NCAA reverses course in Tez Walker saga; rules Walker eligible and blames UNC for its earlier ruling

Man, I wish my first name was "Tez"

Fuck the NCAA. I can't believe anyone is still working for them. Who graduates and thinks "yeah, I'd love to be a part of that organization"? Fucking losers. 

There's a lot of negativity to go around here and I think everyone involved comes out looking bad.  

• NCAA looks bad for their initial ruling, changing the ruling, and then blaming UNC for it.....and they're just a bad organization in general.
   
• UNC's President came out and said they uncovered additional evidence and submitted it to the NCAA to help get the ruling reversed...aligning with what the NCAA trashed them for.
   
• UNC's AD said they didn't submit new information and the original information was all there and should have been used to make the correct decision all along.  
   

So someone's lying and most of these aren't trustworthy organizations to begin with.  

The other thing I do feel compelled to point out is that while I hate the NCAA with a passion and think it is a sham of an organization that adds little value at this point.....its creation, organization, and rules are dictated by the universities themselves.  Therefore it is always funny when a school or conference lobbies for new rules, gets them adopted, and then bitches about them when those rules are used against them.  

Honestly I don't know how to stop the chaos in college sports (expansion, portal, NIL, corruption, etc.).  I think the only way might be for the players to unionize and then convert football and basketball to the professional leagues they already seem to be.

The NCAA lost it when they decided not to apply the death penalty to the worst offenders -- apparently a season without SMU was too horrifying to contemplate.  So instead of having a range of penalties available and the ability to throw the book at flagrant violations, they left themselves impotent and with nothing better to do than nitpick.

It's really too bad because college athletics could use an organization that would police the athletic departments and ensure the whole thing was at least halfway credible.  But the NCAA didn't want that job.

So the NCAA fails to support a kid with a legit beef until the school threatens a lawsuit.  Then, when it caves to the threat, the NCAA blames the school for 'finally' providing information it can act on to support the student player.

I really wish UNC would have publicized the fact that a threatened law suit is what made them change their mind.

But honestly, in both this case and the academic scandal, UNC's actions are something Michigan would never think about doing, let alone actually stoop to that level.

(Gotta admit, though, in this case for Tez Walker UNC did the right thing...)

Honestly, reading the article and the communications sent it looks like both UNC and the NCAA messed up here to varying degrees and Walker was the one who suffered.  I generally dislike UNC because they've gotten away with a ton of stuff with minimal punishment, so I'm not inclined to give them a ton of credit for not putting forth the best argument initially and then coming back later with a more complete request.  That BS about "this is a restraint on trade" line from a school that until a couple years ago didn't find it in their best interests to fight for their players to get paid for the value they bring to the school is weak.

Also, it's funny that the AD's letter states that the original NCAA ruling hurt Walker further because he couldn't practice with the team, yet the ESPN article explicitly states otherwise.

Walker is eligible to join the undefeated Tar Heels for Saturday's game against Syracuse, and a source told ESPN that he is expected to play, as he has been practicing with the team. His snaps are uncertain at this point.

So, you know, maybe UNC is sort of full of shit as well.

I despise the NCAA and want to see them destroyed as much as the next person but this doesn't feel like anyone other than Walker is a real "hero" here.

So can we just remove football from NCAA "oversight" this is a bit ridiculous.....I get the NCAA role in other sports but not football 

the ncaa's days are numbered, especially for football