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So now we discover that Diallo (Drame) may have received Adidas money. This is separate from the $165 benefit Drame received which made Diallo ineligible until the NCAA cleared him for eligibility again. Since they cleared Diallo (after investigation)... and now we discover Drame may have received $ from Adidas... doesn't that put the NCAA as the guilty party for clearing Diallo when he shouldn't have been?

This sounds like "lack of institutional control" by the NCAA! Especially since the NCAA investigated Diallo. Kansas, and the case against them with Diallo, Preston and Silvio did NOT involve a formal investigation by Kansas. Right?

So who is guilty here? Kansas? Or the NCAA?

None of this information is new. There's a largely redacted section of the NCAA's NOA against KU that had the name "Drame" not redacted so it's been known for awhile Diallo was apart of the investigation. I know I've specifically mentioned Diallo's name when people questioned who the third name was that I would refeence since only Silvio and Preston were named unredacted.

Also, Diallo's eligibility issues that the NCAA investigation was about then was related to Diallo's academics and the high school he attended here in the States (https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2593206-kansas-rejoices-as-cheick-diallos-ncaa-eligibility-ordeal-finally-ends.amp.html). ↗ They didn't investigate financials at the time.

Unless there's something blatant during recruiting, the NCAA's initial eligibility ruling usually comes from the Clearinghouse based on academics.

In the eyes of the NCAA KU is guilty here regardless of whether they knew or not.

@BeddieKU23

Right.... so they should apply the same concepts to themselves!

@drgnslayr

Of course and I agree. I don't agree with pretty much everything the NCAA does and that has nothing to do with our case.

At some point this is on Bill. All of us here knew Preston and Diallo were giant red flags.

I’m not saying he should be fired, but he knew better. And then it just so happens he took some of his sketchiest guys in the midst of an FBI investigation. Call it bad luck. Call it whatever you want. Bill took risky guys and it blew up in his face.

@Kcmatt7

I think it shows the struggle of being a head coach at a school like Kansas. I recall how much pressure Self had for bringing in top tier talent, too. To me, it seems that there is so much risk going after that top shelf. Most of those players have "handlers" around them.

@Kcmatt7

Yep all 3 recruitments were sketchy.

Just sad to see. Just when you think decisions like this cannot get any worse they always find a way. The NCAA is so broken

https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/10/16/umass-athletics-hit-hard-by-the-ncaa-for-financial-aid-violations/ ↗

The NCAA found there were 13 unintentional and inadvertent violations in the issuance of financial aid above the cost of attendance. The “administrative errors” affected 12 student-athletes, 10 from basketball and two from tennis.

The 13 financial overages from 2014-17 totaled $9,000. UMass officials do not dispute the infractions happened, but that administrators, coaching staff and student-athletes were not aware of the violations.

@BeddieKU23 It is clear that UMass got away with a lower penalty than they deserved. Those land line phones installed in the athletes' off campus housing gave them a clear advantage over other schools. While other athletes at honest schools were stuck with broad band of up to 100 gigabytes per second, those evil UMass player no doubt had access to much more advantageous dial-up internet running at 300 or 2400 bits per second.

Slam 'em, NCAA! Show 'em not to commit accidental violations and self-report! That'll learn 'em!

@mayjay genuine lol

@mayjay said in The NCAA Belongs on Probation...:

@BeddieKU23 It is clear that UMass got away with a lower penalty than they deserved. Those land line phones installed in the athletes' off campus housing gave them a clear advantage over other schools. While other athletes at honest schools were stuck with broad band of up to 100 gigabytes per second, those evil UMass player no doubt had access to much more advantageous dial-up internet running at 300 or 2400 bits per second.

Slam 'em, NCAA! Show 'em not to commit accidental violations and self-report! That'll learn 'em!

Poof! I'm surprised the death penalty wasn't on the table

Quarantine the NCAA

How does UMass get hit for something that isn't even in control of the teams, nor was it intentional (as someone who works in the space there is no way it could be with how regulated financial aid is), but UNC who literally created fake classes for athletes intentionally doesn't get even as much as a slap on the damn wrist.

The NCAA is a joke of an organization. An absolute joke.

@wissox said in The NCAA Belongs on Probation...:

Quarantine the NCAA

In my crystal ball, I see NCAA execs wearing masks far into the future past the time when the Covid pandemic is but a memory. When their identities are revealed, mobs react darkly.

@Kcmatt7 said in The NCAA Belongs on Probation...:

.... UNC who literally created fake classes for athletes intentionally doesn't get even as much as a slap on the damn wrist.

If UMass had "accidentally and inadvertently" arranged for landline phones for all their students, no punishment under the UNC precedent.

@BeddieKU23 said in The NCAA Belongs on Probation...:

Poof! I’m surprised the death penalty wasn’t on the table

Yep... UMASS... like KU... isn't protected under the "North Carolina umbrella", like UNC and Duke.

According to Sources Arizona will receive its NOA from the NCAA today..

About time lol