CameronBornAndBred
04-18-2014, 01:04 PM
We all have seen that the NCAA has decided that athletes can put cream cheese on their bagels without penalty now, and there is an article on ESPN in which Mark Emmert fully voices his approval.
Then I read this, and cringed.
Emmert went on to say that "if UConn wants to feed Shabazz [Napier] (http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/51455/shabazz-napier) breakfast in bed every day they can," but he made a point of saying that the new rules weren't brought about because of the Huskies guard's recent comments that sometimes he went to bed "starving."
The problem wasn't an issue only for schools, it was a burden on the NCAA, as well.
"We wind up having to enforce the stupid rule, which means you have to have someone watching if someone is putting cream cheese on a bagel," Emmert said.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/10802011/mark-emmert-agrees-ncaa-rule-food-was-absurd
So the NCAA has to enforce a stupid rule about meals, but not a rule about academic integrity? Whew. I'd hate if they had to have someone watching to see if athletes are actually doing their own work in class.
Then I read this, and cringed.
Emmert went on to say that "if UConn wants to feed Shabazz [Napier] (http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/51455/shabazz-napier) breakfast in bed every day they can," but he made a point of saying that the new rules weren't brought about because of the Huskies guard's recent comments that sometimes he went to bed "starving."
The problem wasn't an issue only for schools, it was a burden on the NCAA, as well.
"We wind up having to enforce the stupid rule, which means you have to have someone watching if someone is putting cream cheese on a bagel," Emmert said.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/10802011/mark-emmert-agrees-ncaa-rule-food-was-absurd
So the NCAA has to enforce a stupid rule about meals, but not a rule about academic integrity? Whew. I'd hate if they had to have someone watching to see if athletes are actually doing their own work in class.