Ethics of College Recruiting
...t down you hopes and dreams and can even end in death. B. I use the Example of Len Bias: (Maryland Star, Drafted by the Boston Celtics, Celebrated a little too much and overdosed on cocaine- 11.1 grams) C. Coach of Maryland University, James Driesell, the day after the event occurred said, “Well, I would be very, very, surprised if it was drugs because Len was tested by a few NBA teams and I’m pretty certain that there were no drugs.” D. One year after the death, Driesell was at a clinic in Providence and he admitted that he was a firm believer that if you know how to use cocaine and use it properly, it can make you play better. E. Jack Scott (A controversial sports consultant and a one time Athletic Director) believes that the organization that stages the event shouldn’t be the organization that drugs tests the events. He says, “you can’t have a sport test itself.” The NCAA has too much riding on most events to be tempted to muzzle positive test results. III. Academic Fraud A. Grades are changed, schools let players in without the required standards and all of this is done behind closed doors that are sometimes never opened. B. A famous example is the six-week trial that petted a lowly English professor against the Vaunted University of Georgia’s football program. 1. The professor (Dr. Jan Kemp) claimed she had been illegally demoted and then fired for accusing Georgia of coddling semi-literate athletes. 2. Her superior (Dr. Leroy Ervin) head of Georgia’s Developmental Studies Prog. Maintained he terminated Kemp because she had an abusive and disruptive personality, which seriously impaired her teaching effectiveness. C. This all began when 9 football players in the remedial ed. school. They all flunked the same high school level English course for the 4th time in a row. Policy said they be expelled but they were kept eligible. 1. Another non-athlete was in the same situation but she was expelled instead. D. The University of Minnesota Situation (Student helping players) IV. Illegal Recruiting A. There are many things that schools do to break the recruiting standards. All of these are in the nature of making the college level a business rather that keeping it a game. B. Coaches will do just about anything to get a big-time player to come and play at their respective school. Incidents include: 1. Coaches offering $ bonuses to sign with the school and keep paying them a yearly sum amount aside from scholarship. 2. Car’s, houses, and promises of security for the families involved. 3. Off-campus recruit contacts where the N...