Reform The NCAA

Press Release: The University of Kentucky has decided to put the NCAA on probation for lack of insitutional control. The NCAA's judgment has been arbitrary in too many cases to be an effective governing body. The allowance of former Kansas freshman Josh Selby to pay back his impermissable beneifts to gain eligibility and the dismissal of former Kentucky freshman Enes Kanter's attempt to pay back his impermissable benefits is wrong. Selby attended high school in the United States. He never should have been given $9000 by an agent. Kanter, on the other hand, is from Turkey and in order to play at the highest level of competition in Turkey, he had to play against professionals. If Kanter lived in the United States, he never would have recieved impermissable benefits. Kanter's salary with his Turkish professional team is sitting in a bank account, untouched. Besides the Kanter ruling, the NCAA has been lenient to other programs. In the Nate Miles recruitment scandal, the University of Connecticut made way too many phone calls past the allowed limit. And yet, UCONN suffered the loss of a few scholarships and went on to win the national title. Why is the UCONN championship even recognized? The NCAA had no problems stripping Memphis's 2008 appearance in the national championship. Due to the corruption and blatant favortism of certain programs over others, the University of Kentucky will no longer give any share of their earnings to the NCAA until the NCAA changes up its behavior.
Signed,
Mitch "Barney" Barnhart.