When it comes to the NCAA, it appears that Los Angeles Lakers rookie rising star forward Kyle Kuzma is not a big fan of how it operates. The 22-year-old rookie drafted No. 27 overall out of the University of Utah, was clearly not happy when it was announced yesterday that the NCAA forced the University of Louisville men's basketball program to take down their 2013 national championship title banner and vacate 122 other victories.
Someone take down the ncaa for generating billions of dollars to only to pay its student athletes a cost of attendance of a $900 dollars a month. https://t.co/tWtPo9sJGY
— kuz (@kylekuzma) February 21, 2018
After the committee first ruled against Louisville last June, the university's appeal was officially denied and the punishment was brought down upon the men's basketball program. This all stems from a 2015 investigation that found a basketball team staffer paid prostitutes to have sex with the school’s athletes and recruits and also had striptease dancers perform for them.
Former University of Louisville men's basketball head coach Rick Pitino, who was officially terminated from his contract with the school back in October, made a statement today and urged the university to take legal action against the NCAA.
Via an article written on Wednesday by Jared Peck of the Lexington Herald-Leader:
“To say I’m disappointed with the NCAA appeals ruling would be a gross understatement,” Pitino said in a press conference Wednesday afternoon in New York. “I hope Louisville will not give up its fight and follow suit by taking this injustice to the courts and filing an injunction for that banner not to come down.”
Kuzma, who does not seem to have any connection to the situation other than him being a former NCAA athlete, definitely took his opportunity to call out the NCAA for its alleged corruption over the years.
The opinion expressed by Kuzma is shared by quite a lot of people, but it certainly shows that there are current and former college athletes who feel the system is not working for them and that changes need to be made soon.
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