NCAA Needs To Chill After Secondary Violation For Call To Mo'ne Davis

One wonders what is going on at the NCAA

Recent news is that of complete overkill on display

Recently baseball fans one and all were drawn to a display of skill

A 13 year old girl Mo’ne Davis in the Little League World Series was the new “king” of the hill

Never before have we seen a girl in a World Series pitch a shutout

Great control, good velocity and breaking pitches to tout

Cover of Sports Illustrated and ceremonial first pitch at a Dodger game

This young girl is obviously enjoying much more than 15 minutes of fame

But like many athletes with great skills not on only one sport do they dwell

So when the UConn women’s cagers coach called, he was facing NCAA purgatory too close to sanctions Hell

Mo’ne in addition to pitching skills is also a basketball player it seems

In a post game interview she said going to UConn was one of her dreams

A two minute call to congratulate young Ms. Davis was all it took

For the NCAA to find a secondary violation in its convoluted rulings book

The girl may be the next Brittany Griner but she is not even in high school

Anyone who states today she is a prospective student athlete is a fool

If a soccer coach in Division I calls to congratulate an 8 year old will he face NCAA sanctions and fines?

In common sense terms where do you draw the regulatory line?

Now the actions of the Northwestern football team make more sense

More than about money but a need to make the NCAA less overreaching and less immense.

© September 5, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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