OT: Florida Officials send Bowden mash notes, offer to beat up bullies
According to a report at ESPN, Florida officials have stated that the NCAA is NOT ALLOWED to work in private as they deal with FSU's appeal of forfeiture of wins from Bowden's record. It violates open government laws, since FSU is a state school.
Next up - after strong arming the NCAA into revealing every piece of office correspondence back to 1962, Florida pools taxpayer money to hire Johnny Cochran to defend Bowden's record. BOwden says thank you, but still won't go past second base on the first date.
have had the chance to be funny, if Johnny Cochran hadn't died four years ago...
You think that'll stop him? If Daniel Webster could argue the devil, Johnny Cochran can argue his way out of death.
right, because there has never been a joke about a dead guy. relax man, it's friday.
...nothing to see here.
You could focus on the point of the post, which was a state government doing everything they can to get in the way of the NCAA, rather than nitpicking popular culture references. You know, like a normal person would.
...it always ends up with a personal attack. Good work.
Florida State has to work in public because of FOIA laws. Okay. That's good for them and good for us. That's not exactly news. I wouldn't call forcing the NCAA to adhere to the law "state government" getting "in the way of the NCAA," anymore than recruits who commit major felonies will have to deal with "state governments" who "get in the way of the NCAA" who wants to exploit these kids for commercial gain (and after the Alabama decision yesterday, and the pending USC wrist-slap, there can only be one conclusion about what the NCAA cares about: money).
Then you cracked a Johnny Cochran joke which wasn't funny.
Not sure where you want the discussion to lead from there, so, I'm moving on.
Because your very first post wasn't an attack on the whole thing? I guess my problem is, what was the point of the first post you made. When all you do is attack what somebody says, especially when it's in jest, why are you surprised if anybody responds viciously.
I thank you for your actual insight on this. The question is, if the NCAA were investigating which students had been dealing roids from their rooms, would the state government demand that be open to them, or would they even WANT it public at all?
...would have to be disclosed, because that likely would be a criminal investigation (the steroid issue you bring up, which I know nothing about). It would depend upon the collection of evidence, if someone had been arrested, if a grand jury had been impaneled, and if anyone had disclosed evidence to the press.
My guess is that the University would NOT want the information in the public sphere. There is a chance though (think Russell Crowe's character in American Gangster) that there may be cops who don't lie down for NCAA athletics and sweep this under the rug, and actually want to enforce the law. In that case, who knows what they'll make public?