cincygoblue

November 6th, 2017 at 5:15 PM ^

I don’t think so. Makes me think of this though...



You ever hear the clip from Cowherd where he said Rich Rod lost his job because he didn’t get TP, and Sweater Vest lost his job because he did get TP?



Sumlin is kind of living out if Rich Rod did get TP - bought him a few years of positivity - but he gone.

GoBlueMAGNUS

November 6th, 2017 at 5:16 PM ^

Not surprised that completely nothing ill come of this. It’s going to take some player thinking they didn’t get their fair share for the Bama scam to fall apart.

mGrowOld

November 6th, 2017 at 5:19 PM ^

Nobody cares.  The SEC doesnt care (they all cheat and they all know they all cheat), ESPN doesnt care (they make more money if the mighty, might SEC rules the college universe) and the NCAA sure as hell doesnt care.

I have given up worrying about recruiting cheating from the southern schools.  I do believe Michigan, in both football and especially basketball, dont cheat and that's good.  It also means that bout 50% of top tier high school football players would never even consider us and probabably 80-90% of all top tier basketball players.

Gr1mlock

November 6th, 2017 at 5:24 PM ^

This is (in a weird tangential way) why I hope Charles Matthews absolutely kills it for us this year.  He was the kind of 5 star guy we would never usually be in the hunt for.  I'm vaguely hoping some of the top tier guys see him fail at Kentucky, come here, get some actual coaching, and blow up into a top end NBA talent.  I know that this is all wishful thinking and that anyone paying attention to coaching (or, honestly, draft output) would see Beliein and Michigan as a destination, but I think his story can be really compelling to a 5 star kid, if he blows up this year.  Compelling enough to pull them away from the dollars? Who knows.   But every little bit helps.  

Maizeblue11

November 6th, 2017 at 6:38 PM ^

SEC are a bunch of little cheating fucks. Go look at the Alabama players’ instagrams and see the expensive ass cars they own. Don’t blame the players though. Why go to any other school when you have offers from schools that will give you money, cars, etc.?

In reply to by Maizeblue11

Bodogblog

November 6th, 2017 at 7:24 PM ^

Because a car loses value quickly, and a Michigan degree does not.

Beyond ra-ra homerism, this is absolutely true. Now why can't they have both? That's another question

Kevin13

November 6th, 2017 at 5:22 PM ^

for the NCAA, they won't do anything to them. Now if Texas St. gave a recruit a free meal they would probably cut their nuts off, but to their money makers....... nothing.

ChuckieWoodson

November 6th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^

The USC 24/7 thread with the pictures of all the players and their cars was really the telling one.  While this is a violation, to be sure, the car "program" there is much bigger.  Probably only the tip of the iceberg, though.

FrankMurphy

November 6th, 2017 at 5:27 PM ^

These aren't recruiting violations, so frankly, I don't care. In fact, I tip my cap to these guys for thumbing their noses at the NCAA and making some money in the process. The NCAA is the bad guy here, not 'Bama or these players.

grumbler

November 7th, 2017 at 8:47 AM ^

Exactly.  College sports (aka the National Collegiate Athletic Association, aka the collective 1123 colleges and universities that are the NCAA) is corrupting, and must be eliminated.  Amirite?  Coleges and universities that play inter-collegiate sports ARE the bad guys, as you note, and should be punished.

FrankMurphy

November 7th, 2017 at 2:58 PM ^

Equating a governing body and its rules with each and every one of the 350+ colleges and universities that are members of that governing body, as well as the entire enterprise that the governing body regulates, is a totally sensible response to criticism of that governing body. So sensible, in fact, that the response should be wrapped in snark and sarcasm that obscures how asanine a response it really is. Great job!

Doc Mango Gibbs

November 6th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^

This is nothing.  D.J. Fluker flat-out admitted he was paid a few years ago, and within a week everybody just moved on like nothing happened.