NCAA college sports... OK or not OK?
This past week:
• Alabama State University Men's Basketball players were declared permanently ineligible for being involved in point shaving.
• Division 1 Quinnipiac University Women's Rugby athletes filed a Title IX lawsuit against the school for dropping the sport to Club status.
• A University of North Dakota assistant football coach was penalized by the NCAA for tampering violations.
• Political sides continued to bicker over the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act.
• At NCAA member schools like Maryland, budgets are being slashed, staff are being laid off, and academic programs are being eliminated. Yet, despite these cuts, tuition, mandatory fees, and the total cost of attendance continue to skyrocket.
Also skyrocketing? Athletics spending.
• University of Utah Athletics announced staff layoffs in preparation for their private equity "restructuring."
• The college sports gambling issue isn't slowing down: In less than a year, there have been 20 major infractions cases involving point shaving or athletes and staff impermissibly gambling on college and/or pro games.
Half of all major violations during that period involved illicit betting.
• Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby—under investigation for years of breaking fundamental NCAA gambling regulations—had his reinstatement appeal denied and his lawyers fought for a temporary injunction to allow him to participate.
• Big Ten and Southeastern Conference stakeholders continued veiled threats to break away from the NCAA.
• 4 more NCAA Olympic sports programs were eliminated.
• Tennis continues to get decimated by program eliminations, accounting for nearly half of the 50+ NCAA Olympic sports programs discontinued so far in 2026.
But hey, according to the Bilasrati, everything's perfectly OK in college sports because TV ratings are supposedly up.
No, things are not OK.
Anyone who peddles that narrative is either outright lying or profiting from this total chaos.
@PeteThamel Sad day for sports. Only thing that can ruin a league is losing the public perception of integrity. I'm officially over college sports betting, ban it all.
Theodore shuts thee-door on a possible fairy tale 4 goal, double overtime Stanley cup final comeback. Great effort by Carolina, glad they get a travel day after that game. #nhl
@ASinToronto@Aubin15Aubin@FriedgeHNIC Lol fair decision. Will obviously matter who/what we get back. Gonna be a long wait until the deadline opens up and we have more idea of his value.
@ASinToronto@Aubin15Aubin@FriedgeHNIC Would you prefer picks or players back ? Or a combination? I'm not sure where to begin on how long this sets us back.
@ASinToronto@Aubin15Aubin@FriedgeHNIC I read it like it was more "poop on Larkin time", my bad. Been lot of negativity towards my take lol. I wish him well, but also adios and don't expect a cheer when you come back to play at LCA
@ASinToronto@Aubin15Aubin@FriedgeHNIC I said 5-5 was disgusting to watch? He spent February with the Olympics and march with the training staff, I wouldn't expect good numbers after the new years break.
@BradKrysko Assume Larkin is gone, and Seider gets the C. Would we want picks or players back? Think this gets stretched out another few years of no playoffs while draft picks grow, or go for proven players that can help now?