<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Get The Picture]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Senator Blutarsky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/author/blutarsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[No frickin&#8217; shame]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>As much as we tend to rant about the NCAA in these parts, you can&#8217;t lay all the blame for what sucks about collegiate athletics on its doorstep.  I mean, there&#8217;s <a href="http://collegebasketball.ap.org/article/boeheims-syracuse-reign-done-3-years-amid-ncaa-troubles#overlay-context=" target="_blank">a 94-page report</a> it issued on a number of serious infractions committed over an eight-year period at Syracuse&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>In its report, the NCAA placed Syracuse on probation for five years for breaking with the &#8220;most fundamental core values of the NCAA.&#8221; Athletic department officials interfered with academics, making sure star players stayed eligible, the report said.</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8230; concerning a program that&#8217;s been severely penalized before, whose coach <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/27/jim-boeheim-statement-bernie-fine-syracuse-basketball_n_1115540.html" target="_blank">harbored and defended a pedophile on his staff,</a> and what&#8217;s the school&#8217;s response?</p>
<p>He&#8217;s getting three more years to coach there.  I guess that&#8217;s what being <em>&#8220;the embodiment of Orange pride&#8221;</em> gets you.</p>
<p>If there&#8217;s a message there beyond just win, baby, I&#8217;m not hearing it.  Maybe somebody from North Carolina can explain it to me.</p>
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