It’s safe to say Stan Van Gundy isn’t a big fan of the NCAA.
The Detroit Pistons head coach did not hold back on Sunday, calling the organization “the worst” in sports.
SVG on the college basketball scandal: “The NCAA is one of the worst organizations – maybe the worst organization – in sports. They certainly don’t care about the athlete.” #Pistons.
— NerdOnPistons(@Vincent_Ellis56) February 25, 2018
#Pistons Stan Van Gundy : "The one thing I know about the NCAA is the last group of people they care about is – as they call them, “the student-athletes” – which is part of their ability to promote themselves. They don’t care about them at all."
— Rod Beard (@detnewsRodBeard) February 25, 2018
Van Gundy went further talking about the NBA one-and-done rule. It’s safe to say he’s not a fan.
#Pistons Stan Van Gundy had some on the NCAA, "student-athletes" and one-and-dones: One-and-dones: "I’ve always been in favor of that; I’ve been in favor of that strictly on a fairness issue. I don’t understand why, as an industry, basketball or.. pic.twitter.com/PQ3BbC3wtd
— Rod Beard (@detnewsRodBeard) February 25, 2018
More #Pistons SVG on the NCAA and the one-and-done rule: "On a straightly fairness issue, I don’t understand why they have to do one year of college. I don’t like the whole process. When they’re there, I don’t like this process that they have to.. pic.twitter.com/pMLP6JdBaW
— Rod Beard (@detnewsRodBeard) February 25, 2018
It’s safe to say a lot of people aren’t happy with the NCAA right now, but Van Gundy’s comments are next level. They’re hard to argue with, too. With each passing day, it’s tougher and tougher to argue that the NCAA has the best interests of anyone but themselves in mind — and not many people have been arguing anything to the contrary for a while.
