“Pay No Attention to the Sponsor behind the Curtain” 0
Brad West, writing in the Wilmington News-Journal, rips the NCAA, which he refers to as the National Cash Acquisition Association.
He’s got a point, indeed, several points. A nugget:
The NCAA ruled that Terrelle Pryor, Daniel “Boom” Herron, DeVier Posey, Mike Adams and Solomon Thomas did some really bad things. They sold things — that belonged to them.
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But wait — it gets worse. A couple of these guys sold … gasp! … jerseys.
This is the most horrendous of crimes. When I Googled “Ohio State jerseys,” 641,000 listings popped up. For $59.99, just about any sports retailer will sell you an Ohio State jersey.
That’s OK. Because when a retailer sells an Ohio State jersey, the retailer, Ohio State and the NCAA make money.
But when an Ohio State player sells you a jersey, the retailer, Ohio State and the NCAA don’t make money.
With all the money floating around big-time college sports, most of it going to everyone except the persons who put their bodies and their brain concussions on the line on the field, the fiction that NCAA competitions are amateur enterprises founded in snowy pure love of competition and immaculate striving for excellence is becoming somewhat tattered.
