Rule Changes to Recruiting, Unlimited Calls/Texting

[Sam]

Plus a change to the recruiting calendar and on official visits.

Here is the NCAA release on it.

A cliff note version of it via Scout.com

 

[DenverSooner]

Plus a change to the recruiting calendar and on official visits.

Here is the NCAA release on it.

A cliff note version of it via Scout.com

I am not justifying Sampson's action but it does suck that the NCAA decided to punish OU over this issue and then just a few years later determines unlimted telephone calls should be allowed. Obviously we will never know what would have happened had Sampson stayed (particularly since there is some question on whether Blake Griffin would have come to OU) but I really think the program would be in a much different (and probably better) place than it is today if the NCAA had made this rule change 10 years ago.

 

[stoops4pres]

I am not justifying Sampson's action but it does suck that the NCAA decided to punish OU over this issue and then just a few years later determines unlimted telephone calls should be allowed. Obviously we will never know what would have happened had Sampson stayed (particularly since there is some question on whether Blake Griffin would have come to OU) but I really think the program would be in a much different (and probably better) place than it is today if the NCAA had made this rule change 10 years ago.

Agreed. I don't see what made the NCAA decide it was bad in the past, but now it is okay? That does not make sense to me.

Sampson made a foolish choice of violating the rules again in Indiana, and shouldn't have broken them the first time at OU. With that being said, the NCAA changing this rule is further proof that Sampson's transgressions here are so overblown. After all, it only amounted to one extra phone call per week, anyways.

 

[Sawyer]

Unless I'm missing something (here or from the NCAA), you're missing the big news from today. College athletes are going to be paid (an optional $2,000/year stipend on top of a scholarship; not much, but something).

 

[CoachTalk]

Many folks have said, what sampson did would be a minor minor issue these days.

 

[One More Rebound]

Kelvin always said he was only guilty of outworking other coaches...

 

[campbest]

Agreed. I don't see what made the NCAA decide it was bad in the past, but now it is okay? That does not make sense to me.

Sampson made a foolish choice of violating the rules again in Indiana, and shouldn't have broken them the first time at OU. With that being said, the NCAA changing this rule is further proof that Sampson's transgressions here are so overblown. After all, it only amounted to one extra phone call per week, anyways.

It's an enforecment issue, resources are wasted on it when in reality, not a whole lot can be done.

Sucks for Sampson, but those were the rules at the time, abide by them or face consequences. He didn't and we were penalized as well.

 

[campbest]

Unless I'm missing something (here or from the NCAA), you're missing the big news from today. College athletes are going to be paid (an optional $2,000/year stipend on top of a scholarship; not much, but something).

$2,000/year...what a joke.

 

[AdaSooner]

It's an enforecment issue, resources are wasted on it when in reality, not a whole lot can be done.

Sucks for Sampson, but those were the rules at the time, abide by them or face consequences. He didn't and we were penalized as well.

Agreed. It's no different than getting a speeding ticket for going 70 in a 60 mph zone, only to have the speed limit changed to 70 on that highway later on. That's a weak analogy, but I'm sure you will get my meaning.

It's unforunate for Kelvin that what was once unacceptable in the eyes of the NCAA is now okay for everyone. I will always believe that his response to the investigation had as much to do with the penalty he and the university received than the violation. I doubt if the enforcement committee looked kindly on his reasons for breaking the rules. It didn't help his cause when he repeated the same offense at IU a short time later.

As for the $2000 extra scholarship benefits, I'm not sure how that will work if it gives schools that can afford it an unfair advantage over those who can't? Seems to me that will make recruiting a lot more difficult for some schools. Am I missing something here?

 

[OUHoops]

And then there's this...Wow...

New rules would keep UConn out of 2013 tourney

 

[stoops4pres]

Agreed. It's no different than getting a speeding ticket for going 70 in a 60 mph zone, only to have the speed limit changed to 70 on that highway later on. That's a weak analogy, but I'm sure you will get my meaning.

It's unforunate for Kelvin that what was once unacceptable in the eyes of the NCAA is now okay for everyone. I will always believe that his response to the investigation had as much to do with the penalty he and the university received than the violation. I doubt if the enforcement committee looked kindly on his reasons for breaking the rules. It didn't help his cause when he repeated the same offense at IU a short time later.

As for the $2000 extra scholarship benefits, I'm not sure how that will work if it gives schools that can afford it an unfair advantage over those who can't? Seems to me that will make recruiting a lot more difficult for some schools. Am I missing something here?

Actually, I thought it was a pretty good analogy.

I'm not saying what KS did was okay. I just thought it was overblown. Prior to his downfall at IU, I recall media members including him with some of the bigger cheaters out there in college basketball, as if an extra phone call per week somehow equated to gargantuan amounts of cash and extra benefits. That's the main point I was trying to make.