WINNERS NEVER CHEAT AND CHEATERS NEVER WIN, EXCEPT IN THE NCAA

  Remember that time-honored saying. College and Professional Sports have just about put an end to that belief. The NCAA allowing North Carolina and Syracuse to play in the Final Four is an outrage to decency and fair play. I academic fraud shown by both schools, and validated by the NCAA is an affront to every institution that plays by the rules. I don't care if these are two of the top five winning schools of all time. I don't care if the two respective coaches are two of the biggest winners in college basketball history. They are each, and the NCAA has backed up their cheating by allowing them to play for an opportunity to play for a berth in Final Four. Without a doubt, these two schools are the dirtiest schools ever to play basketball. Moreover; they wouldn't be able to play if it wasn't for the partner in crime, the NCAA Infractions Committee. Whoa, you say, what are you talking about? These are two of the top programs in college basketball history. 
 

     Syracuse was caught pay boosters, fixing drug tests, and misconduct of their coaching staff. The coaches are writing papers for players. It's called cheating, or in kinder circles it is called academic fraud. Their coach, the esteemed and always whining Jim Boeheim was suspended for a whole nine games. Last season Syracuse agreed not to go to the NCAA, which they wouldn't have received a bid in the first place. The report was comprehensive, cited so many violations it was 94 pages long. If you every want to know how to succeed in college basketball read the story yourself. Boeheim, who has about as much integrity as a war criminal, complained his nine-game suspension was overly harsh. I do agree it was improper. He should have been kicked out of the game forever. The NCAA said the punishment was adequate. So the punishment was so great that Syracuse made this year's tournament, in large part by ignoring the early season losses in Boeheim's absence. Yeah, buddy, that taught the Orange, who as undoubtedly kicked up the old program again. That one year wasn't a punishment it was a sabbatical for the devil himself.

     Those violations pale in comparison to UNC's. Forging teacher's names to show passing grades, as many as 220 UNC players took classes that simply didn't exist or did not meet UNC standards. The NCAA was so mad at UNC they caused the school Chancellor, to resign in disgrace. Coaches submitted papers for their players, communicated with college professors pretending to be the player himself. On example of the far-reaching, fraud was a player had his current eligibility re-instated after a basketball school secretary 
and basketball director wrote a paper for the student. These violations went on for a decade. After the NCAA had given their report to UNC they committed other violations the NCAA will levy punishment after the Basketball Tournament. In fact, the violations were so egregious the NCAA invented the moniker, "No Show - paper class. 

    The upcoming game will be a chance for the NCAA to explain why these two schools are even playing. This game will be like Sing-Sing playing Alcatraz in a match game to determine who cheated the most. I have the answer to that one. It was the NCAA who cheated its mandate to enforce misconduct. So if you want to build a big time program go out and buy players, have tutors take tests for them, and forget that go to class rule. Basketball isn't about sport. It isn't about competition; it is merely about money. This makes the Cam Newton decision look like a game of Candy Land. What' happening to our country? Men like those on the Infraction's Committee lead us by example.