Mom I'm Grounding Myself...

Ok, about two months ago I posted this article concerning the cheating/roster problem of the Florida State football team. For shame Florida State. Fast forward to today and after extensive snooping the administrators have decided to drop the hammer and...place themselves on TWO YEARS PROBATION. Holy crap man, what does that even mean? According to the Associated Press it means that scholarships will be revoked and eligibility will be denied. But wait one a minute, did this not already happen? I suppose that they've found out that the number of cheaters is now 60 and I'm assuming they were in violation of independent occurances otherwise that professor is an idiot. Two years probation. Dom, 4real and my fraternity was placed on probation for something like two years and that did absolutely nothing for us, besides enhance our ability to sneak around more. Two years probation. Just like many of the kids in honors classes in High school are just the better cheaters, this "penalty" seems like a front. Two years probation. And let's not forget the rules for NCAA which try to keep student-athletes from getting too many perks, such as the Kevin Love/Wooden situation earlier this year OR perks that restaurants/bars like Championship in Tucson gives to athletes to come in. Would this not fall under unauthorized special treatment? I remember agreeing to the academic integrity agreement when registering for college not to mention on my SYLLABUS at the start of every semester. Unless I'm unaware of some fine print on these seemingly duplicated documents for student-athletes, I'm almost certain probation and loss of eligibility for your sport should be the least of your worries. Two years probation. Expulsion/Failing was what was in the books for me. So really two years probation? That's just a nice way of saying we're taking away their scholarships, but really we're gonna have them do these bullshit jobs - for example Zeppelin spotting which was a job for student-athletes in the 80's at the University of Arizona - which pay unusually high wages. I mean I find this entertaining seeing as how for so long we had to sidestep a probation - and just like FSU - imposed our own sort of punishment. Being in the driver's seat for this I find funny, because a self-imposed probation just allows you to change the rules as you see fit, while still creating the image of punishment for the overlord. That's like quitting a job after you find out you're gonna be fired. Keep whatever pride you have left FSU. You have two years.

*note on the picture - the only ties it has are the girls from FSU but I like boobs, and since it's National Pitcher/Catcher day it's nice to celebrate