The Miami death penalty

[The Seer]

The death of 9 scholies over the next 3 years......shudder.....



How's that taste, SuC?

[Left Seater]

The big difference between the two is the level of cooperation. We all know the NCAA is very shorthanded. Miami came with open books and said here is what happened and here is what we have done to change it going forward. SC on the other hand still doesn't think they did anything wrong and didn't do anything to show the NCAA what really happened and forced the NCAA to go out and discover it all on their own.

The penalties reflect the differences.

[Dinsdale]

That, and the depths the NCAA sunk to in trying to gather evidence - the lawyer they hornswaggled got disbarred over the deal.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I'm torn on this one. On one hand, if the NCAA exists to deter programs from violating the rules, then they failed miserably. If anything, they just opened the doors, rolled out the red carpet, and passed out free drink tickets to anyone who wants to cheat. On the other hand, anything that is likely to send Toejam into a purse-swinging, hand-wringing melt, I'm all for it.

[Dinsdale]

If anything, they just opened the doors, rolled out the red carpet, and passed out free drink tickets to anyone who wants to cheat.

And therein lies the rub -- the NCAA "cheated" in their own investigation, and actually broke real laws in doing so.

On the other hand, anything that is likely to send Toejam into a purse-swinging, hand-wringing melt, I'm all for it.

On that note, they should have awarded Miami extra schollies, not docked them.

[Laxplayer]

YO SEER....check out the paper tomorrow morning and see who the league golf champs are.....you'll be shocked......YEAH BABY!!!!!!

[L45B]

If anything, they just opened the doors, rolled out the red carpet, and passed out free drink tickets to anyone not in a certain conference who wants to cheat.

FTFY

[Goober McTuber]

Everyone references the USC and Ohio State penalties, but seem to have forgotten that the NCAA basically destroyed Alabama football for 8 or so years for far less egregious violations than Miami had.

Good times, good times.

[Dinsdale]

Maybe because Bama was such a longtime, egregious offender?

Not much has happened sanction-wise to a certain conference since they signed billion-dollar deals with a couple of networks. Just coincidence, I'm sure.

[The Seer]

YO SEER....check out the paper tomorrow morning and see who the league golf champs are.....you'll be shocked......YEAH BABY!!!!!!

Wow...Golden Valley....who knew? Congrats!!

Naturally anytime we have a constantly underachieving program that manages to obtain an unexpected level of success our civic duty compels us to conduct inquiries into the recruiting practices of star players (Pierre) and investigate the possible utilization of performance enhancing drugs.

That said, WELL DONE!

[Left Seater]

The school year isn't even two months old yet and league golf titles are being won already?

Why not contest such things in the late spring?

[Dinsdale]

Maybe because Bama was such a longtime, egregious offender?

Link?

Didn't Bama just recently get off about 18 years of continuous probation?

Funny how they got sanctioned while on probation, yet didn't really get any punishment.

[Laxplayer]

Ha...that's funny dude.....kid had to birdie 18 at TPC to force a playoff and she did. She then birdied it again on the second playoff hole to win a separate tournament besides being the league MVP.

[Left Seater]

That only rates a 2.6 on the Schmick melt meter.

Poor effort.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Because rape and murder is totally analogous with paying amateur athletes.

[FLW Buckeye]

Only if you include OJ in the discussion.

[Dinsdale]

There's people out there that still think OJ did it?

He didn't. His son did.