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Well, you’ve got to hand it to the Holes. After years of academic and athletic misconduct, they have zero tolerance for any misconduct by their scholarship athletes. After a defensive cornerback was involved in an “incident” at the Mirage Nightclub in downtown Raleigh, Coach “hat” was quick to hand out harsh punishment. All of the team’s tutors must write on the chalkboard (politically correct) “I will not misbehave” 100 times.
“And if you’re asking for transfers, Kevin Ware is on the market!! But I won’t hold my breath on that one.”
Not sure of the timing off d’ville joining ACC, but I believe transfers in conference require a two year hiatus…not that Ware would be considering NCSU I would think.
“Hili ni jambo gumu niliyofanya. Najisikia pole kwa mwenyewe. Siwezi kuacha kilio. Ni tu si haki!. Na kwamba Willingham bitch unaweza kwenda kuzimu!”
This is the hardest thing I ever did. I feel sorry for myself. I can not stop crying. It’s just not right!. And that Willingham bitch can go to hell!
Had I attended *NC I could not have translated that…not because of the no show Swahili classes, but because I would not have been able to spell Google.
“Hili ni jambo gumu niliyofanya. Najisikia pole kwa mwenyewe. Siwezi kuacha kilio. Ni tu si haki!. Na kwamba Willingham bitch unaweza kwenda kuzimu!”
This is the hardest thing I ever did. I feel sorry for myself. I can not stop crying. It’s just not right!. And that Willingham bitch can go to hell!
ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” episode at 3:00 PM today really portrayed the academic scandal in the reprehensible light that it deserves, both for the “athlete-students” that were allegedly denied educational benefits promised in exchange for athletic participation and for the athletic scandal that it TRUELY is despite the Flagship’s attempt to portray it otherwise. *NC not only allegedly defrauded the NCAA from an athletic perspective, but they also allegedly defrauded the athletes who were herded through the scam system solely for the purpose of maintaining athletic eligibility.
1. No question the NCAA must visit UNC AGAIN…or the NCAA needs to close their doors and go home. These allegations, if proved, may be the most overt example of academic fraud for the benefit of favorable athletic exposure in the history of NCAA oversight. If this does not qualify for NCAA investigations, then the NCAA needs to reincorporate as a bank…better yet a money launderer.
2. I am firmly convinced former *NC athletes have sufficient grounds to initiate litigation against the Flagship for fraud. Both civil and criminal litigation should be in play based on the nature of the charges brought forth and alleged. Both current and former (depending on the statute of limitations) academic administrators and athletic personnel are in legal jeopardy and with the mainstream media attention this is starting to generate beyond the triangle, I think it is only a matter of time before attorneys start booking motel reservations in Chapel Hill for civil litigation and law enforcement and district attorneys should be on campus to see if and how many criminal laws were broken and who is allegedly accountable criminally.
3. In terms of pure alleged fraud and the potential monetary impact (both favorable for the athletic coffers of *NC and athletic personnel and the adverse monetary consequences for the athletes cheated out of an education) could dwarf the Bernie Madoff financial fraud. What monetary value can be placed on all the degrees not earned and the loss of wages over a lifetime as a result of a curriculum designed to maintain eligibility rather than educate? What monetary benefit did the university reap in ticket sales, TV revenue, NCAA and Bowl revenue, clothing and memorabilia sales,alumni and other contributions, etc. If this pattern of deceit can be proven to have occurred since the early 90?s as has been alleged, the total monetary damages could be in the billions.
ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” episode at 3:00 PM today really portrayed the academic scandal in the reprehensible light that it deserves, both for the “athlete-students” that were allegedly denied educational benefits promised in exchange for athletic participation and for the athletic scandal that it TRUELY is despite the Flagship’s attempt to portray it otherwise. *NC not only allegedly defrauded the NCAA from an athletic perspective, but they also allegedly defrauded the athletes who were herded through the scam system solely for the purpose of maintaining athletic eligibility.
1. No question the NCAA must visit UNC AGAIN…or the NCAA needs to close their doors and go home. These allegations, if proved, may be the most overt example of academic fraud for the benefit of favorable athletic exposure in the history of NCAA oversight. If this does not qualify for NCAA investigations, then the NCAA needs to reincorporate as a bank…better yet a money launderer.
2. I am firmly convinced former *NC athletes have sufficient grounds to initiate litigation against the Flagship for fraud. Both civil and criminal litigation should be in play based on the nature of the charges brought forth and alleged. Both current and former (depending on the statute of limitations) academic administrators and athletic personnel are in legal jeopardy and with the mainstream media attention this is starting to generate beyond the triangle, I think it is only a matter of time before attorneys start booking motel reservations in Chapel Hill for civil litigation and law enforcement and district attorneys should be on campus to see if and how many criminal laws were broken and who is allegedly accountable criminally.
3. In terms of pure alleged fraud and the potential monetary impact (both favorable for the athletic coffers of *NC and athletic personnel and the adverse monetary consequences for the athletes cheated out of an education) could dwarf the Bernie Madoff financial fraud. What monetary value can be placed on all the degrees not earned and the loss of wages over a lifetime as a result of a curriculum designed to maintain eligibility rather than educate? What monetary benefit did the university reap in ticket sales, TV revenue, NCAA and Bowl revenue, clothing and memorabilia sales,alumni and other contributions, etc. If this pattern of deceit can be proven to have occurred since the early 90’s as has been alleged, the total monetary damages could be in the billions.
In addition to Dan Kane’s reporting on the UNC Academic scandal http://www.newsobserver.com/uncscandal. Please read Paul Barrett’s reporting. His coverage in Businessweek has been going on for sometime now. I believe an accumulation of all his articles were compiled and condensed into the Businessweek cover story on the matter in the March 9, 2014 edition. All of his articles can be found using this link http://www.businessweek.com/search?q=unc+academic+scandal. The featured image on this post is from that same Businessweek cover.
Without having any specific knowledge of how the Pack’s practices are run, I am quite sure that a lot of time is spent on free throw shooting over the course of a season.
Practice free throws three times during practice – at the beginning when legs are fresh, somewhere in the middle and at the end when players should be sucking wind.
Dan Kane has been driving nails in the flagship coffin for several years so when reading the box score of the *NC-ISU game it was serendipitous that the game winner was delivered by non other than D. Kane of ISU.
Another observation is quite a few teams last week seemingly had games under control only to lose what appeared to be safe leads in the closing minutes. If TEAM defense and free throws were featured more on highlight reels, maybe kids would spend as much time honing those skills as they do perfecting their dunk shot.
NCSU needs the equivalent of a football defensive coordinator on the basketball staff who does nothing but teach defense and recruit. Slam dunks may make the highlight reel but effective defense often wins games and reduces the pressure on the offensive end.
And nobody leaves practice until the team drains 10 free throws in a row. Each player takes one turn in the 10-free throw rotation. As the number of successful free throws in a row increases, the next man up has increasing pressure not to let the team down…simulating game pressure situations. Miss and you let the team down and start over.
