Support Bradley Basketball-UPDATE

[tornado]

I believe it has more to do with the mid-majors getting slammmed for the smallest infractions and the BCS school getting away with actions that are questionable. ....

I feel that you judge wisely, here, Pete.
Major schools with kids stealing computers and robbing other students, on campus alcohol, parties, and rapes, and drug possession, athletes driving Beamers and Porsches, and illegal contact of recruits (DePaul, New Mexico) seem repeatedly to have their woes swept under the carpet.
The very top schools (UConn, UofI, DePaul, etc.) with these violations recieve little or no punishment.

But if Bradley has a kid who gets a few more dollars for his summer job than would be the norm, or if some anonymous caller reports an impermissable contact over the summer, then the NCAA swarms in onto campus and digs through all the tiniest factoids until they find something to label a violation.
When Versace was coach (and you can still go online and read the NCAA findings) the very worst violation they could dig up even with virtually no evidence to confirm it was an "offer" of a job to a recruit's father and a free ride in a plane. That was it!!
And we were talking a very low level recruit, not a McDonalds All American.

This board has been a source for readers to see all the various improprieties that are going on, yet the only place the NCAA is digging for dirt (and read BradleyBraves' list of schools above) are Bradley, Fairfield, and UL-Lafayette!!
These are not the schools with the repeated violations.

Hey I suggest just one link to go back and read.
In this case, even though the guy admits to the violations, hundreds of them, and the NCAA is 100% convinced they need no more proof, they still have not handed down even the tiniest discipline years after the violations were committed and found!!

http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=BKC-TRAMEL-01-18-06

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9153113

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1638

(read what you want but mainly check out the last 3-4 posts on the first page of this discussion)

[BU fan]

http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:cKmoIAztNFcJ:www.startribune.com/dynamic/story.php%3Ftemplate%3Dprint_a%26story%3D5463574+%22sam+bowie%22,kentucky,violations&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2

Just a reminder of how crooked Kentucky was, and yet the NCAA never did find enough to penalize them. One of the excuses they used was that they couldn't find some of the explayers to interview, including Sam Bowie and Kenny Walker (both of whom were playing in the NBA at the time). Sounds like they didn't look very hard.

[thefish7]

I reserve the right to criticize performance of the team, players and coaching. That's what fans do. On the other hand, I completely abhor personal attacks on a coach or player based on the performance of the team. If you know them then you can feel free to have an opinion about their character... if, like me, you don't, then keep your criticisms aimed at the performance of the team.

[user1]

Fair and well said, fishy

[tornado]

At the risk of sounding self-serving, I just want to say...
I sent some e mail messages as I had described in the lead post of this thread. Go back and read what I first said then read the next couple paragraphs.

Last night after the game, I received a communication from the Director of Athletics, and whether you want to believe me or not, here is what he said.
He thanked me for the messages of encouragement on behalf of the players and the coaches, and said those words meant a lot and had a positive effect on encouraging the kids as they headed out on the road trip to Iowa.

I strongly suggest that any other interested fan do the same.
Just send a note or email. Send it to an individual player or two and it will seem more personal, or send it to the group.

I just want these kids and coaches to know how much their efforts and performances ARE appreciated.

[tornado]

Again, I want to urge all fine Bradley fans to e mail notes of your support and appreciation to the players and coaches.

I just did and received a personal e mail response from head coach Jim Les who says the support is greatly appeciated!

E mail through their direct e amil address or via Bobby Parker or Jim Les' secretary, Jackie Diemer.
If you address a message to one of the players, it can still go through these e mail addresses:

jles@bradley.edu
bparker@bradley.edu
jdiemer@bradley.edu