The NCAA and the Hoosiers

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Reporters' Notebooks
Published 2/25/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... Mark Cuban, Blog Maverick: The owner of the Dallas Mavericks (was he the anonymous $550,000 donor that helped buy out Kelvin Sampson's contract?) has a big problem with the NCAA. ...

Texas Tech Monday Morning Notes - One or Two of Them to Show Up Edition
Published 2/25/2008 by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
Double-T Nation News: In no particular order, DTN's Top Five: BON looks at the week ahead in men's Big 12 Basketball. Texas Tech's road looks tough the rest of the way. BHGP details Iowa's quest for the Fulmler Cup. ESPN's Matt Mosley asks whether or not Zach Thomas will start in Dallas. Mark Cuban takes on the NCAA. This actually from Friday, but Da Wiz talked with Michael Clark who is the chairman of the rules committee about ...

Morning Coffee Gets Tough
Published 2/25/2008 by HornsFan <burntorangenation@gmail.com> at Burnt Orange Nation: Front Page Posts
... Amen, brother. Mark Cuban is spot on with his critique of the NCAA and its vault of rules and restrictions. I attended a fascinating sports law seminar last week featuring two attorneys from Notre Dame's compliance office in which I learned all sorts of fascinating tidbits about the complexities involved with staying within all the NCAA's rules. Even at Notre Dame, which works vigorously to comply with every rule in the book, the university self-reports some two dozen minor violations per year to the NCAA. ...

Mark Cuban Doesn't Think Much of the NCAA
Published 2/25/2008 by Brian Grummell at FanHouse
Filed under: Indiana Basketball, NCAA FB Scandal, The WordTheirs is a flawed mission Sayeth Cuban (emphasis mine): One summer I visited Indiana and there were some players working out and playing on the Assembly Hall court. After watching a few minutes, I walked in the hall and there were a bunch of other players just standing outside. Waiting. I of course asked why they weren't on the court with their teammates. Turns out that no more than 4 players could be on the court at one time. Imagine ...

Sampson texting his former players; Cuban weighs in
Published 2/25/2008 by Jeff Zillgitt at Sports Scope
... out as a repeat rules offender who shamed a legendary basketball program, Sampson still was associating with his former players via the very technological toys that doomed him. It begs the question of how close he'll remain with the Hoosiers as the tournament nears -- and how university officials and the NCAA will view such a bond as IU tries to avoid crippling long-term sanctions," Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti wrote. Speaking of Sampson, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, as expected, puts in his two cents on the topic. Cuban went to Indiana and has ...

Tuesday Bullets
Published 2/26/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Count Mark Cuban among those who does not love the NCAA: "At some point, hopefully someone will spend the time to put together sports alliances completely outside traditional high school and college ruling bodies that will allow students to be passionate and work hard for their dreams both on the court and field and in the classroom. Which is exactly what happens overseas in most sports. The supremely talented and promoted can still prosper in the current system, but for those who are willing to make up for whatever they may lack in natural gifts ...