Nikias moving USC forward of the NCAA sanctions
by Paragon SC on Aug 24, 2011 5:56 PM PDT
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"I have determined that the university's mission is best served by moving forward at this time, without pursuing further redress," says USC President C. L. Max Nikias.
"This decision followed an extensive review of all of our options and after consultation with many sources. We ask that the Trojan Family offer its utmost support to the student-athletes and coaches of the Trojan football team, confident that USC's commitment to the highest level of excellence in academics and athletics will not waver in the coming years."
Yeah...not really surprising, (I laid the argument out here and I stand by it still today).
I really didn't care if USC sued. Their chances of relief were slim. What really steamed me was the lack of a PR campaign...something, anything.
Even today...
Nikias as a university president is THE person to go Emmert and say whats up?
Nikias can also be THE person to lead the charge to force change but he is going to have to get his hands dirty and as I have said before that is not something he is comfortable with.
Getting his hands dirty means calling people out.
Yes, I know that back room diplomacy leaves a better impression so that things don't become adversarial...but the NCAA won't change a thing, no matter how diplomatic Nikias is.
In light of the Miami Scandal that Paul Dee was very much a part of as well as his hypocrisy that was exposed, Mark Emmert won't publish a statement saying the NCAA was wrong or that they are sorry...and they sure as heck won't back off the sanctions.
Today's news is merely a rubber stamp of what he already knew...
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Just as predicted by most of us. Let nothing interfere with Project Stanford!
1. Nikias wants to take USC out of the news as he continues continue pursuing a Top 20 ranking in the USNWR.
2. President Nikias has taken the moral high ground. The severity of Paul Dee’s infractions against USC will oblige the NCAA to blast whore mongering Miami into oblivion.
3. If it is in the NCAA’s best interest to forgo nuking Miami, they will be forced to review all of Paul Dee’s COI decisions. Dee will be scapegoated in order to reduce USC’s penalties so they can justify sparing Miami.
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
Taking the moral highground
Pretty much sums it up. I would love to see an analysis of our options, and my heart says protect the brand at all costs. But, having been through messy litigation, I have learned that there are no winners – everyone loses. A landmark NCAA case might drag out for a decade. USC will weather the sanctions with aplomb.
Death to the NCAA and PAul Dee.
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
I'll drink to that...Death to the NCAA and Paul Dee.
I believe the best way to fight the NCAA is simply to bury it. It’s a corrupt institution which is most concerned with preserving itself and protecting is power core. If the major schools united together, say in 4 superconferences with 16 teams each, and had a small (8 team?)playoff, it could rival the NFL. It’s a more exciting brand of football, and every game would count. College football could dominate the regular season (Saturdays, anyway) and the holiday season…before the NFL playoffs. Cut the number of major teams in half (120 down to 64), and it might appeal to even more people. Simpler for the casual fan. Fewer teams works out better when dividing revenues, too.
And if the major schools united together, they could leave the NCAA IN THE DUST. The new arangement would be based on common interests, and this petty NCAA BS culture of coruption and selecitve enforcement would be obsolete. The superconferences could pay the players and rewrite the rule book so that justice was dealt reasonably and equitably (things which aren’t happening under current NCAA rule).
In the big picture, it makes a lot more sense for USC to move toward the a brighter future, than to spend a decade in the courts trying to impose justice upon an entity that refuses to accept it. I have no idea whether this vision is on Nikias’s radar or not, but this is how I would lead if I were in charge. In the mean time, Kiffin has done an absolutely phenominal job of planning around the scholarship limitations. If he can do half the job coaching that he has done with the scholarships, then USC can kick some serious ass while we wait for the NCAA to fall. Fight ON, Trojans!
As much as I would have loved a little litigation vs. the NCAA. . . .
. . . .I think the NCAA imploding on itself is enough poetic justice to satisfy me for a little while.
It already appears the NCAA is dealing with a few legal fronts as we speak. The big ones which pop out, to me- that is, is Ed O’Bannon’s case (EA Sports seems to have skated, it’s all on the NCAA right now and it’s an active pursuit of justice on O’Bannon’s part) and Todd McNair’s case.
A part of me is thinking (and hopeful) that USC might be actively assisting in McNair’s case. If they are, than they would be making me happy.
Unsurprising.
An acknowledgement, tacitly, by Nikias that:
- SC is “more than just football.” Going after the NCAA may affect other successful programs. True, but it doesn’t make this situation any better.
- The NCAA could dig up something fun. Because it could dig up something on any school in almost every sport, except Olympic sports, really.
- It’s not worth the time or money.
Yeah, just got to take solace that the NCAA is shooting itself in the foot left and right, I guess. Schadenfraude will have to be enough.
Rodney Sermons is my #5
by Brad Otton Is My Homeboy on Aug 24, 2011 8:08 PM PDT reply actions
nail on the head
The last couple of weeks have made it clear: we don’t need SC to go after the NCAA. They’re running around with the rope around their necks looking for a chair to jump off.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
by DC Trojan on Aug 25, 2011 8:03 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
It would be unseemley for USC to voulntarily introduce itself into that mess.
President Nikias and the administration will have ample opportunities to exact revenge on several fronts, particularly in the Todd McNair lawsuit.
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
Good point!
Maybe the McNair suit will uncover further corruption. Years down the road.
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
hopefully...
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