Cheating is not a victimless crime. The players/coaches on the other team were at a competitive disadvantage There is a difference between talking to staffs that played a common opponent and intentionally illegally scouting an opponent in person to gain an advantage is cheating.
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@SethOnHoops
It’s funny you and your ESPN is going all out on morals but many of you said nothing when the Astros were caught red handed cheating
And also, UM is alleged cheating
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@SethOnHoops
Don’t forget coaches who lost jobs because they were cheated out of a JS (Job Saver) win
Scott Frost immediately comes to mind. He’s still coaching Nebraska with a win over Michigan in Lincoln
Michigan’s cheating was enough to win 32-29
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@SethOnHoops
That’s all they did was talk. Right. And you’re wrong. Even they NCAA found there not to be a competitive advantage. Take a walk on this one.
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@SethOnHoops
I am re-watching last year's Michigan-Ohio State game, and the cheating is perfectly obvious.
Michigan was so confident in their ability to cheat that for the entire first quarter we ran around like idiots, pretending to have no freaking clue what the Bucks were going to do, and…
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@SethOnHoops
However it wasn’t just “talking to the staff”, it was being handed the answer key without doing the work. What Michigan did was wrong, but they also just snuck in to see the test but still had to figure out the answers on their own. Both are cheating.
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@SethOnHoops
They weren’t just “talking to the staff” about schemes/tendencies (which is in-person advanced scouting all the same). They were directly colluding and sharing stolen signals which represents destruction of competitive parity for Michigan. Like sharing insider info in biz world.
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@SethOnHoops
I get that it's a rule NCAA teams can't scout other teams at their games.
It's just that it's a stupid rule.
Which is typical for the NCAA, just like it being a violation pre-NIL for players (the ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCT) to get paid while coaches & ADs get rich off of them.
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@SethOnHoops
let's not pretend you or anyone else knows the entirety of which happened. full stop.
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@SethOnHoops
Throw that out the window now suspend a coach less then 48bhours before a top 10 match up. Sure competitive advantage my ass
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@SethOnHoops
Hey coach I got all their signs and plays from when we played them. Here you go. Cool, now my guys don’t have to breakdown film or try figure out in game. Sounds like an advantage to me. But, go off man 🙏🏽
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@SethOnHoops
Seth it’s either in person advanced scouting or it’s not. there’s no way you can say getting sheets with all the signals from someone who was standing on the opposite sideline in a previous game isn’t in person advance scouting, it’d be intellectually dishonest to do so.
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@SethOnHoops
How is it different? Each scenario results in someone having the other team's signals.
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@SethOnHoops
You have two professionals breaking down film of the same team and sending their signs to another team who can go back and know the exact signs of every play. It’s the same thing. At some point when you know they are going to get signs and sharing they become a scout
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