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It used to disqualify US college athletes too. They can't make money on their College fame (that is changing..). But its weird. I was at UMass (University of M

It used to disqualify US college athletes too. They can't make money on their College fame (that is changing..). But its weird. I was at UMass (University of Massachusetts) when they had a NCAA tournament class team. For UMass the transgressions of their star player cost the school their victories and revenue... "However, NCAA sanctions stripped the Minutemen of their 1996 NCAA Tournament victories. The sanctions, based on star Marcus Camby admitting he took money, clothes, and jewelry from an agent during the season, removed the Final Four from the record books. Additionally, 45% of tournament revenue had to be returned to the NCAA. Camby reimbursed the school for the $151,617 in lost revenue." [1] Basketball (or football) vs other non-revenue sports are a weird thing at a state school that had revenue shortfalls. The most highly paid state employees are often these coaches. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_basketball#John_Calipari_era_1988–1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_basketball#Joh...

dghlsakjg 4y ago
WTF! He had to pay the school for their lost revenue? I never realized just how accurate the Cartman as slave owner episode was.
- hooloovoo_zoo 4y ago
  I don't think he was forced to; he signed an $8M contract that same year. Here's some more detail https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/09/15/tangled-web-marcus-camby-was-both-victim-and-villain-in-his-illicit-dealings-with-agents-while-at-umass#:~:text=To%20his%20credit%20Camby%20has%20repaid%20that%20money%20to%20the%20school.%20%22I%20felt%0AI%20owed%20them%20that%20much%2C%22%20he%20says https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/09/15/tangled-web-marcus-cam....
  - dghlsakjg 4y ago
    A young person from a disadvantaged background pays back an institution worth billions for “lost revenue”. How many times did the school sell out the arena with his name on the top of the player list? Umass lost nothing for having recruited him. He paid that money back because of media and social pressure, not an overriding sense of right and wrong. I don’t know many 20 year olds, of any background, that would turn down $100k of under the table benefits. If the NCAA thinks it’s wrong, they should go after the corrupting influences, not the poor kid.
    - acomjean 4y ago
      To be fair it was a pretty broke state university. Although it did build a new basketball/hockey arena at the time. Also basketball games for students were free (and about half of the seats were reserved for them). Amherst were the university is is quite far from any cities. I imagine it helped the university financially but it's a weird system UMass has. I photographed the team back then for the college paper..(I have signed photograph of him dunking I took) After the basketball program catered. As an alumni I think it's for the best. University sports are great till they turn into money making afairs. but the article makes clear he was making a huge amount in the NBA and was trying to be fair.
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dghlsakjg 4y ago

WTF! He had to pay the school for their lost revenue? I never realized just how accurate the Cartman as slave owner episode was.

hooloovoo_zoo 4y ago
I don't think he was forced to; he signed an $8M contract that same year. Here's some more detail https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/09/15/tangled-web-marcus-camby-was-both-victim-and-villain-in-his-illicit-dealings-with-agents-while-at-umass#:~:text=To%20his%20credit%20Camby%20has%20repaid%20that%20money%20to%20the%20school.%20%22I%20felt%0AI%20owed%20them%20that%20much%2C%22%20he%20says https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/09/15/tangled-web-marcus-cam....
- dghlsakjg 4y ago
  A young person from a disadvantaged background pays back an institution worth billions for “lost revenue”. How many times did the school sell out the arena with his name on the top of the player list? Umass lost nothing for having recruited him. He paid that money back because of media and social pressure, not an overriding sense of right and wrong. I don’t know many 20 year olds, of any background, that would turn down $100k of under the table benefits. If the NCAA thinks it’s wrong, they should go after the corrupting influences, not the poor kid.
  - acomjean 4y ago
    To be fair it was a pretty broke state university. Although it did build a new basketball/hockey arena at the time. Also basketball games for students were free (and about half of the seats were reserved for them). Amherst were the university is is quite far from any cities. I imagine it helped the university financially but it's a weird system UMass has. I photographed the team back then for the college paper..(I have signed photograph of him dunking I took) After the basketball program catered. As an alumni I think it's for the best. University sports are great till they turn into money making afairs. but the article makes clear he was making a huge amount in the NBA and was trying to be fair.

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