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[Alpha Centauri]

What a petty, jealous, and salty brother.

 

[Leynos]

I don't know the first thing about basketball, or college sports, but if the rules were broken, then the rules were broken. It does not matter that the brother was envious, or not.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Thanksgiving is gonna be awkward for the Bamba family this year.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

I don't know the first thing about basketball, or college sports, but if the rules were broken, then the rules were broken. It does not matter that the brother was envious, or not.

You act like the jealous brother is an unbiased source. I wouldn't even investigate the allegations. Pretty clear just doing it to try and fuck him over.

Prolly got cutoff for being a scumbag.

 

[Slayven]

Fuck the NCAA rules, everyone can profit but the athetlics.

And the brother just won Fuckboy of the year award.

How salty do you have to do to fuck over your brother?

 

[brawly]

The treatment of amateur athletes in the US will never cease to amaze me.

 

[Dynomutt]

Thanksgiving is gonna be awkward for the Bamba family this year.

He'd probably still get invited but he better sit his ass at the little kids table.

 

[SpyGuy239]

jealousy...turning saints into the sea...

The Killers said it first~!

 

[LionPride]

I don't know the first thing about basketball, or college sports, but if the rules were broken, then the rules were broken. It does not matter that the brother was envious, or not.

There's a reason people think the NCAA rules are fucking stupid

 

[TraBuch]

You act like the jealous brother is an unbiased source. I wouldn't even investigate the allegations. Pretty clear just doing it to try and fuck him over.

Prolly got cutoff for being a scumbag.

There's really no proof either way, but there were indeed some suspicious things happening during his recruitment. This dude that allegedly gave him all this stuff is a big time Michigan guy and near the end of Bamba's recruitment, he randomly decided to take an official visit to Michigan despite the fact that the school hadn't been in contact with him in over a year. It's also true that his brother was pushed out a while back and a lot of schools stopped recruiting him after the lead guy in the recruitment changed, wouldn't make much sense for those schools to stop recruiting him unless the new guy was shady and doing things that could come back and bite those schools in the ass.

 

[Leynos]

There's a reason people think the NCAA rules are fucking stupid

Then they need to be changed. But if you choose to be part of the system, you play by the rules as they are.

 

[Frozenprince]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GM2MSGY/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Strongly suggest watching this if anybody is interested in why "amateur athletics" is a sham used to abuse and chew out kids for universities to make money.

 

[LionPride]

Then they need to be changed. But if you choose to be part of the system, you play by the rules as they are.

When everyone but the player gets paid in a multi billion dollar industry

Fuck the rules honestly. If I'm going to a school to play a game and it's damn near impossible for me to make money because of my schedule, imma take some gifts.

Amateur athletics is fucking bullshit.

 

[shoreu]

Kind of funny that people are focusing on the snitch part, and ignoring that accepting gifts is still unethical.

Because we don't care

 

[Verelios]

Man, fuck that guy. This is disgusting on a lot of levels and will just make him cut his family off completely when he makes it.

 

[LionPride]

Kind of funny that people are focusing on the snitch part, and ignoring that accepting gifts is still unethical.

Cause again

NCAA is a damn joke

 

[Just_myles]

He could have just STFU and maybe ate a little by being supportive. Now he x'd himself out.

Yup. Let him live.

Cause again

NCAA is a damn joke

This too. I am continually perplexed by the support this organization gets from fans. Like, why?

 

[Dynomutt]

Good news:

Texas Commit Mohamed Bamba Cleared To Play By NCAA Despite Brother's Smear Campaign

Two weeks ago, Ibrahim Johnson, the older brother of five-star Texas basketball commit Mohamed Bamba, brashly played his hand, releasing a 22-minute rant that seemingly trashed Bamba's reputation and jeopardized his college eligibility. While entertaining, the effort turned out to be as fruitless as his prior attempt to become his brother's agent, as the NCAA announced Tuesday that Bamba is clear to play for the Longhorns.

http://deadspin.com/texas-commit-mohamed-bamba-cleared-to-play-by-ncaa-desp-1796825507

Hilarious:

As for his brother, considering the burned bridge between him and his first potential NBA client and his pretty-much-guaranteed lifetime ban from future Thanksgivings at Bamba's estate, it seems likely that Johnson will pursue a different field of employment moving forward.

We called it lol:

Thanksgiving is gonna be awkward for the Bamba family this year.

He'd probably still get invited but he better sit his ass at the little kids table.

Maybe he'll still let his bro fetch him water.

 

[zeemumu]

Was it Vic?

HAH, damn!!!

Vic would 100% pull that shit

 

[McLovin]

Seems really petty on the brothers side. Don't think I could trust someone like that to be telling the truth.
Although it probably is.

 

[Alienous]

Good on the talented brother but if I were him I'd get a restraining order, or something.

Jealous brother is going to stab his superior sibling in the shins the first chance he gets.

 

[lush]

Lol at posts talking about the ethics of receiving gifts and the NCAA.

Good that he's still cleared to play. Little brother comes away looking like a petty piece of garbage.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Kind of funny that people are focusing on the snitch part, and ignoring that accepting gifts is still unethical.

two billion dollar entities (the NCAA and NBA) colluding to prevent 18 year olds from using their skills to earn a living is what's unethical. Taking gifts and breaking NCAA rules is absolutely defensible.