OT: Homeless Baylor Player Has Eligibility Revoked by NCAA for Accepting Housing Help
This shit just drives me up the wall. I get that the NCAA's goal truly is to level the playing field and give everyone a good experience (while making an asston of money) but this is insane.
Link: http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/2/25/8107233/silas-nacita-baylor-football-ncaa-eligibility
February 25th, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
TL;DR: Fuck this organization.
February 25th, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
Mark Emmert has no soul
February 25th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
I honestly don't know how to react to this. It's too stupid and infuriating.
F*ck the NCAA.
February 25th, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^
I keep hoping that something ends up being the "tipping point" that forces the NCAA to stop stealing opportunities from their "student-athletes" and forces them to allow athletes the same rights that any other student on a scholarship has.
It would be great if someone with deep pockets, such as the ACLU, took them to court.
February 25th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
February 25th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
February 25th, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^
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February 25th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
February 25th, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^
The NCAA is too much.
February 25th, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^
February 25th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
this never would have happened.... they never get caught
February 25th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
Jesus tapdancing Christ on a cracker the NCAA is filled with assholes.
February 25th, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^
This is horrible. Fuck the NCAA.
February 25th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
A great bureaucracyonce again gets it wrong. Who would have thought that would happen? Seriously, this needs to get corrected, provided he is/was actually homeless and such. You can make exceptions for humanitarian reasons. Besides If it was a close friend that provided housing, I just don't see how that is a violation. Seems they would provide housing regardless of playing football at Baylor.
That said, seriously dude, you were homeless and you got a full ride to Cornell to play football, but turn that down, then can't pay for Baylor at first, go to community college, and then eventually walk on? I mean, I'm all for perseverence in chasing your dream, but damn, you know how blessed you are to be able to get a full ride to Cornell, and you pass that up?
February 25th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
Explained in this article. Essentially, he wasn't doing well in class, wanted to play a higher level of football, and wanted to move back some place that was warmer/closer to home.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^
Thanks, that's a much better article. Really hope this get straightened out for him. Guys like that are the reason college sports are so much more compelling to me that professional sports.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
Unless the Ivy League has changed their policies, members are not allowed to give out athletic scholarships. He may have qualified for financial aid, which can be quite generous.
February 25th, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^
"he earned a 4.1 GPA and a scholarship playing football at Cornell."
"Nacita walked on at Baylor in June, homeless and hungry, sleeping on friends' floors and taking pictures of book pages from the campus store to study on his phone. He still made Academic All-Big 12."
This kid should get a medal, not thrown off the team. Motherfuckers.
February 25th, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^
It's almost like players should have some kind of organization that helps them ensure the NCAA can't have or enforce rules like this.
February 25th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
These NCAA execs make anywhere from 200-500k a year, and they are completely worthless.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
We wouldn't want Baylor kids having the massive competetive advantage of having a bed to sleep in. That's crazy talk.
Oh that NCAA. It's all about the student-athletes with them. I'm sure.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
All the people that are outraged over a stupid song, come over here where an actual injustice is taking place.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
I can be outraged at two things at once!
February 25th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
February 25th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
This is so wrong it makes me sick! This cannot be swung as a positive in any way. An orgaization that says that it always has the best interest of the student athlete but then deny eligibility for accepting something that all those suits have never had to worry about, shame on them.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
Wow. It's almost as if the NCAA wants people to hate them. And I do.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
Is the NCAA capable of getting anything right? Seriously.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:12 PM ^
You know an organization is bad when its name alone can give people the justification to do things they would find morally reprehenisble if they weren't working for that organization.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:13 PM ^
one that thinks maybe the Baylor AD is partially responsible here? They have a homeless walk-on player and they don't figure out a way to give him a scholarship?
February 25th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
Partially responsible for sure. They had no trouble accepting the good will of the homeless walk-on profiles. The least they could have done was hold a scholarship for him when one opened up.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^
Is the NCAA a bunch of ass hats?
Or are they douchenozzles?
February 25th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^
A douche nozzle is an item inserted into a vagina for the purposes of cleaning. We all like cleanliness, and many of us like vaginas, so I don't see how douche nozzle can be used as a pejorative. It is a functional item.
An asshat on the other hand is completely useless. Why does my ass need a hat? I'm already wearing pants.
Ergo the NCAA is best described as a group of asshats.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
Heretofore, I will refer to the NCAA as the National Collegiate Association of Asshats.
wait... now I'm torn again...the National Collegiate Asshat Association?
and another question: Doesn't the Mad Hatter have a hat for everything?
February 25th, 2015 at 12:53 PM ^
used for everything. Now that you mention it I should probably take it to the cleaners.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:15 PM ^
Nuke the NCAA from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
February 25th, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^
Im so tired of the NCAA and the Big 10.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:34 PM ^
NCAA and FIFA keeping their game up of who can outdo one another.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
You beat me to it. The NCAA makes me sick!
February 25th, 2015 at 12:39 PM ^
Where is the Baylor staff in this? While I'm no fan of the NCAA, something should have been done to avoid this issue rather than react to it.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:53 PM ^
I honestly feel bad for the kid and hope there is a way Baylor and the NCAA can work this out to get him back on the team. I also think the NCAA has a lot of stupid regulations and is generally worthless. That being said, if you replaced the "close family friend" that helped him get an apartment in the story with "booster", would everyone still be outraged with the NCAA's decision?
The biggest problem I see with the story is that the NCAA selectively enforces their rules. They come down on a homeless player for accepting housing and look the other way when other rules get broken (Cam Newton's dad comes to mind).
February 25th, 2015 at 12:55 PM ^
Someone please explain- kid was not on an athletic scholarship. Is that independent of the NCAA eligbility rule? I don't know the rules, but maybe it is best for me to just conclude that they are illogical
February 25th, 2015 at 1:02 PM ^
February 25th, 2015 at 1:02 PM ^
Our country makes me sick. We're completely fucked. I just got done watching a bunch of John Oliver on youtube and I just feel like detaching from the world. Maybe live in the woods like Mick Dodge. I doubt the wife would be to fond of that though.
February 25th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
February 25th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
An argument about how other things are crap is not a good endorsement of quality and is a good way to avoid looking at relevant issues.
February 25th, 2015 at 1:27 PM ^
February 25th, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^
anymore. In fact, we've fallen behind the rest of the industrialized world in just about every measurable category. I don't think we get the top spot in any of them anymore.
Per capita GDP, access to and quality of health care, time off from work, infant mortality, % of the population living in poverty, education, and on and on.
The only thing we lead the world in anymore is military spending.