*For five points extra credit research the issue that the author is writing about and give your own opinion about the topic
Well folks, the year is almost over and the controversies still rage on almost every sports website, with regard to the NCAA and its rules enforcement.
With CamGate and the OSU Tattoo Gang, the NCAA has left the vast majority of sports fans with a foul taste in their mouths. The organization that is supposed to protect the student athlete and balance the playing field for college athletics, in my humble opinion, failed miserably this year in regulating the sport.
When looking at the past, the NCAA has been almost brutal in enforcing the rules regarding the issues that surfaced this year. Examples are the 2000 Wisconsin Badgers who had 26 players suspended immediately for taking unadvertised discounts on athletic shoes (interchange tattoos), the 2003 OSU Buckeye's Clarett was suspended immediately by the NCAA for 3 games and by the university for additional 3 games for lying to police and the most famous of all is the SMU death penalty case. Everyone from the university administration to coaches to players to alumni were involved in pay for play.
So, what makes this year different from many of the past years? It must be the year of the "I didn't realize or didn't know I (or someone in my stead, Cam Newton) was doing something in violation of NCAA rules" defense. The NCAA, which for years has been held up as the ultimate rules enforcer, is beginning to look like the O.J.Simpson jury. They have basically turned a blind eye to the facts and their own rules regarding these facts.
In the past the NCAA had taken great pride in quickly and efficiently doling out punishments equally to all those who abuse the rules. Now, they have become the protectors of their Sacred Cow conferences and will do what it takes to insure that the impact is kept to a minimum.
It has become a fact of life that the BCS conferences have come to control college football and possibly define how the NCAA should enforce it's rules. The power being wielded over the NCAA has become apparent this year, by how the rules were enforced. This is too bad, as the NCAA used to be the "Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" to the BCS conferences and the money being generated. The NCAA needs to take back its role as the "Big Dog", if the integrity of college football is to be maintained.
The NCAA wants and needs us to believe in their ability to control the off field abuses by athletes and alumni. To do this, they must go back to a hard nose stance of the past years. If that means Auburn forfeits the entire season, so be it (that would not be as worse as SMU). If that means that key OSU players are out for a big bowl, so be it.
If that was Toledo, Tulsa or even TCU, the NCAA would not have been so differential to those schools. The penalties would have been immediate and severe. The NCAA rules committee's job is to insure the integrity of the game and the student-athletes who play it. One can rationalize away the sins of players when violating the rules and maybe that's a reflection of what our American culture has evolved into.
In college athletics, the days of being held accountable for ones' actions and accepting the consequences that occur are being eroded. The NCAA rules committee can change this by returning to its original goal of protecting the integrity of the sports it oversees and insuring that all rules are equally enforced both fairly and in a quick and thorough manner.
source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/563355-controversy-and-the-ncaa-what-happened-to-the-rule-book
When looking at the past, the NCAA has been almost brutal in enforcing the rules regarding the issues that surfaced this year. Examples are the 2000 Wisconsin Badgers who had 26 players suspended immediately for taking unadvertised discounts on athletic shoes (interchange tattoos), the 2003 OSU Buckeye's Clarett was suspended immediately by the NCAA for 3 games and by the university for additional 3 games for lying to police and the most famous of all is the SMU death penalty case. Everyone from the university administration to coaches to players to alumni were involved in pay for play.
So, what makes this year different from many of the past years? It must be the year of the "I didn't realize or didn't know I (or someone in my stead, Cam Newton) was doing something in violation of NCAA rules" defense. The NCAA, which for years has been held up as the ultimate rules enforcer, is beginning to look like the O.J.Simpson jury. They have basically turned a blind eye to the facts and their own rules regarding these facts.
In the past the NCAA had taken great pride in quickly and efficiently doling out punishments equally to all those who abuse the rules. Now, they have become the protectors of their Sacred Cow conferences and will do what it takes to insure that the impact is kept to a minimum.
It has become a fact of life that the BCS conferences have come to control college football and possibly define how the NCAA should enforce it's rules. The power being wielded over the NCAA has become apparent this year, by how the rules were enforced. This is too bad, as the NCAA used to be the "Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" to the BCS conferences and the money being generated. The NCAA needs to take back its role as the "Big Dog", if the integrity of college football is to be maintained.
The NCAA wants and needs us to believe in their ability to control the off field abuses by athletes and alumni. To do this, they must go back to a hard nose stance of the past years. If that means Auburn forfeits the entire season, so be it (that would not be as worse as SMU). If that means that key OSU players are out for a big bowl, so be it.
If that was Toledo, Tulsa or even TCU, the NCAA would not have been so differential to those schools. The penalties would have been immediate and severe. The NCAA rules committee's job is to insure the integrity of the game and the student-athletes who play it. One can rationalize away the sins of players when violating the rules and maybe that's a reflection of what our American culture has evolved into.
In college athletics, the days of being held accountable for ones' actions and accepting the consequences that occur are being eroded. The NCAA rules committee can change this by returning to its original goal of protecting the integrity of the sports it oversees and insuring that all rules are equally enforced both fairly and in a quick and thorough manner.
source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/563355-controversy-and-the-ncaa-what-happened-to-the-rule-book
Michelle Chan Xiao Zhe
ReplyDeleteI think that the author makes the allusion ""Big dog," but now appears to be a "lapdog,"" because they want to say that NCAA used to be in control over the BCS but now the NCAA is just a mere servant to the BCS. I agree with the author, because the NCAA was a really strong sports group, now...not so much.
i pick the allusion "Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" because it explains that they use to be in charge and then they started to stop working as much then they started to have a much less important roll they grew smaller and much more weaker
ReplyDeletei think the author made the allusion since they wanted to tell that the ncaa was taking over the other thing but now its just a dude to the bcs. o dont agree with the author.
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Chris Walker
ReplyDelete"The big dog is now the little dog" that is a refrence used to taunt your competition.
Kairen Madry-Hall
ReplyDelete"O.J. Simpson jury" They probaly said that because they only sided for one person not the other.
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The NCAA changed the rule to better enforced the NCAA league
"The NCAA, which for years has been held up as the ultimate rules enforcer, is beginning to look like the O.J.Simpson jury." That means they use to be serious about the law and now they let people get away with things.
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Cam Newton's dad collected money to put him on a college team and instead of cracking down, the Ncaa just said its ok because Cameron didnt know
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ReplyDelete"Big dog is now a lap dog" probably means that earlier in the season NCAA was top notch and all, but towards the end and now they are starting to downgrade, suck.
ReplyDelete"Big dog is now a lap dog" I believe this means they were very hard working at first and over time they started to suck.
ReplyDeleteI think the author used the allusion "Big dog is now a lap dog" because they were the ones in charge, like a big dog.
ReplyDeleteNow they are followers, like lap dogs.
-Daniel Moreno
"Big Dog" but now appears to be a "Lap Dog", i think that means that the NCAA used to run the show but now is just a follower in it.
ReplyDeletei think the author made the allusion "Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" because he tries to show two different sides.By saying that the NCAA needs to take back its role as the "Big Dog", Its telling you they've probably went down and they need to gain it back to the top, to show their abilities.
ReplyDeleteI think the author used the allusion "Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" to say that the NCAA use to run things but now it has became a subject to the Bowl Championship Series so they can make money. I think the NCAA was right to reinstate Cam Newton because I don't think he should be held responsible for his father's actions.
ReplyDeletePhuong Tran
I picked the allusion "Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" because in the article the NCAA was the one at the top making the decisions but now the BCS is taking their job putting them on top.
ReplyDelete-Mikaela Dunwell
I think the author use the allusion "Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" because the NCAA were on top and now the phrase lap dog means that they are not doing as well as BCS.
ReplyDeleteBig dog, but now its lap dog. It shows that NCAA is a follower and supports you if your a big star.
ReplyDeleteCameron Newton's dad collected money/goods from Auburn, but NCAA didnt punish Cam because he wasnt aware of it.
Nash
Rebecca Bailey
ReplyDeleteBig dog but now appears to be a lap dog
I think the author made that reference because they're sort of taunting them. The author dissaproves of how things are run, and so is taunting them in order to possibly stir them into action.
Christina Sutton
ReplyDeleteThe refference about how the NCAA, and how they are turning into the "O.J.Simposon jury" is saying that the NCAA is now really throughing the rule book out the window as much as possible so that a certain team can win or to get money! The NCAA is letting other people control it and will not be reffered to as "the big dog" until they do.
Chanel Person
ReplyDeleteThe allusion, Big dog but now appears to be a lap dog. I think the writer made this reference to show how the NCAA had so much power(the big dog), and then began to lose it because they started to fall back a little and soon lost it all (a lap dog). A lap dog doesn't have nearly as much power as the "Big dog".
I chosee the allusion "the big dog but now appears to be a lap dog" becausee the writer Has made a reference to the NCAA...
ReplyDeleteI pick the allusion "Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" because it shows how they used to be above everyone else but now they aren't big anymore so they are below everyone else.
ReplyDelete-Nicole Jackson
I think when the author says"Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" he is talking about how the NCAA has let the BCS conferences enforce lighter punishments with there players and are no longer enforcing the rules as hard as they used to.
ReplyDeleteDillon David
When the author wrote "'Big dog' is now a 'Lap dog' to the BCS," they are showing that the NCAA used to be popular and powerful. But now, people don't care about them as much and there are more important things. This allusion is helpful to understand the roles the NCAA has.
ReplyDeleteMary Wester
"The NCAA, which for years has been held up as the ultimate rules enforcer, is beginning to look like the O.J.Simpson jury."It shows that the NCAA is taking action aginst everyone and that they are inforceing thier laws.
ReplyDeleteExtra credit- I feel that Cams dad collecting money was not camrons wrong doing and they made a good decision by not holding cameron responsible
The allusion "Big Dog" "Lap Dog" is too show who really is in charge now. It shows BCS is enforcing punishment which may not be as severe as when NCAA was the "Big Dog". So the big players get off easier for deserved punishment.
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ReplyDeleteBig dog," but now appears to be a "lapdog" , is the allusion i chose.It is saying how the NCAA was a big thing and one of the biggest and greatest,but now the BCS is taking over
-Brittany Jones
ReplyDeleteI picked the allusion "Big dog but now appears to be a Lap Dog. This shows that at first they were popular and above the level but now they're not as popular or good.
Eduardo Martinez
ReplyDeleteI chose the allusion: Scared Cow because it says that the NCAA has become protectors of their Scared Cow conferences. I think that the author made the reference becuase he is saying that the NCAA want to keep their conferences secret so they protcet it.
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I think that instead of using Sacred Cow he could have used something like "Underground Conference" or "Secret Conference" because Sacred Cow has a lot to do with the Hindu religion. If one them read i they could feel pretty angry for that being used "correctly"
Sorry at the end I mean incorrectly.
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The illusion "Big dog but now appears to be a Lap Dog". He made the refeennce because its used to be the talk of the town and everybody use to look at it and now its like nobody cares about it and there on to the next one.
ReplyDeleteAlot of people watch college football so by writing about something wrong that happened in the sport people will want to read it.
ReplyDeleteI chose big dog is know lap dog because they were fierce and now there looking for someone or thing to provide everything for them EXTRA CREDIT Personally I think it's the opposite the players act innocent when they know they did something wrong like a lap dog or chihuahua
ReplyDeletejohnathan avila
ReplyDeletei think the author is trying to tell us that nacc is not playing by the rules,but i think the are.
Kristian Andrade
ReplyDeleteThe auther put the allusion to help the reader understand or help to see wants going on in the NACC.
Carlos Baker
ReplyDeleteThis article is about how the football season is almost over and theyre lots of people hoping that they will win. The author put illusions to make the reader understand more about the article.
Gabby Salvador
ReplyDeleteThe allusion that the author stated in this article was "Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog." I think that the author said this because he was trying to say that they were the main people or leaders but not anymore.
Walter Gonzalez
ReplyDelete"Big Dog", but now appears to be a "lap dog" . I chose this one because i think the author try to say that they were once the main thing and now they are the second choice of things.
krunal patel
ReplyDelete"Big dog" are famost then they became "lap dog" mean nother .