NCAA Chief: "metaphorically speaking, it's almost as if there is a crime wave out there."

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Coast to coast, at big schools and small, from university presidents to student-athletes, everybody seems to be in on the action. Most colleges are still on summer vacation, but headline writers haven't lacked for material.

Heard the one about the basketball coach in Texas who tried to cover up his own sins by framing a dead kid from his program?

How about the kid who might be the best tailback in the nation claiming thieves took enough audio and video equipment out of a car he was TEST-DRIVING (emphasis mine) to outfit Master P's home theater?

Or how about the teaching assistant from the same school -- clue: it rhymes with "Buy Your Fate" -- who said the star running back and some teammates got crib sheets from tutors and traded answers?

Brand has heard them all, and watched the footage from the latest "Coaches Gone Wild" video. To put it mildly, he's fed up.

What's made it even tougher to hold his tongue is how the tsunami of bad news drowned out any mention of the strides the NCAA made in academic reform and forcing university presidents to take responsibility for the leaking ships they're steering.

"I'm just appalled by what's going on right now in college sports. We have high profile coaches clearly misbehaving and being bad actors and the usual number of student-athletes (in trouble) has even increased," Brand said.

"The NCAA cannot control individual behavior, that's up to the individuals. But when we have a crime wave, we have to take action. The NCAA will work harder and more diligently."

During a telephone interview Thursday from Indianapolis headquarters, Brand candidly acknowledged just about every problem that's crossed his desk since taking the reins at the NCAA.

The former Indiana University president has done most of his work behind the scenes so far, but that might change. He is no stranger to bold words or actions, either. Three years ago, Brand put Bob Knight on a zero-tolerance diet and then banished the red-sweatered menace from Bloomington as soon as he fell off the wagon again. Brand sees some of that same arrogance around today.

"The way some coaches are acting, they seem to feel they're above normal considerations and morality, and that's highly unacceptable," he said. "Perhaps they believe their market value gives them permission not to follow the rules of morality and that's just false."

~ Full Story From the AP Here ~
 

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off topic of your story but i got to know if you remember who escorted you to the party in vegas. hint- the wife and kids say hello
 
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LOL

Not really, but, i don't remember leaving the party either.
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Would i have wanted to Hit It?
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Tell her i said hi, and tell the kids the DNA cleared me.
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Seriously though, did we meet? The whole thing is kinda foggy for me.
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long FUNNY story but i'll just say that they did find you in an elevator in the oppisite side of the gn from where the party was and escorted you from there. as far as you hitting it im not 100% sure but i did have to here how cool you were from my wife all the way home and how you so badly wanted to meet me but for some reason never came over to say hi hmmmmmm
 
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LOL

Hey, as long as she thought i was cool, it's all good.
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That sucks man, next time i will wait till noon to get started,,, or stop, depending on the party.
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He was the guy that stumbled in late and walk right by us and sat at the HIP table. No name tag, no hug, nothing.
 
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I remember meeting outandup, and Grandfather, and a few others, thats about it though.
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I do remember ballsofblue.......yup...definitely remember ballsofblue.
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p.s. if ballsofblue has blue balls, then the dude must be riding camels naked...Man, what a hottie this dude was with.
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yeah i seen him but left him be as it was clear he was a little toasty, but man it sure was scary rolling into my room that morning and hearing my wife say 'do you know an uncle b?' with his rep and all
 
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> uncle you really dont remember how you got to the party?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I had just gotten back from a different club, and i remember going to my room to washup..Then i remember being at the party..Then, i woke up..

Thats about it after 7pm
 

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We went to 5 books that night and only one was open and they wouldn't take golf. I went to sleep as you know very late and got up at 8 AM and got down on Els and won a dime. Did you have beer waiting with the money I left?
 

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well im glad the family got to meet you even though you dont remember because i hear the next party is going to be in a.c. and just by you being a cool guy i already got the go ahead to attend that one. if they didnt meet you they all would still be conviced were all geeks
 
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Not sure i'll attend, but, if i do, i will be a bit more...
Well, i ain't gonna make any promises.


I'll take a few extra vitamins (legal ones), and i'll actually sleep the night before.
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Don't tell me you forgot the chips I handed you while we headed out for the book and told you to buy a round.
 

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