If Chase Young Gets a Longer Suspension Than Urban Meyer, the NCAA Should Be Disbanded
By Jerry Trotta
We are still trying to come to terms with Chase Young's outlandish (and inevitable) indefinite suspension by the NCAA for allegedly accepting a loan --which he reportedly paid back this April -- to pay for his girlfriend's flight to the 2018 Rose Bowl.
ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit understands that Ohio State is preparing for the NCAA to hand down a four-game suspension to their superstar linebacker.
Folks, that moratorium would be one game MORE than what Urban Meyer received for woefully mishandling (and potentially covering up) domestic violence assault charges against former Buckeyes assistant coach Zach Smith.
Urban Meyer: suspended 3 games for mishandling domestic assault allegations against Zach Smith and misrepresenting what he knew in a public statement.
— Paul Hembekides (@PaulHembo) November 9, 2019
Chase Young: expected to be suspended 4 games for accepting a loan from a family friend to fly his girlfriend to the Rose Bowl.
In hindsight, the NCAA is saying that they prioritize cracking down on receiving improper benefits -- which a flight for a girlfriend allegedly qualifies as -- over punishing one of the most successful coaches in college football history for trying to cloak domestic violence allegations against one of his assistants and close friends.
If that's not the definition of corrupt, then nothing is, and if this reported four-game suspension for Young comes to fruition, it would just stand as further evidence that the NCAA is a joke.
The fact Chase Young even had to borrow money from a family member just so his girlfriend could come see him play in one of the biggest games of his life(? Bowl) should tell you all you need to know. And since y’all always wanna know more he paid it back to his family member. ??♂️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) November 9, 2019
It was already largely thought that the NCAA was a corrupt organization fishing for an opportunity to assert their power over star players, but this news regarding Young could morph them into a level of nepotism that we didn't think was possible to reach.
There is simply no logic behind the extent to which they're punishing Young, especially when comparing his actions to that of Urban Meyer.