Would Bilas have done brutal takedown of NCAA if he still worked as CBS analyst for tournament?

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In case you missed it, Jay Bilas used his Twitter feed to do an incredible takedown of the NCAA yesterday. Talk about “shock and awe.”

From Gary Parrish, the college basketball insider for CBSSports.com:

Bilas — who seems just as frustrated as most by a system that allows the NCAA and Texas A&M to profit off of Johnny Manziel while preventing the reigning Heisman Trophy winner from selling his own signature — began a little experiment in an attempt to highlight the hypocrisy.

It began with this tweet:

Go to http://ShopNCAAsports.com , type in “Manziel” in upper right search box, hit enter. This comes up. pic.twitter.com/N7KNvXIu24

There’s much more as Bilas unloaded on the NCAA. He finished with this tweet:

Go to http://ShopNCAAsports.com  and type “NCAA Executive Committee” in upper right search box, hit enter. This comes up. pic.twitter.com/7mwaNKO3TA

Well-played.

However, it made me wonder if Bilas would have engaged in a similar display if he still worked NCAA tournament games for CBS. From 2003 through 2010, Bilas was a game analyst for the network’s tournament coverage. He was paired with Dick Enberg from 2005 through 2010.

Bilas has been a long-time critic of the NCAA. Who isn’t?

Yet what Bilas did yesterday takes the attack to an entirely different level. That last tweet makes a powerful statement. Don’t ya think?

However, if Bilas still had a role with CBS for the tournament, you have to wonder if he would have gone as far as to depict the NCAA leaders as clowns.

Just asking…

 

2 thoughts on “Would Bilas have done brutal takedown of NCAA if he still worked as CBS analyst for tournament?”

  2. Bilas seems to be a guy with integrity and character. I think even if he still worked for CBS in March, he would speak out.

    Bilas should be running the NCAA.

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