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I just read a very odd statement...
it comes from DePaul's head coach Jerry Wainwright in an article about what the new NCAA Ethics Committe ought to address.
Jerry was talking about the prevalence of top coaches getting caught making illegal phone calls (btw, seems very few of them are being penalized, as Jim Calhoun's case has dropped off the front pages).
Here's what Jerry says...and look at who he unloads on if a coach gets caught making an ILLEGAL PHONE CALL.....he doesn't blame the coach, he blames the recruit!!!
and he also seems to be unloading on the recruits when the coaches give them illegal payments.
Seems to me if this is an NCAA Committee on Ethics, they should be going
after the cheating COACHES...but this isn't apparently what Jerry thinks!
"..for instance, let’s say, the number of phone calls, as an example, if
someone makes illegal number of phone calls because this has gotten
publicity in the last few years. Let’s say someone makes an illegal number of
phone calls, in order to make an illegal phone call, someone has to take it. If,
indeed, people are aware of the fact that this phone call is not legal and they
stay on and they are part of it, aren’t they just as guilty? Right.
and... "if I pay you to come to my school, am I guilty and you’re not? You
took the money. ...Ethics is not a one-way street. It’s not."
all the other coaches in this interview seem to put the emphasis on the COACHES following the rules and only Jerry ignores the coaches' responsibility and goes after the kids!
Thank goodness for guys in the profession like Dane Fife who say this about unscrupulous coaches...
"a rule’s a rule and they are expected to be followed (by the coaches)."
it comes from DePaul's head coach Jerry Wainwright in an article about what the new NCAA Ethics Committe ought to address.
Jerry was talking about the prevalence of top coaches getting caught making illegal phone calls (btw, seems very few of them are being penalized, as Jim Calhoun's case has dropped off the front pages).
Here's what Jerry says...and look at who he unloads on if a coach gets caught making an ILLEGAL PHONE CALL.....he doesn't blame the coach, he blames the recruit!!!
and he also seems to be unloading on the recruits when the coaches give them illegal payments.
Seems to me if this is an NCAA Committee on Ethics, they should be going
after the cheating COACHES...but this isn't apparently what Jerry thinks!
"..for instance, let’s say, the number of phone calls, as an example, if
someone makes illegal number of phone calls because this has gotten
publicity in the last few years. Let’s say someone makes an illegal number of
phone calls, in order to make an illegal phone call, someone has to take it. If,
indeed, people are aware of the fact that this phone call is not legal and they
stay on and they are part of it, aren’t they just as guilty? Right.
and... "if I pay you to come to my school, am I guilty and you’re not? You
took the money. ...Ethics is not a one-way street. It’s not."
all the other coaches in this interview seem to put the emphasis on the COACHES following the rules and only Jerry ignores the coaches' responsibility and goes after the kids!
Thank goodness for guys in the profession like Dane Fife who say this about unscrupulous coaches...
"a rule’s a rule and they are expected to be followed (by the coaches)."
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