AP Article Fails to Distance UM Rule Problems From Schools With Agent Problems

Submitted by ish on

AP article wrongly implies that Michigan's players have been inolved with agents

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5572636

the article deals with but one topic - agents.  although "schools that do not play by the rules" is rather broad, this article wrongly implies that our troubles are due to improper contact with agents.  with UNC among others to choose from, it just seems bad.

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wordtoyourmother

September 14th, 2010 at 6:02 PM ^

Wouldn't the freep have jumped on this already if it was something?  I mean you would think we would have heard something by now if it was.  Plus that ESPN "article" is extremely vague.  

Geaux_Blue

September 14th, 2010 at 6:03 PM ^

read closer

 

Dealing with schools and agents that do not play by the rules has become a major issue in recent months. Schools facing scrutiny include football programs at Michigan and Oklahoma and men's basketball teams at Connecticut, Kentucky and Tennessee.

now take out the words "and agents"
 

Dealing with schools that do not play by the rules has become a major issue in recent months. Schools facing scrutiny include football programs at Michigan and Oklahoma and men's basketball teams at Connecticut, Kentucky and Tennessee.

two different categories - teams that don't play by the rules and agents that don't play by the rules. please make sure you know what you're posting before you throw up a title like that. if this were the case it would have been longer than a throw-away 4 paragraph article about how the new NCAA president is going to be tougher. it would have been, you know, an article saying "Michigan players have been involved with agents."

ish

September 14th, 2010 at 6:09 PM ^

i think the article gives the impression that michigan's NCAA troubles are related to agents.  the word agent is in the title.  i'm not worried about my reading ability, but the impression of those who merely skim the article and jump to conclusions that have no basis in fact.

oriental andrew

September 14th, 2010 at 6:12 PM ^

and probably the correct one.  However, the title of the article and, in fact, the wording of the article itself, gives the distinct impression that Emmert is focusing on agent-related violations.  You can view "schools and agents that do not play by the rules" as two separate and distinct categories, or as a single category wherein schools and agents are both violating contact rules.  The article is poorly worded, at best, but imo, very misleading.

mgokev

September 14th, 2010 at 6:03 PM ^

The last paragraph states "There is also..." which to me implies that it is a separate statement and not related to the previous paragraph.  I didn't take anything from it as it would relate to Michigan.

Zone Left

September 14th, 2010 at 6:03 PM ^

The article is incorrect.  Michigan is only in trouble for practice gate.  Besides, up to about a week ago, who on this team would have been able to have improper contact with an agent?

blueblueblue

September 14th, 2010 at 6:04 PM ^

Bad title - the article implies Michigan is facing scrutiny. The author never make it clear just what that scrutiny is about. Its sloppy, but posting it here with that title is no better than the sloppiness in the article. 

bklein09

September 14th, 2010 at 6:04 PM ^

 

Speaking of a little worried, can someone remind me of when we are supposed to hear the NCAA's final verdict?

Not meaning to hijack this thread, but I didn't want to start my own with this kind of negative stuff.

I remember hearing they would decide around a month after the hearing in Seattle and that should be getting close.

What is the worst-case scenario on their verdict?

Are things like a bowl ban or scholarship losses possible? I forgot where we stand. 

CRex

September 14th, 2010 at 6:08 PM ^

Agents swarm around top programs period.  If you can land a guy who gets a 30 million dollar contract and get 5% or whatever their cut is, you have a lot of incentive to go out and actively get yourself clients.  I'm betting pretty much every NFL prospect ever, including Michigan's, have been prematurely contacted by agents and offered "gifts".

Hopefully our players hung up the phone and moved on, but I'm betting everyone gets contacted in some form.