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This is a very talented Indiana team. I hope all of the controversy isn't too much for these boys to overcome.

Being a Hoosier fan, if the players boycott, they should be suspended. They don't run the team. I don't care if IU gets beat by 30 using JV players. The team needs to understand that they can't go back and Dakich is in charge for now. They have a special season going and it's on the verge on blowing up in their face if they don't stop looking back and not forward.

Go ahead and transfer to juco then, foolios! You're coach is a cheat so you want to blame the university? LAME!!!

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Let them boycott all they want. When they do, take back their scholarships and let them actually pay for the education and possibly see them in a classroom for the first time in their college careers.

Suspend them for a game for the practice missed. Then start revoking their scholarships. The players seem to have a bad case of "We're the center of the universe." Paying for college and actually having to go to class would bring them back to reality.

Boy these players are copping an NBA attitude pretty early on.
They should put up or shut up: Play for Dakich or quit the team and give back the scholarships.

I say good for them, so long as they understand the consequences. As the school, I would start revoking scholarships, but as a player, I'd be glad if my teammates stood up for their beliefs, even if it meant losing something important.

It was noble of the young men - but its stupid to think you can pull that stunt. You absolutely owe the school to play.

Bob Knight must be laughing his arse off.

Can you blame DJ White for being a little aggravated. 3 coaches since the time he's been there. Not what he signed up for.

Haha, probably, Juice Boy.

And I think you are right, jacmanrob. It was a noble deed they did for their former coach, but they have to understand that technically they are getting paid to play as they aren't paying for school.

It would be the ultimate kicker if the school takes the scholarships and the kids transfer to Illinois to play. Payback's a b**tch.

They should play and stop boycotting. That is just dumb. They are there on scholarship and the way the repay Indiana for giving them a scholarship is by boycotting. Wow, that is nice. They need to just play and actually go to practice.

The boys just need to play and stop worrying about everything else. They are very talented and have a lot to look forward to going into March. They should focus on what is important.

What about what's important to them? A coaching staff that they know will be there the next day, and the university keeping promises it made to them when they signed on to play for the school. These guys and athletes like them earn millions of dollars for universities, not just in the revenue generated from games, but the ability to get alumni to come back and donate to the school, but everyone acts as though they should have no control over their futures.

I'm with ChocolateJesus on this one. They make so much money for the university it's not even funny. Then they go and have their coach, the guy whom they trusted the most, taken away. The players have a right to be p*ssed. However, I hope they haven't gone too far with it all.

Schneed is right. This is definitely not what DJ White, or anyone for that matter, signed up for.

Do the players think it is ok to break the rules and lie about it? You could win all of your games, but if you don't have integrity, you're not worth much. What example is Sampson setting for anyone that's watching? MLK said, " I have a dream that one day everyone will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character". What does this say about Sampson's character, or a player that boycotts his team?

This is the first step in how students become spoiled athletes. These young men should honor the commitment they have to the school that has given them the opportunity to play at the level. Kelvin Sampson was given an opportunity by Indiana after he???d be caught with his hand in the cookie jar, and he decided to go for the cookies again and got paid $750,000 for embarrassing the school. There is nothing noble in sticking up for this man in this fashion.

Let's get out the violin and play sad songs for the poor athletes. Sure they make money for the university. And in return they get an education that others pay $40,000 to $50,000 for plus the best medical care money can buy, food way better then the real students get plus the status of being an Indiana bb player. If they think they're being taken advantage of, they can go do something else.

Their coach got taken away? And I'll bet they miss their mommy and daddy too the poor little dears. Their coach was a liar and a cheat. Sampson is the one they ought to be mad at. He was willing to risk ruining their careers at Indiana in order to win more glory for himself.

They shouldn't be mad solely at Sampson. Indiana hired him, knowing what he did at Oklahoma. They (as everyone else) didn't think he'd be dumb enough to do it again, but the players get screwed in the end. Indiana took the gamble, reaped some benefits, but lost their coach. So they have a right to blame the school. The school wasn't bit**ing when the team was winning games.