Baylor's Perry Jones Not Enough of a Marquee Name to Warrant Special Treatment from NCAA

[KamaAina]

Read it and weep...

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news;_ylt=Aouz.YnLKmoBQ2wk_N8AIizevbYF?slug=jn-jonesncaa031011

If quarterback Terrelle Pryor wouldn’t have played, Ohio State’s victory over Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl would’ve been a mammoth television ratings bust.

But if Baylor basketball star Perry Jones is relegated to the bench, people are still going to watch the NCAA tournament.

Perhaps that explains why the NCAA allowed Pryor and five teammates to compete in the postseason even though they blatantly – and knowingly – violated NCAA eligibility rules by selling Buckeyes memorabilia to the owner of a Columbus tattoo parlor.

And maybe it explains why the NCAA deemed Jones ineligible Wednesday after an investigation revealed that his mother accepted – and then repaid – a loan from his AAU coach to help pay rent. Jones had no knowledge of the loans, which totaled around $1,000 and were made when he was in high school.

:eyes:

[joeybee12]

1. The NCAA is quickly becoming a joke...no, more of a joke...

they will have no credibility whatsoever if Tressel's tap on the wrist is allowed to stand.

[KamaAina]

2. Down, boy...

Tressel's enhanced finger wag came from OSU itself. The NCAA has yet to weigh in. That will bear watching.

[joeybee12]

3. The NCAA bent over for the Sugar Bowl reps who feared they'd lose money

without the Pryor Five...so the NCAA caved there...no reason to think they won't again.

[hughee99]

4. If quarterback Terrelle Pryor wouldn’t have played,

The the Hogs win over the Buckeyes would have been a mammoth television ratings bust.

[KamaAina]

5. Better link here

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=jn-jonesncaa031011