Originally Posted by
bob blue devil
several reasons; off the top of my head:
* it represents a willful disregard for the truth by someone with the capacity and resources to understand the truth
* he is acting to support the attempts of the wicked to evade justice
* as a supposed expert whose job is to purvey information to the masses, he has an obligation to be informed, transparent and intellectually honest in his accounts (despite the profession of journalism existing at its current low level, distortion is still immoral)
... i'm sure there are more!
The first question to answer is why am I defending Jay Bilas. Of course, I met his mother-in-law many years ago on a bird trip, and I met him in the elevator once at the WaDu.
As I understand the unhappiness here with Jay's positions, it is first disagreement with his belief that the student-athlete concept as defined by the NCAA deprives the student-athletes of basic rights and is an abomination. I see his points, but I do not believe that the violations are fundamental, and I sure don't see how "paying athletes" would retain fair competition on the playing fields and the courts. Second, he believes that the UNC institutional misbehavior in creating ridiculously undemanding courses heavily used by athletes is a matter for the SACSOC, the accrediting agency, not for the NCAA. I also disagree with his position.
But how are his positions a "willful disregard for the truth" or "intellectually (dis)honest?" I don't think Jay's positions distort the facts, so much as he reasons differently from those facts than most of us do, at least on DBR.
immoral -- not conforming to accepted standards of morality.
"an immoral and unwinnable war"
synonyms: unethical, bad, morally wrong, wrongful, wicked, evil, foul, unprincipled, unscrupulous, dishonorable, dishonest, unconscionable, iniquitous, disreputable, corrupt, depraved, vile, villainous, nefarious, base, miscreant;
It seems to me that the definition defines UNC athletics and their enablers.
Sage Grouse
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