The most high profile case of players accepting cash and other gifts happened at the University of Michigan happened over ten years ago but just recently came to light. Ed Martin, a well-known, successful athletic booster at the school, told the federal government that he took gambling money, combined it with other funds, and lent $616,000 to former Wolverine basketball stars Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Robert Traylor, and Keith Bullock. One thing all of these players have in common other than being successful professional basketball players is that none of them has worn a Michigan jersey within the last five years. Michigan decided to do what most schools are doing t

Although the NCAA’s final decision on what to do with this program has not been handed down yet, whatever it is it won’t be fair to current and future players nor the coaches. Former Valparaiso University coach Scott Drew has taken on the thorny task of trying to rebuild the Baylor Basketball program. Already, his starting point guard John Lucas III has transferred to Oklahoma State, his star power forward Lawrence Roberts is heading to Mississippi State, and his small forward Kenny Taylor is transferring to Texas. Is any of this Coach Drew’s fault? No. Also, you can not blame the players for wanting to leave and actually still have a successful college career.

These sanctions only hinder current staff and players. Why should a player who was only eight or nine years old when Chris Webber and the Fab Five were winning all those games have to pay now? Steve Fischer, the coach of the Wolverines back in this era gets to continue on with his career. He is currently the head coach at San Diego State University. While the current coach at Michigan, Tommy Amaker, has to suffer through seasons in which he knows no matter how well his team performs they will not have to chance to compete in the national tournament. These current players all signed national letters of intent to receive a scholarship to play at Michigan before any of these allegations came forth. Last year’s team finished up the season with a 10-6 record in the Big Ten conference and 17-13 overall. This probably would have been enough to qualify for the national tournament. However, the current players were at ho

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