I Knew It Was Coming

[beevomav]

When the penalties were levied against Penn State a lot of folks applauded the decision. At the time I worried about setting precedents. It was hard to have a conversation about the penalties because emotions were so raw.

One of the things that worried me was the huge fines. Now the NCAA being like most every other entity, likes money. I kept hearing how the $60 million was because of the egregious nature of the offense. Well now there seems to be a slippery slope to hell for universities.

This from a story from ESPN: INDIANAPOLIS -- Nearly a year after promising to impose harsher sanctions on the most egregious rule-breakers, NCAA leaders endorsed a proposal Thursday that would make schools subject to the same crippling penalties just handed to Penn State.

A program found to have made a "serious breach of conduct" with aggravating circumstances could face postseason bans of two to four years. In addition, the program may have to return money from specific events or a series of events or the amount of gross revenue generated by the sport during the years in which sanctions occurred --fines that could cost a school millions of dollars

That last part is what has me concerned. Who gets the money and when millions of dollars in fines are involved, there is always an incentive to go overboard.

I am not suggesting that it ought to be business as usual but I am just concerned and warn the school Presidents and Regents who voted for stiffer penalties to be careful what you wish for. With the lauguage I have seen, all it takes is a rouge assistant coach or alumni to put a team in the same hell as Penn State for not near the severity of the offense.

Here is the link to the ESPN story: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8227082/ncaa-board-directors-endorses-new-penalty-structure

 

[Master Cee]

These biggest threat to these universities is funding/money. The NCAA realizes that and wants to try and nip it.

 

[Chris Flanagan]

I think if I fault the NCAA for anything, it's how quickly they acted. They didn't even conduct their own investigation and still are working on the Miami case at least a year since the story broke. But i don't like how vague it was.

 

[beevomav]

I think if I fault the NCAA for anything, it's how quickly they acted. They didn't even conduct their own investigation and still are working on the Miami case at least a year since the story broke. But i don't like how vague it was.

Exactly..I wonder how the high and mighty will react when their university gets fined millions of dollars and a four year post season ban for illegal contact with a recruit. It can and will happen.

 

[bbdude]

The biggest fault of the PSU investigation by the NCAA is they acted waaay too fast.

 

[beevomav]

The biggest fault of the PSU investigation by the NCAA is they acted waaay too fast.

There was and is a witch hunt mentality. Every time PS loses a player the self righteous are there to tell us what a great thing it is..well..I ask those people when the same thing happens to their team for recruiting violations will they rail against a rule they helped enact?

This was about the NCAA having way too much power. They couldn't care less about the victims. This was never about the victims, it was about using their unlimited power and how nearly everyone thinking how great it was. Now that they have it, they will use it and if it happens to a team they dislike we will hear them preach the virtue of striking down evil, at least until it happens to their team.

 

[Hollywoodnash]

Unfortunately, this may be the only solution to the corruption in college football. I realize that the majority of college sports fans only care about infractions when it affects their team or a rival. But it is the NCAA's job to police these matters, and so far, their current methods of punishment haven't deterred anyone. So, they went to the extreme. This will cause university administrators to pay more attention to how the sports programs are run, and keep coaches from turning a blind eye to rogue assistants and boosters.

I'm not saying I agree with the NCAA in what they've done, but I can understand it.