It may be coincidental, and it may not… that the 29th District which Representative Cardenas serves is a suburban Los Angeles area only minutes away from the University of Southern California and UCLA… both of which have “close working relationships” with the NCAA….
Cardenas is serving his first term as a Congressman… having previously served ten years on the Los Angeles City Council.
Needless to say… it would difficult, if not impossible, to be a successful City Councilman in Los Angeles… without building some important “Town and Gown” connections.
And generally speaking… it’s pretty safe to say… first term Congressman are seen and not heard and don’t initiate political conversations on national issues without guidance and permission from the ‘invisible powers that be”… both in California and in Washington.
If the first term Representative, and relatively unknown, Cardenas doesn’t have enough “national name recognition and credibility”… then perhaps this (from the CNN link) means more…
“Kids who are walking out of these schools cannot read. They are getting degrees that are worthless,” …
said Tom McMillen, a former congressman, Rhodes Scholar and college and NBA basketball player who now serves as secretary for the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, ….
“I think the chink in the armor of the NCAA is that they say you’re going to get an education….
If these kids aren’t getting an education, the whole thing’s a sham.”
Most everybody here at SFN knows who this “well known and well respected” guy is …
From here it looks likes the NCAA Reform Train is filling up fast… Get your tickets now … only a few first class seats left…
