Another Dose of Hypocrisy

I thought about the quickest incident of this recent ruling of ineligibility. Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State University's top wide receiver, was ruled ineligible for the season on Wednesday. It speaks volumes of how hypocritical the NCAA can be.

Earlier this year Stephen Strasburg, the number one overall pick in the MLB draft this past summer,was profiled on ESPN Outside the Lines. The media portrayed him as the next phenom to come into the league because of his pitching performances at San Diego State University.


What caught my attention is that Strasburg's "advisor" was super sports agent Arn Tellem.

My beef is that the NCAA is suspending Bryant for the same thing that was virtually going on with Strasburg and Tellem. Strasburg conveniently chose Scott Boras as his agent when he entered his name in the draft.

Dez Bryant had lunch with retired NFL player and current NFL network analyst Deion Sanders. The NCAA is saying that Bryant lied about the event and for that he must punished. Even if he did, does the punishment fit the "crime" per say?

No. In fact, there was no crime. Sanders has come out and said that he is a mentor of Bryant. Correct me if I'm wrong but advisor and mentor seems to be pretty similar to me. So why wasn't Strasburg deemed ineligible especially when the Outside the Lines' profile was broadcasted?

The problem is that there are many more instances where the NCAA contradicts itself and for that reason the organization is hypocritical.