today would be a good day to finish the fight for Lucca, IHMO
One thing I get a kick out of is that the more a school seems to try to to work with the NCAA, the more the NCAA wants to help with getting their pants off and bending you over as well. Contrast that with individuals or schools that have loaded for bear and overtly gone toe to toe.....
Example....ND Fighting Sioux....the NCAA has basically backed away and said that if North Dakota can get the Native American populations support that they can keep the name.. BTW I have no opinion on the name business either way.
Or take the ultimute weasel Tricky Ricky Neuhisel sp? I mean, the guys slimey to the Nth degree and all, but look what he did to the "establishment. Dirtbag he is, but you just wait, he'll be back in coaching before too long, and with a HUGE smile on his face.
I really think that when it comes down to it, the NCAA at it's core is a spineless bunch of bureaucrats that sees a knockdown, dragout, legal set to with any individual or university as their worst nightmare.
It's just that there are so many that are totally buffaloed by the NCAA.
The sad thing is, instead of seeing the folks -that are within their rights- go to the mat with the NCAA in the attempt to overturn things like this, you (mostly) see that the only ones that have the jewels to fight are the dirt bags that never followed the rules in the first place.
My fondest dream would be that JP et all would give the NCAA a round house to the jaw today...(figuratively speaking) and see if they bounced back.
but no, I'm not holding my breath.
moo.