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"Clean" College Athletic Programs

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MaliBuckeye

MaliBuckeye

1) Be A Man.
Apologies if this has been done before-

We're talking over at tBBC today about the question of "What program is 'clean'?", and I'd love to get your take...

Here's the criterion-

What major college athletic program could someone follow that met the following criterion?​

  1. Successful on the field/court- Top 10-15 nationally in at least one major sport, obviously more is better. Football, Men?s and Women?s Basketball carry more weight than Baseball, Track, Lacrosse, etc. History of success is important- not just a one or two year streak.
  2. No history of NCAA violations- Or if they do exist, they?re secondary/minor or so far in the past that it can effectively be argued that ?things have changed?.
  3. No history of ?lawlessness?- Students will be students, but the athletic program shouldn?t be a regular player in the Fulmer Cup.
  4. Student athletes- Sure, college athletics are internships for pro sports, but what teams make the grade on and off the field? And yes, we?re looking at athletic departments, but you can?t use the cross country team?s GPA/Graduation rate to counterbalance the fact that your punter can?t read.
Does anyone come to mind (someone at the site suggested Penn State :slappy:)?

Or, is the current state of college athletics such that this is untenable? Not that everyone has to be outside the guidelines, but that there's too much scrutiny and money involved to not get every situation turned into a larger deal?

Discuss, por favor-
 
Stanford Overall.

Quite frankly, if we're talking just football then you have to include Michigan. Other than the slide in apr/grad rates and the practice sanctions under DickRod, they've been pretty god damned clean throughout the years. The practice violations were very minor (Woody got nicked for something similar), and I'll bet apr/grad rate goes back up under Hoke.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;1928053; said:
Stanford Overall.

Quite frankly, if we're talking just football then you have to include Michigan.
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Agree with Stanford. As for Michigan and "just football", you can't nit-pick a specific sport...it's the overall athletic program being discussed.
 
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Duke Football blows cock.

Also, it's spelled "shusheffski".

Stanford and Vanderbilt both get a pass on brining in football players far less smart than the general student pop. Doesn't make them dirty, just not squeaky clean. They also suck MOST of the time, with Stanford having a decent year every decade on avg...like NW. So they don't count either.
 
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