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For a guy who passes himself off as articulate and knowledgable, you sure don't know squat about Barnett and the CU extortion attempt. Did you realize that three investigations into the CU "scandal" found that the CU players and staff did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING improper. The so-called victims were the only ones who broke any laws.Originally posted by Cat In The Cradle:
Ethical and legal are two different concepts, albeit frequently mutually inclusive. What may appear as marginally sleazy practices are oftentimes revealed as severe ethical lapses upon closer examination. That this coach is selling a recruit on continuing his relationship with a female companion doesn't seem as objectionable as Barnett's Colorado program - to cite only one example known by most here - promoting sexual favors during campus visits as a recruiting tool. But, just as you'd want to look under the hood of a car before buying from a used car dealer (apologies to RealCatFan, I meant pre-owned dealer), Arkansas' recruiting practices on a whole deserve a full audit.
She took a picture of 11 letters & tweeted it out! Not one but 11. What I am saying is that this is whats visible, what's not is all the other BS and illegal things they do.Originally posted by realcatfan:
Is sending a letter to a prospect's girlfriend worse than sending a kid's mom a mother's day card? I don't like BB, but let's go at him for things that are actually bad.
I didn't bother looking at your timeline because it's probably more "Dirty Laundry" crapola. USA Today...sheesh! To even suggest Barnett did anything wrong is irresponsible, but I assume you're as ignorant of the so-called 'scandal' as most folks who get their info from talk radio, ESPN, and the drive-by media. Nobody has the balls or the character to apologize to CU, Barnett, and his players!Originally posted by Cat In The Cradle:
No way do I claim knowledge or articulation on football related subjects; I probably ask more questions and make more typogrpahical errors than anyone on this board.
I've always been a big fan of Gary Barnett so I'm actually grateful for your response. If you review the totality of my inventory of morphemes, however, you'll notice that I don't accuse Barnett directly and use the relatively benign term of "promote" over more malignant offerings such as "entice," "offer" "lure," or whatever. Coupled with the recollections of mainstream media reports from a decade ago (best summed up in the attached USA Today timeline), I do not believe using Barnett's Colorado program as a slippery slope example of ethical lapses was irresponsible. And I have not heard to date that the Colorado investigation was tainted with the same politically motivated brushstrokes a la the more recent Duke and UVA vintage (which were isolated incidents in themselves) .
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/big12/2004-02-19-timeline_x.htm