines your post. Congress is not holding hearings on college sports because of Obama’s love of sports? Jesus, the stupid is powerful in this one.

    This post might literally be be most obtuse thing written about American political life in the last five years, and this is a world in which Bill Kristol still publishes a magazine.

    Seriously: John Boehner’s House of Reps is not holding hearings on the NCAA because: Obama? And the a Democrats in the Senate are similarly not holding such hearings because: Obama?

    Stick to poetry.

    Dcat

Comment on this Entry

Latest UD posts at IHE

Archives

Categories