This article from ESPN recounts how difficult a year it was
in regards to morality and ethics for major division 1 college football
programs. Memorial Day marked the one year anniversary of Jim Tressel, the
legendary Ohio State coach, having to resign because he failed to provide
information about Buckeyes players receiving improper benefits from a local
tattoo parlor owner. This was just the start of a year that had tons of
scandal, including drug problems at LSU and TCU, the Penn State scandal with
Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno, and the issues at University of Miami with
booster Nevin Shapiro providing many illegal benefits to players in the
program. What I take from this is that the NCAA has essentially no chance at
being the governing body of all these universities, and that something needs to
be done to delegate its powers further. Perhaps something such as creating a
more strict governing body in each conference at the division one level would
be something that the NCAA could consider. This past year was about as ugly as
it could possibly get in college football, and there is a need for reform
immediately.
-Max Piner
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