Duhhhhh

So Yahoosports.com is reporting that UConn has made some recruiting violations involving Toledo native (attended Libbey and Scott before a Prep School) Nate Myles.  This news is like, duh.  After watching UConn for many, many years, I always wondered how in the hell they got such great athletes to come play basketball in Connecticut of all places.  Something was always fishy, and Jim Calhoun seemed like he had just enough of Coach Sam Winters in him that he could be doing some shady shit (even if it is just looking the other way).  My gut tells me that Calhoun is as dirty as Shawn Kemp's dick.  His players have had run-in after run-in with the police, and he has pretty much mastered the "send the kid to prep school for a year to get his grades up" philosophy of recruiting.  That philosophy tells you one thing; the kids he recruits are not the captains of the Urban Debate squad.  

In Myles case, he was expelled from UConn after an assault charge and a restraining order violation against an ex-girlfriend.  He ended up at Southern Idaho State A&M Technical College, which is only a step above the Penta Career Center as far as prestige in education.  The best part is that it was reported that UConn continued to recruit Myles to come back, once he got his grades in order.  I guess they just didn't want to give up on a kid that they spent so much money on.  I mean come on, this one smells worse than Charlie Weis' private bathroom on the morning after a night at the bar followed by some chili from Wendy's on the way home.  The agent in question was the freaking' student manager for Calhoun while he went to school there.  The guy probably had nothing on Ryan Schmidlin in terms of dedication to the job, but he carried his UConn ties beyond the normal "Rah Rah team, lets go" once he graduated.  Instead of attending booster functions, he led UConn recruits down the path of luxury, funding training stops at the IMG Basketball Academy during their down time. 

This is not to mention the phone call violations that the UConn staff is caught deader than a door nail on.  If this one comes back with any type of the slap on the wrist that Indiana ultimately got out of the Sampson scandal, then I will have lost whatever tiny bit of faith that I had left in the NCAA.  With USC still sitting pretty after the Reggie Bush pay-to-play scandal, Indiana's slap on the wrist (no tournament sanctions), and the crooked world that is SEC recruiting, the NCAA is about as crooked as a dick after a night with a coked up Jenna Jameson. 

While I'm on the subject of crooked SEC recruiting (this comes a little late after signing day, but it needs to be addressed), how about Ole' Miss' tactic of over signing.  The NCAA allows a maximum of 25 scholarship players per recruiting class, but this year, the Rebels signed a whopping THIRTY SEVEN PLAYERS!  Sports Illustrated has a great read on the dilemma that over signing is causing around the nation.  You can read it here.  Nutt's rationale is about as laughable as it comes until you realize that he is a coach in the SEC, therefore the rules really don't mean much to him.  "I know it seems like a high number,” Nutt told the Jackson Clarion-Ledger of the Rebels’ 2009 class. “But it helps Mississippi. It helps out junior colleges… . I’ve got some guys who want to be a part of our program, but probably won’t make it academically. They’ve got a chance to go to a (junior college) and still be a part of our family."  So the purpose of the signings was to make Mississippi Junior College football more competitive?  Give me a freakin' break!  This rule needs to be amended, as soon as possible, so that crooks like Nutt cannot continue to exploit it.  Knowing the NCAA, it will stay behind the curve as the South continues to find whatever excuse it can to bend the rules to their advantage. 

All in all, I want to give a big Andre the Giant middle finger for being so crooked.  They exploit the student athletes and make millions of dollars off of them, but refuse to compensate them in any way except "a quality education."  Many of them never even get the education that they are granted, as most are just using the NCAA as a minor league for whatever sport they are pursuing.  If UConn gets out of these allegations, then that is my last straw with the NCAA.  

NRTTS

Coach Deuce