Comments on: So Now The NCAA Has A Cream Cheese Violation? http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:15:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: CT http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-422107 CT Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:04:36 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-422107 True story!!! I just read this in the NCAA Manual! Intent: To permit an institution to provide bagel spreads (e.g., butter, peanut butter, jelly, cream cheese) with bagels it may provide to a student-athlete at any time. Bylaws: Amend 16.5.2, as follows: 16.5.2 Permissible. Identified housing and meal benefits incidental to a student's participation in intercollegiate athletics that may be financed by the institution are: [16.5.2-(a) through 16.5.2-(g) unchanged.] (h) Fruit, Nuts and Bagels. An institution may provide fruit, nuts and bagels [including bagel spreads (e.g., butter, peanut butter, jelly, cream cheese)] to a student-athlete at any time. True story!!! I just read this in the NCAA Manual!

Intent: To permit an institution to provide bagel spreads (e.g., butter, peanut butter, jelly, cream
cheese) with bagels it may provide to a student-athlete at any time.
Bylaws: Amend 16.5.2, as follows:
16.5.2 Permissible. Identified housing and meal benefits incidental to a student’s participation in
intercollegiate athletics that may be financed by the institution are:
[16.5.2-(a) through 16.5.2-(g) unchanged.]
(h) Fruit, Nuts and Bagels. An institution may provide fruit, nuts and bagels [including bagel
spreads (e.g., butter, peanut butter, jelly, cream cheese)] to a student-athlete at any time.

]]> By: Okinawa57 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-421509 Okinawa57 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:16:41 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-421509 Nobody's answered the question--WHY is cream cheese disallowed? Is it favoring a dairy state over a non-dairy state team? What about the wheat in the bagel??? Or the seeds on top??? Or the onions???? Come on adults--use common sense. Nobody’s answered the question–WHY is cream cheese disallowed? Is it favoring a dairy state over a non-dairy state team? What about the wheat in the bagel??? Or the seeds on top??? Or the onions???? Come on adults–use common sense.

]]> By: Matt http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-421300 Matt Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:00:16 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-421300 As bad as these dumba...ses (The NCAA) are they aren't any worse than the International Tennis Federation and the United States Tennis Association. The rules and the two-faced enforcement of them is almost identical in its piss ignorance and scope. The difference is that most people who are sports fans are watching NCAA sanctioned sports and who the hell cares about tennis anymore (Americans suck in tennis top to bottom). Tennis evokes the sound of crickets chirping when brought up in a conversation. When you mention USC/Notre Dame or Alabama/Auburn on the gridiron its like the reading of the Torah in Israel back in Old Testament times in its importance now. As bad as these dumba…ses (The NCAA) are they aren’t any worse than the International Tennis Federation and the United States Tennis Association. The rules and the two-faced enforcement of them is almost identical in its piss ignorance and scope.
The difference is that most people who are sports fans are watching NCAA sanctioned sports and who the hell cares about tennis anymore (Americans suck in tennis top to bottom). Tennis evokes the sound of crickets chirping when brought up in a conversation. When you mention USC/Notre Dame or Alabama/Auburn on the gridiron its like the reading of the Torah in Israel back in Old Testament times in its importance now.

]]> By: HiFiGator http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115520 HiFiGator Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:39:31 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115520 Has anyone run this by the onion or checked the urban legend websites? This seems a bit much, even for the NCAA. Has anyone run this by the onion or checked the urban legend websites? This seems a bit much, even for the NCAA.

]]> By: Adam J http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115426 Adam J Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:58:51 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115426 Matt, if someone in the NCAA followed that advice, we could potentially have one of the most ridiculous lawsuits in recent memory on our hands. That's awesome. Matt, if someone in the NCAA followed that advice, we could potentially have one of the most ridiculous lawsuits in recent memory on our hands. That’s awesome.

]]> By: Matt http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115425 Matt Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:56:54 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115425 I had a vegan friend give me a sample of a soy-based cream cheese substitute: it was actually quite good. I believe that this would fall within the guidelines: in the end, it's the functional equivalent to mashed up beans and nuts. There are several nut and/or based spreads on the market. They should suffice, as should fruit compote, etc... I had a vegan friend give me a sample of a soy-based cream cheese substitute: it was actually quite good.

I believe that this would fall within the guidelines: in the end, it’s the functional equivalent to mashed up beans and nuts.

There are several nut and/or based spreads on the market. They should suffice, as should fruit compote, etc…

]]> By: Jason http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115424 Jason Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:39:18 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115424 NCAA = National Committee of Arrogant Assholes NCAA = National Committee of Arrogant Assholes

]]> By: Jon http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115404 Jon Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:27:21 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115404 Love me some bagels and cream cheese!! What about lox? Plenty of nutrients in that. But then you'd have to have cream cheese along with lox, so this could all be moot. Love me some bagels and cream cheese!! What about lox? Plenty of nutrients in that. But then you’d have to have cream cheese along with lox, so this could all be moot.

]]> By: R http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115395 R Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:47:18 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115395 A while back a team received some minor discipline because it gave it's student-athletes a per diem which included money to buy breakfast while on a road trip. The NCAA's argument was that since the hotel provided a continental breakfast as part of the room rate, the breakfast fee was illegal monetary compensation. Seriously, have you been to one of those "free" continental breakfasts provided by a hotel? It's usually held in a room not much bigger than the average hotel bedroom, and it has a few bagels, toast (you have to toast it yourself), a little jam, some fruit, and some yogurt, and those tiny boxes of cereal. You also get some coffee and hot water to make your own tea, but if you want some orange juice you usually have to wait a half hour or so for the waiter to bring in a single pitcher which quickly dissapears. Now, imagine an entire athletic team descending upon that continental breakfast as soon as it opens at 7:00 a.m., with the coach shouting that everyone has to be finished eating and on the bus by 7:30 a.m. because that's when the bus is leaving. The idea that anybody is going to get even remotely enough to eat is laughable - the smart ones might have grabbed a bannana or an orange and stuffed it in their pocket, but everybody else is going to be out of luck. A while back a team received some minor discipline because it gave it’s student-athletes a per diem which included money to buy breakfast while on a road trip. The NCAA’s argument was that since the hotel provided a continental breakfast as part of the room rate, the breakfast fee was illegal monetary compensation.

Seriously, have you been to one of those “free” continental breakfasts provided by a hotel? It’s usually held in a room not much bigger than the average hotel bedroom, and it has a few bagels, toast (you have to toast it yourself), a little jam, some fruit, and some yogurt, and those tiny boxes of cereal. You also get some coffee and hot water to make your own tea, but if you want some orange juice you usually have to wait a half hour or so for the waiter to bring in a single pitcher which quickly dissapears.

Now, imagine an entire athletic team descending upon that continental breakfast as soon as it opens at 7:00 a.m., with the coach shouting that everyone has to be finished eating and on the bus by 7:30 a.m. because that’s when the bus is leaving. The idea that anybody is going to get even remotely enough to eat is laughable - the smart ones might have grabbed a bannana or an orange and stuffed it in their pocket, but everybody else is going to be out of luck.

]]> By: Cane in Delaware http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115380 Cane in Delaware Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:47:00 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-now-the-ncaa-has-a-cream-cheese-violation-25686#comment-115380 That is so Philly style! That is so Philly style!

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