Russell Calkins

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@KRod_505 @NicoleAuerbach That's probably a bad metaphor...

ooo... what responsibility do you have to make sure they can still go to make the yearly convention? After all, they're a speaker on the panel.

That's closer.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@KRod_505 @NicoleAuerbach They could put him on all the posters and media materials... would that be weird?

Listen...If you find out a school teacher has been smoking fentanyl in the kindergarten bathroom, what responsibly do you have to make sure they can still coach the basketball team on the side?

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@NicoleAuerbach Exactly.

Who is responsible for defending the integrity of the game?

The NCAA is not the cops. It 's a partnership.

The answer is EVERYBODY. EVERY school bears the responsibility for defending the integrity of the game.

TTU's responsibility is crystal clear. Not hard.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@KRod_505 @NicoleAuerbach That's between him and the University.

I'm sure it has a morals clause, and i'm sure actions that qualify as federal wire fraud probably trigger it.

If TTU thinks not triggering it is "supporting the player" then that's up to them.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@geoffjBYU Also, his playing is not "legal". They put an injunction slowing down the process of banning him forever.

He will certainly be banned forever.

They got a local judge to leverage process to massively damage the NCAA.

There is no ruling outside of timeline.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@geoffjBYU The entirety of D1 is having to threaten them in order to get them to consider acting ethically.

That is not the behavior of a partner. They have made it patently obvious, by action and statement of the AD and the President, that they prefer to act incredibly selfishly.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@EerBeard @geoffjBYU He’s the villain because be broke the cardinal rule in sports and threatened the integrity of the game that has been built by thousands and thousands good people.

TTU is the villain because they’re willing to sacrifice the integrity of the sport to get another win or two.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@CodyC64 We are deeply supportive of this young man. He’s like a son to us. All..um…12 days he has spent on campus have felt like…uh… 12 years. I know this is his 3rd school and we gave him 5 million dollars to show up a couple months ago…but dammit, he’s FAMILY.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@North_Star_Red @DouglasTS I think federal wire fraud probably triggers the morals clause, lol.

Civil court ain't reasonable doubt.. it's preponderance of the evidence. He will lose. On the first day.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@North_Star_Red @DouglasTS Continuing on this course of action will be very very bad for Texas Tech. You should hope they turn around.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@North_Star_Red @DouglasTS No, they're contractually bound to act in good faith and enforce NCAA rules to the best of their ability.

If they chose not to do that, by some insane argument, or ostrich moment, and act in bad faith, then their partners will move on and won't do business with them anymore.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@gbrew24 They have no basis to believe that Trump will honor the terms of any deal he signs anyway.

Everyone correctly thinks that he'll just pull out of it if it ever becomes a problem.

In that sense, there will never be a deal, only a more stable ceasefire.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@North_Star_Red @DouglasTS What is not in dispute? Nothing has happened yet.

If they put him on the roster and play him, then 137/138 FBS schools will see that as in violation of the rules.

So stupid. THE DUDE BET ON AND AGAINST HIS OWN TEAM. wtf.

He committed federal wire fraud.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@DanWolken @YahooSports These idiots and the TTU twitter brigade are going to kill their own program.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@tjpullen @johninsc1 @DanWolken @RossDellenger @YahooSports Sports betting with inside info is illegal.

And if you do it on the internet, it's federal wire fraud. You are defrauding the other bettors.

This case was referred to the NCAA by law enforcement. They're unlikely to arrest him over a couple grand, but they absolutely could.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@North_Star_Red @DouglasTS It's not the justice system. It's a trade association of Universities and Colleges.

NCAA does not have subpoena or warrant power. They rely on the Universties to act in good faith.

TT is not acting like they want to be a part of the association. They should remedy that.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@Random__Kids @mattyglesias The only "funny" thing is the coordinated effort to sow distrust in our election process. GOP trial balloons to flip results in the upcoming elections because "there's something funny going on".

I only wonder if this account is a conspirator or a stooge.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@North_Star_Red @DouglasTS There's no trial. He confessed. It's on the record.

There isn't a lack of clarity from the NCAA. The consequences are extremely clear.

The NCAA is not the cops. They make rules and rely on the members to enforce them. If they knowingly don't, their privileges get revoked.

[Russell Calkins @rcalkins]

@North_Star_Red @DouglasTS Knowingly playing someone who bet on their own team is an insane lack of institutional control.

Every coach, staffer, and AD employee has morals clauses in their contracts that make them duty bound to uphold and enforce NCAA rules.

They are all, contractually bound.