Man, upon hearing the news that Silas Nacita has been declared permanently ineligible by the NCAA for accepting benefits which included housing when he was homeless, I started to feel badly for the kid – until I saw the problem Mike Krzyzewski has to struggle with.
There’s nothing like a little perspective, right?
Get The Picture 
He ranks on par in trustfulness with Justin Timberlake. I am trying to figure out if that is a positive or a negative comment.
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Personally, I think that’s more of a slam on Timberlake.
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Personally, I think the NCAA’s actions in the Silas Nacita matter are the lowest that skunk-infested slimepit of an organization has sunk in the 100 plus years of its worthless existence, and is a testament to why it and it’s corrupt, greedy, incompetent and classless leadership need to be removed from office instanter and stripped publicly of any role in intercollegiate athletics, then tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail. Then the organization needs to be disbanded permanently. You may feel differently, however.
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What has Justin Timberlake ever done for us besides putting his d!ck in a box
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Sexy was dead for decades until he brought it back. Nobels are in order.
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While I’m on this related unrelated topic – what the hell has Coach K ever done for the advancement of sexiness?
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He’s regarded as too sexy for his face by many in the Rodentia world?
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The best shoe-black hair dye since Elvis?
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All I know is there is an old saying about the law that applies here to the NCAA. “If that is the rule then the rule is an ass.” I was already on the side of the athletes in this but this should be a tipping point for the undecided and please spare me the rules are the rules, the German government had laws too. Montgomery and Selma had laws too. The NCAA is an antitrust lawsuit away from extinction and the sooner the better.
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Here, here.
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Amen and amen
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Unfuckingbelievable! Can someone please sick ISIS on the NCAA?
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“85% of those people say they like him to some degree,” and the remaining 15% say he’s 100% got a face like a rat
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The issue here is the kid being a nobody. If he was a starter who was well known, it would have probably been a suspension. Anyone remember when Prior and Co got all that crap about trading jerseys and stuff for tats. Hell they even got to play their bowl game, before serving their sentence, which was just to declare early for the draft.
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I get strange enjoyment out of reading the comments that blast the NCAA but ignore the schools’ involvement in everything.
Earth to space cadets…the schools ARE the NCAA.
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And just in case you don’t believe me, the excerpt below is from the wikipedia page on the NCAA. The NCAA is the schools. The schools are the NCAA.
Structure[edit]
The NCAA’s legislative structure is broken down into cabinets and committees, consisting of various representatives of its member schools.[citation needed] These may be broken down further into sub-committees. Legislation is then passed on, which oversees all the cabinets and committees, and also includes representatives from the schools, such as athletic directors and faculty advisors. Management Council legislation goes on to the Board of Directors, which consists of school presidents, for final approval. The NCAA staff provides support, acting as guides, liaisons, researchers, and public and media relations.
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Who wouldn’t believe PT Barnum? Someone’s got to be in charge of every super successful not for profit front organization. And who better to do it than our distinguished university presidents who had the foresight to install one of their own (Markie Mark) as the frontman
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Thank you. We ought to walk the talk by pressuring UGA to lead the way by leaving this sorry outfit. You could put a date on it of 2020 or whatever to have the time to lobby other schools support for a new org. so you don’t hang your own athletes out to dry. And therefore rewrite the amatuerism rules… New HQ of collegiate sports governing body -Athens GA?
Among the many issues with that plan is we’d need some trail blazers at our beloved school, esp. at BM. But they don’t call it the Classic City for nothing…change is not really our gig at UGA.
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It’s too bad that a kid like Silas can’t put his determination and skills to his advantage and get an amazing education to boot.
Life is so unfair.
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Maybe I am a cynic but trust me I have no love for the NCAA however how was he affording tuition to Baylor if he was a walk-on. Something doesn’t smell right about that. If he was that down and out why not go to a school with less “prestige” but that would pay for his room, board, and tuition as a way of getting himself off the streets. Just a thought.
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He was on an academic scholarship. His GPA was in the neighborhood of a 3.9.
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Then why is he possibly leaving Baylor to play NAIA for goodness sakes?
Nothing about this story really adds up.
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Because he wants to keep playing football.
You realize the NAIA is independent of the NCAA, right?
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Like I said I felt dirty for thinking the NCAA may have stumbled onto something right. However if he is on academic scholarship he could stay at Baylor even if he can’t play football. However the ability to get free room and board at another school for playing football would have seemed the wiser choice. Play the game you love and have a free place to stay.
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Or, he could’ve stayed at Cornell to begin with.
He’s a charlatan. But a useful one.
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Isn’t Cornell in the Ivey League? They don’t give football scholarships the last time I checked. They probably do have a poor student aid package so they can feel superior to other schools though.
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They charge a sliding scale tuition based upon how much your family earns, with working class people paying zero.
He would’ve played football and gotten a better education for free had he stayed.
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