The Nature Boy Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Can someone explain the point of Mel Kiper Jr.? His whole thing seems to be forecasting the NFL Draft. How does one make a career out of THAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Back in the day, he was the only guy really doing it, which helped. And now he's an institution at the four letter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 How do I get a shit ton of high school baseball tapes so I can become baseball's Mel Kiper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 LOL BASEBALL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 How do I get a shit ton of high school baseball tapes so I can become baseball's Mel Kiper? Just don't google "high school boy tapes". 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 How do I get a shit ton of high school baseball tapes so I can become baseball's Mel Kiper? Just don't google "high school boy tapes". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Yeah remember that whole Jerry Sandusky/Joe Paterno pedophile thing at Penn State. Well never mind thanks to the NCAA today http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12179571/joe-paterno-111-wins-were-vacated-restored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 In a few weeks the NCAA will spring Sandusky out of jail, round up his victims, and give them back to him. And this is why I haven't watched a college sporting event of any kind since Emmert and co. went soft on giving Penn State the death penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Yeah remember that whole Jerry Sandusky/Joe Paterno pedophile thing at Penn State. Well never mind thanks to the NCAA today http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12179571/joe-paterno-111-wins-were-vacated-restored Disgusting! Also, with how corrupt the state of Pennsylvania is that $60 million will be going into politicians pockets not to help abused kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I saw JoePa's wins getting returned eventually. The NCAA just wanted to appear tough until the dust settled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 The worst part is the Happy Valley cultists who somehow feel that this vindicates the Paternos' assessment that JoePa and by extension the program never should have been punished in the first place. This might have been the worst scandal to ever occur (and I include Baylor, SMU and Boston College in that statement) and the NCAA is in the long run giving Penn State the same punishment schools get for Level 2 recruiting violations. Fuck Mark Emmert and the organization he rode in on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Of all the things that could have happened to that school I always found pretending Paterno's wins didn't happen to be the least damaging, most childish option possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Reggie Bush tweeted : "Lol" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Anything less than the death penalty was an endorsement of what happened in Happy Valley, and the explosion of Kool-Aid drinking morons on my Facebook feed proves this. I will explicitly forbid my children from going to Penn State; I'd forbid them from going to ANY NCAA school, but that's just impossible. I will hold this over that college's head until my last breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Thing is, this NEVER fell under the NCAA'S jurisdiction. They never had any real grounds to punish PSU. That said, fuck Paterno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Loss of institutional control. Or think of it like this; you think the recruits that made Penn State Linebacker U. would have jumped on board if word got out or was even RUMORED that one of the defensive coaches was a pedophile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I don't know why the NCAA even bothered. I mean, I know WHY they did it--to look tough when 1) they really weren't and 2) had little to no domain to do such a thing. But to take the wins, only to give them back? What a waste of time. If the NCAA was really serious about doing something, they should have shut down Penn State's football program for two years. Force the university to do a true clean sweep throughout the athletic department. Make the school put money toward a legitimate grant to help those traumatized by child molestation. PSU would eventually regain their program. Yeah, it'd hurt a lot. But it would actually resonate thoughout Happy Valley how serious the situation is. And being raped by someone you trusted hurts a million times more. So, when does the NCAA officially cease operation? Because it's already dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 The NCAA will never die, who else is going to throw the book whenever a football player gets seconds at dinner or makes money off an autograph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Once the emails came out where the NCAA admitted this was all a bluff - their word - and they had no jurisdiction, this outcome was a foregone conclusion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 There is no NCAA bylaws that deal with the coach being a pedophile. It doesn't even fall into the institutional control issue, because it's not about the program not following NCAA rules. They had no authority to do what they did, and they knew it. But again, I can't stress this enough: Fuck Joe Paterno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I don't claim to know what's in the NCAA handbook--but there isn't anything on record about knowingly putting people in danger? Because allowing Sandusky to remain on campus did just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Unfortunately the NCAA Big Book O' Rulez is not the constitution, so things like a legitimate criminal conspiracy (which this was- at absolute minimum it was obstuction of justice by more than one party) aren't open to interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I know the sanction were toothless to begin with, but knowing PSU alumn... Penn State is the single example of everything that's wrong with the college football culture, and their fans may be the single worst group of fans in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 RT @FauxPelini Add the restoration of his 111 wins to the list of things Joe Paterno never saw 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Auburn has purchased Rivals.com #1 recruit Byron Cowart from Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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