Jordan Love<\/a> misspelling his middle name or any number of Bulldogs driving 87 in a 25 mile per hour zone does not, in any way at all, affect the integrity of the game of college football. It doesn\u2019t call the veracity of the outcomes into question. <\/p>\nHaving a compulsive gambler, who has admitted to a voracious gambling habit, on the field directly influencing the outcome of games does. And saying that\u2019s okay opens the door for countless other such players to likewise influence every single game. Or not. We\u2019ll likely never know. And that\u2019s why it\u2019s a major problem. <\/p>\n
You may believe that emerging from an alley on a scooter is abhorrent, anti-social behavior. But it doesn\u2019t call the legitimacy of the outcome of the game into question.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the distinction Cody Campbell isn\u2019t making. The one he can\u2019t make. Because admitting that it\u2019s a problem lays bare the fact that he and his fellow power brokers in Lubbock are willing to destroy the integrity of college football in pursuit of a national title they feel they desperately deserve, and which the traditional powers of college football are trying to shut them out of.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m not sure why a man with all the things Campbell has still feels such a phenomenal level of grievance. But his swing at Brooks missed the point like a hitter looking for the curve and trying to catch up to a 99 mile an hour fastball. What he and Texas Tech are arguing that the NCAA has to accept would call the outcome of every NCAA sporting event into question. While the folks at the NCAA may not have a lot of integrity generally, they care about at least the appearance of integrity in the games. If you\u2019re a fan of college sports you should too. And that\u2019s why you should side with Josh Brooks in this middle school beef between grown men. <\/p>\n
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