tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post4916328838663859357..comments2023-11-02T03:56:06.817-04:00Comments on FeinsteinOnTheBrink: Colleges have long had problems with agent-player contact -- time for NCAA, NFL and NBA enforcement to changeJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10418812412651310398noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-46003948495023519672011-07-27T10:43:15.041-04:002011-07-27T10:43:15.041-04:00Pay the players. Mr. Feinstein did you say thank y...Pay the players. Mr. Feinstein did you say thank you to the players who gave you their time for your book "Season on the Brink" or are they just slaves who don't need to be thanked!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243599943897207887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-75620537027637027662010-07-26T12:02:05.526-04:002010-07-26T12:02:05.526-04:00Seems like the real enforcers should be the colleg...Seems like the real enforcers should be the colleges themselves. They are on the ones with the most to lose. It might be in the colleges best interests to designate an employee to watch out for agent's. This employee should be independent from the coaches and assistants and report to somebody outside the athletic department.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-27003967508233722432010-07-23T09:36:35.780-04:002010-07-23T09:36:35.780-04:00John,
I used to work in the same office building ...John,<br /><br />I used to work in the same office building as David Falk in Friendship Heights. Besides getting to see NBA players frequently in the elevator (most impressively Jordan), Falk always seemed nice enough to me. <br /><br />Besides being an agent - what does Falk do that sets him above (or below) his peers to be tagged "Bird of Prey" from Kornheiser and for your comments above?<br /><br />Be curious for any specific stories and/or examples that you could shareTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-90695160015011597742010-07-22T22:42:18.503-04:002010-07-22T22:42:18.503-04:00Just remember all those NCAA rules and regulations...Just remember all those NCAA rules and regulations have nothing to do with protecting the players. They are there to keep program A from having a competitive advantage over program B.<br /><br />As for the agency problem, I just don't see what, practically speaking, can be done. The NCAA cannot do anything to the agents themselves and why would the NFL or the NBA care in the slightest about it? These college stars are going to play in the pros regardless of who they have as agents.<br /><br />Apparently the players themselves are not getting the message about these rules. There are already provisions to suspend them for violations now, right? So what more are you going to do? Lock them in the dorm when they are not at class or practice?<br /><br />Just too much money sloshing around to reform this tiger. But John, loved the anecdotes!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572148982033990206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-7882264927793337582010-07-22T21:10:34.505-04:002010-07-22T21:10:34.505-04:00I find it extremely difficult to take Nick Saben ...I find it extremely difficult to take Nick Saben seriously .<br /> But then again who knows more about pimps than a coaching prostitute.<br /><br />This all has been going on for a long time and will continue. The agents are only working a system that exists and coaches at every big time division one school turn a blind eye as long as the program wins. <br /><br />The only totally clean program is coach K at Duke and maybe a few others in basketball. Football is totally out of control and Bill Hancock and the rest of the NCAA mafia have no intention or desire to clean it up. All of the current " investigations" are a smoke screen. As long as the money rolls in its " business as usual" <br /> <br />They throw in a few references to caring about "student athletes " every once in a while and it clears what little conscience they have and it's back to the ivory towers they live in.<br /><br />The NCAA is little better than Bernie Madoff!Gordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-68450732916568359802010-07-22T18:54:30.235-04:002010-07-22T18:54:30.235-04:00Agenting is a slimy, dirty business just like coac...Agenting is a slimy, dirty business just like coaching is --- you have the good, the bad and the ugly. I hope the NCAA has someone with a stone fist to do what they need to do to stop the agents.<br /><br />But the real question is, will the NCAA really ever want to take the PR hit that comes with cleaning it all up? Its a multi-billion dollar a year business with multiple large media companies as partners, from ESPN to CBS to Turner (now with the new basketball deal, which owns SI.com, right?), and many many many others. There is too much money on the line to really clean house and look out for the 'student-athletes.'<br /><br />I read somewhere where it was ironic that the new head of the basketball committee was UCONNs AD, who coincidentally is managing a real mess with UCONN under investigation for multiple major violations. With one of the leaders of the cesspool embroiled in turmoil, how could it ever get cleaned?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com