The Rest of College Football

[Optimus Prime]

Perhaps at entrance of a "Bunny Ranch" in Nevada, Wiz can we get a confirmation?



Moonlite BunnyRanch, Carson City, NV.

[Hannibal]

Hence my point about the IRS; if they suspect this is going on, shouldn't that merit an audit? I mean, that's what they do. Enforce the laws that dictate income must be reported. They can do what the NCAA cannot.

Then when expenses and income are wildly divergent the NCAA has something tangible. Or when Johnny D-Bag is charged with tax fraud, they can suspend him for that. Either way works for me.

Theoretically, he could just report the income and the NCAA wouldn't have access to his tax returns, would they?

[Optimus Prime]

Of course not. He can pay his own tution , tell Texas A&M and the NCAA to stick it and collect fair market value on his autograph. The NCAA is done and college football has changed forever.

[hack]

Is that really how it works? Even if you're not taking up a scholarship you still have to be a ``student athlete'', no? Otherwise I'd assume that would be a loophole already exploited far and wide (in the SEC).

[Mike]

No shit. All that would do is open the door for "private" scholarships. Then the best teams would simply be the ones who have the most active boosters willing to pay... aww shit. It would be exactly the same.

[hack]

LOL. Mike is right -- we must resist this cosmetic change!

[WM Wolverine]

Going off on a tangent, I was reading that some boosters were providing scholarships to athletic walk-ons to encourage walk-ons. Doesn't seem legal to me but this was just a one sentence blurb in an article I read awhile ago.

[Wild Hoss]

Theoretically, he could just report the income and the NCAA wouldn't have access to his tax returns, would they?

IDK if they have access to players' tax returns. I seriously doubt they do. My point though, is that they wouldn't need access; you suspend the little prick, and if he wants to appeal or sue he will almost certainly have to provide them on his own. If he doesn't....

As Talent said earlier, this isn't a court of law. The NCAA needs to start suspending fuckers when the circumstantial evidence mounts, and put the impetus on proving innocence on the players and program. I know its distasteful, but so is what's going on. Heavy-handed tactics are required.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Interesting tv news that could eventually affect the B1G's tv contract n a few years...Fox's new all-sports channel, Fox Sports 1, successfully manages to get itself on all the nation's biggest cable systems

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/sports-media/on-sports-media-1.353657/fox-sports-1-reaches-deals-with-time-warner-directv-dish-1.421223

[Hannibal]

Is Fox 1 on DirecTV?

[Dr. Strangelove]

Yes

[Hannibal]

Anything to give ESPN competition.

Anything.

Even al Jazeera. I'll take it.

[hack]

``And the infidel passes to the infide -- oh! INTERCEPTION! Picked off by the infidel! The infidel gets down to the 30 before he's tackled by the infidel! Now lets see what the infidels can do with good field position on the infidels' 30...''

[Rob F]

Heathen!

[Rob F]

Heathens!

Both of you!