The NCAA is fighting to stay tax exempt
Hahahahhahaha I just wet my pants
By Ryan Jones
Chappelle’s Show made me chuckle. Borat made titter. But no one knows funny quite like the NCAA. Here’s the latest proof…
Among the highlights:
“NCAA president Myles Brand aggressively defended the organization’s tax-exempt status in a 25-page letter to Congress, arguing the primary goal of the NCAA is education.”
Of course. In other news, Bill Gates argues the primary goal of Microsoft is cuddling with puppies. You know what sort of organizations are supposed to be “tax-exempt”? They’re called NON-PROFITS. And here’s another one…
“Brand argued that coaches’ pay is commensurate with other highly recruited faculty members.”
Yeah. Worth noting that Rutgers football caoch Greg Schiano, in the midst of his FIRST WINNING SEASON, is the highest-paid public employee in the entire STATE of New Jersey, and I’m guessing that Coach K, Roy Williams, Bill Self, Rick Pitino and the rest of their top-level peers earn a whole lot more than the head of the chemistry department. I have no problem with this — we live in a capitalist democracy, and if the market will bear it, why not? — but it’s really rich when the NCAA tries to defend itself as being anything other than an excuse to print cash.
Regular SLAM readers are probably familiar with the fact that we tend to give the sneaker companies a little bit of a break when it comes to their allegedly evil role in basketball, especially at the grassroots and college level. Hopefully sh*t like this will serve as a reminder that we give the sneaker companies the benefit of the doubt because, if nothing else, at least they’re honest — they admit they’re in it to make money. If only Mr. Brand and his crew would do the same.
Sorry, just had to get that out. I feel better now.
40 Responses to “The NCAA is fighting to stay tax exempt”
Nov.15 at 4:08 pm
Omar says:
First!!!!
Nov.15 at 4:09 pm
Omar says:
I don’t know why i just did that, but i see that other bird dude do it so i wanted to beat him to the punch for once. And no Ryan, that doesn’t make me a bird in his place or a runner up bird.
Nov.15 at 4:11 pm
Ryan Jones says:
One word, O: “Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!”
Nov.15 at 4:11 pm
Hype says:
Preach!
Nov.15 at 4:14 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Thanks for getting that picture up, fellas. Myles’ smiling face just brightens the whole room.
Nov.15 at 4:17 pm
Omar says:
Saw the Britney sex tape. That wasn’t her and to make matters worst, that was ill mediocre brains that shorty was giving homie.
Nov.15 at 4:19 pm
Max Airington says:
Too much hand. That’s all I have to say about that. And im ashamed to share the same name as that prick Brand.
Nov.15 at 4:30 pm
Max Airington says:
http://slamonline.com/online/2006/11/i-like-nca-and-a-i-like-sex/ Explain.
Nov.15 at 4:30 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Wait, how did this turn to Britney talk already? O, you are a savage.
Nov.15 at 4:34 pm
mutoni says:
a little out of left field, omar?
Nov.15 at 4:34 pm
Omar says:
LOL. I never said i wasn’t a savage. I’m a beast in the hood, mayne!
Nov.15 at 4:36 pm
Creech says:
I’ve always been bothered by the corruption of the NCAA. It’s ironic that, at least where I live, the average basketball fan thinks its so much more pure. From this to point shaving to unethical recruiting practices I can’t see how people stand it.
Nov.15 at 4:40 pm
Omar says:
I’ma be honest, i’m completely new to the NCAA being corrupt. How is it that ain’t no one cracking down on it if it is so corrupt. Was that whack movie with Shaq and Penny (Blue Chips) really on point like that? And yes, i saw Blue Chips. Nick Nolte was good, but Shaq and Penny was horrible. They gave Shaq a ill whip and what does he say? “I didn’t ask for this.” Kneegro please! I woulda jumped in that and would’ve been the featured video on World’s Wildest Police Chases.
Nov.15 at 4:44 pm
H to the izzo says:
Saying that the NCAA is about education is like saying that McDonalds actually want you to stick to a balanced diet and are’nt all the posts on the site just an excuse for some Britney talk?
Nov.15 at 4:47 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Blue Chips was DOPE. Bob Cousy with the lefty free throws? Classic. Quit hating O, just ’cause Jeezy wasn’t on the soundtrack and no screaming white girls got murdered by a saw-wielding maniac doesn’t make it a bad movie. But yeah, in real life the NCAA is about that bad. Or worse.
Nov.15 at 4:51 pm
mutoni says:
i second the nod to Blue Chips. caught it on Classic the other day; good times.
Nov.15 at 4:52 pm
mutoni says:
anybody catch Simmons’ column today? holy fuck! talk about wasting 3000+ words just to say that Doc Rivers shouldn’t be coaching anymore. stunning
Nov.15 at 4:52 pm
Nads says:
Yeah, yeah, NCAA, tax, yeah.
Britney has a sex tape?!
Post or pre multiple births?
Nov.15 at 4:56 pm
Omar says:
Blue Chips was horrible! It was nowhere near the classic that Above The Rim was! Nick Nolte or Bob Cousy ain’t have the acting talent that Marlon Wayne got. So how come ain’t nobody doing nothing about the corrupt ass NCAA??
Nov.15 at 5:09 pm
Ryan Jones says:
NCAA’s kinda like the federal government, O — it governs itself. I know you know what they say about absolute power.
Nov.15 at 5:10 pm
B Ortega says:
above the rim…lol…marlon wayans…lol.
that movie is tight tho, damon stoudamire tried to get it on dvd when i worked at camelot before it came out
Nov.15 at 5:19 pm
Omar says:
That’s some bullshit.
Nov.15 at 5:25 pm
Jake Appleman says:
Bud Light Salutes Real American Heroes. Today We Salute you, Mister Urban NBA Magazine Editor NCAA exposer (high pitched guy singing) MISTER URBAN NBA MAGAZINE EDITOR NCAA EXPOSER!!!!)…
You proudly rep the besieged, overly dressed men (DRESS CODE?!?!) that can no longer dress a ‘Lil Scrappy (WHAT ABOUT THEM CHEERLEADER HOES?), and you honorably turn the tables on the greedy bastards that steal from them when they’re young and “studying”. So crack open a budlight, oh master of Myles, because when it comes to branding hypocrites, you always leave your mark. Budweiser Beer, Anheiser Busch, St. Louis Missouri.
Nov.15 at 5:29 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Jake, if it wasn’t already too late, I’d name my firstborn son after you.
Nov.15 at 5:29 pm
B Ortega says:
oh and on the dvd note…ruben got roll bounce. i know they got tons of money but he is a grown dude…roll bounce?!?!?!
Nov.15 at 5:41 pm
Omar says:
I wish i knew who y’all were talking about.
Nov.15 at 5:45 pm
Jake Appleman says:
Thanks. Have a second! And, really, no need to drink bud light.
Nov.15 at 6:03 pm
Nads says:
foods that start with the letter Q
Nov.15 at 6:10 pm
B Ortega says:
ooops…ruben patterson
Nov.15 at 6:17 pm
Jake Appleman says:
What is a quince?
Nov.15 at 6:36 pm
Nads says:
haha man, the daily double… You should play summer pro league
Nov.15 at 9:30 pm
Creech says:
- I like the the name of the *.html file.
- The question you have to ask yourself is who would investigate into NCAA corruption? The NCAA itself? The media? Outside of Barry Bonds, the media barely investigates steroid use in baseball even though it is past obvious. Plus that would break up the college-basketball-love-orgy that everyone is involved in. The government? That, in & of itself, is laughable.
Nov.15 at 9:37 pm
BETCATS says:
Wow the NCAA is a laghing stock. I thought they were serious when that old Notre Dame guy’s pants fell down at some speech or when they loose or don’t even get the good players (Kobe and Lebron) because nobody plays NCAA basketball they just hope to have a future in NBA basketball
Nov.15 at 9:42 pm
Creech says:
My intense dislike of the NCAA probably just stems from having so many people here in NC talk too much about how great it is. Of course, one of their big reasons they love it, they say, is because the crowds are more into it & so are the players. But my attitude has always been that NBA crowds are into it when the teams are good, and why cheer for a team that sucks? I’ve been watching every Bobcats game–there’s no reason to do that.
Nov.15 at 10:12 pm
James says:
Bob Knight hasn’t started a Myles Brand hate site yet!?
Nov.16 at 12:13 pm
Ryan Jones says:
We all know Bobby’s too busy punching his players to worry about such trivial matters.
Nov.16 at 1:03 pm
mutoni says:
it was slap!
Nov.16 at 1:49 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Come over here and let me slap you like that, Mutoni. I’ll learn you not to box out…
Nov.16 at 3:25 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
So wait—all the money from jersey sales and tickets and stuff like that goes towards paying visiting professors and establishing academic scholarships, right?
Nov.27 at 4:07 pm
J R says:
of course it does. and maybe to some orphans too, that would get some good pr right?