Re: TCU Basketball reportedly identified in FBI probe
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:07 pm
JasonB wrote:This is an interesting reflection of how our society is evolving.
In both sports and politics, it seems as though you have a subset of the population who believes that you should always try and play by the rules - winning is important, but so is how you play the game.
We have another subset who believes that everyone else is cheating, and comes to the conclusion that not only are you justified in cheating, but if you aren't cheating then you aren't really trying to win.
The way I was raised makes it impossible for me to join the latter camp. But I think that sticks me into the minority of today's society. I'm not sure what the end result of that is.
I like what you are saying here, but I will add in the following comment that is fairly important:
Some of us think that the governing body and enforcement agency (the NCAA) is corrupt and is allowing the "cheating" in certain circumstances and with certain schools via selective enforcement (It's all about the money in the end). And if that is the case - is it really cheating? Are there really two sets of rules out there? Is there a 2 tier system in place for the haves and have nots. To be in the "have not" group and to bury your head in the sand and pretend like there is a fair playing field is the formula that most SMU alums think we have been following for the better part of the last 30 years.
And you are absolutely correct - there are a lot of similarities here between the two organizations that are mentioned here: the NCAA and the FBI.