The Football Hall of Fame had their fan fest where fans had the opportunity to participate in Q&A sessions with multiple Hall of Famers. Many quotes abounded about the ability of Johnny Manziel to succeed in the NFL, the survival of the Buffalo Bills, and Michael Sam, who is poised to be the first openly gay player in the NFL, but in our eyes, and that of many, the most interesting quotes came from Jim Brown, who trashed the NCAA.
Brown stated that “the NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created” and described their practice as “Total Exploitation” and that the “kind of money they make” when referring to key members of the NCAA and the high end institutions is “embarrassing”.
He equated the NCAA a governing body that needs to be torn down and built up again from scratch:
“I’m totally for change and total change and I think that body needs to be torn apart and put back together with everybody’d best interests in mind.” Brown also welcomed a rebuttal from the NCAA to bring this issue to a greater light. To the surprise of nobody, The NCAA declined to respond.
Brown is far from the first former athlete (or current one for that matter) to take the NCAA to task for its archaic ways and perceived exploitation of many of the star student athletes. Still, when a man the stature of Jim Brown takes the NCAA to task, you have to listen.
We know this much; of all the pilgrimages we want to take in the coming years the Football Hall of Fame fanfest is high up on the list; especially if Jim Brown is there again!
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