Sidney, the NCAA and summer basketball leagues

[onewoof]

Clearly, the NCAA is making an example out of Sidney, sending a clear message to all the upcoming high school graduates. You take stuff - you sit out your entire freshman year - and since the 1 year limit is effect, no NBA for you for a year either..

I'm not saying Sidney is a top draft pick - I am saying he was made an example of to send to the top players in the summer leagues. For those taking notes, the NCAA has shut down the ABCD camp and now its just the AAU system the newly formed 2010 NCAA Men's CERTIFIED Summer Basketball League. This is a shot across the bow to the AAU league and its players, coaches, parents and college recruiting coaches - and or course the shoe companies. Too much money was flowing in these summer leagues and the NCAA wants to develop this league in order to control it and to market and sell it. Advertising, and to build interest in the college leagues. The summer leagues had recently grown so much, they were just a few steps away of establishing a profitable system that would compete against the NCAA,CBS, Colleges nationwideand more importantly, the NCAA tournament - the biggest revenue maker in all college sports.

Remember, with the NCAA, its important for them to let you and everyone else know, that nothing bad happens, unless its in their interest and under their control and their channels of distribution. Sidney was used to let everyone know who controls this system. This was a battle between Sonny Vaccaro and the NCAA and Sidney was the pawn.

Ask not if Sidney did anything wrong, ask if it was in the NCAA's best interest.

Plug Walls name into this question and out comes the results of him playing at Kentucky.Walls and KY and Calipari- now thatwill market and sell some March Madness. The final message here that isconsistent -do whatever you want under the table, aslong as it is in the NCAA's best interest.

 

[MississippiHeavyMetalDawg]

if you sign with UK, you can break the rules. If you sign with a MSU-equivalent, bending the rules WILL NOT be tolerated whatsoever.
The NCAA makes the mafia look legit.

 

[VinceVega70]

First, I'll state that I am a long, long-time MSU fan and Bulldog Club member. Season ticket holder in basketball. I love State and would love to see Sidney play and thrive at State.<div>But I'm not so much of a homer that I can't see that Sidney's treatment was thoroughly deserved and earned.</div><div>Hiring a lawyer was a bad decision. This was not a legal proceeding with constitutional rights at stake. This was a"student-athlete" applying to play amateur basketball. The lawyer treated this like a civil court case. He tried to manipulate facts and challenge NCAA authority to review family records that pertain to establishing amateur status. He took this case and tried to change precedent. At the expense of the Sidneys. That drew things out and opened up the possibility of being accused of obstruction and ultimately "unethical" behavior. Hence, the penalty is likely worse for this.</div><div>Again, hiring Mr. Jackson was a mistake.</div><div>If Sidney had just taken his medicine, I'll bet that at the most he would have lost the freshman year. The extra penalty was due to judgement of unethical conduct that the lawyer orchestrated.</div><div>
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[titus.sixpack]

Mario Austin hired the same attorney as I recall and it was the right thing to do. When you are dealing with the NCAA, you had better have someone protect your rights. They asked for records that they had no right to. There was no evidence and the NCAA was on a fishing expedition to find something to back up their suspicions. I think that MSU also hired an attorney to advise them in the handling of the matter.

Don't ever think that the NCAA has the best interest of the athlete as a consideration.

You are wrong also. The penalty for unethical conduct (Sidney not being honest about his memories during his Freshman HS year) was one year and the penalty for accepting additional benefits was 9 games. A bunch of crap!

 

[Johnson85]

<div>...But I'm not so much of a homer that I can't see that Sidney's treatment was thoroughly deserved and earned.</div><div>Hiring a lawyer was a bad decision. This was not a legal proceeding with constitutional rights at stake. This was a"student-athlete" applying to play amateur basketball. The lawyer treated this like a civil court case....If Sidney had just taken his medicine, I'll bet that at the most he would have lost the freshman year....</div><div>
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which is obviously saying a lot. So the only time you should hire a lawyer is when constitutional rights are at stake???? Why the $%!! do people waste so much money on lawyers when they'rein car wrecks or going through divorces? It's not like their constitutional rights are at stake, just **** loads of money and why wouldyou ever want your rights protected in such a case.

Sydney was clearly screwed regardless of what he path he took.He could have willingly took it in the *** and taken a year suspension or more, or he could fight and hope that at some point, the NCAA would get worried about appearing blatantly hypocritical.In hindsight, doesn't appear it mattered one way or the other as far as the result for him, but the right path was definitely to get a lawyer.

 

[windcrysmary]

ever since Sidney signed with us

 

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