Doubtful, in my opinion. SMU got it for being a repeat offender and uncooperative in the investigation.

Now if the same guy that investigated GT gets the Miami case, Miami will probably be nuked from orbit as punishment.

(08-19-2011 11:02 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Rubbish. SEC schools that get caught are punished, and it's happened many times before. Admit it, you just don't like the SEC beating up on your little schools up North.

Reb, LSU didn't find it so easy to beat up a northern team @home last year. They'll find it's even more difficult when they come up to Morgantown...

(08-18-2011 11:25 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(08-18-2011 02:58 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  No death penalty. They saw what happened to SMU, and won't do it again.

I think that's an empty argument. The NCAA has used the Death Penalty twice in the last 10 years.

... to Division 2 Soccer and Division 3 Tennis program. Morehouse and MacMurray aren't really bringing any publicity, good or bad, to the NCAA. Playing professional athletes, and offering scholarships in a no-scholarship division are different than what happened at Miami. Illegal, probably. Worthy of a death penalty, doubt it.

I'd say take away 1 scholarship for 2 years for each player that received improper benefits-spacing out 72 scholarships at 2 years each in football would essentially make Miami an FCS program (maximum of 63 scholarships) for 7 years. Let Golden and the kids who did nothing wrong go to the postseason, but make them pay back 50% of the bowl revenue until they have paid back all of the postseason revenue earned by ineligible players (with interest).

I'd give all Miami players the option of transferring and being immediately eligible to play at their new school, or sitting through Miami's death penalty period before they can play again. That way the university is punished for their careless disregard for the rules throughout their history, and the only kids who are punished are those who choose to be...

(08-20-2011 08:37 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(08-19-2011 11:02 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Rubbish. SEC schools that get caught are punished, and it's happened many times before. Admit it, you just don't like the SEC beating up on your little schools up North.

Reb, LSU didn't find it so easy to beat up a northern team @home last year. They'll find it's even more difficult when they come up to Morgantown...

Ok.

(08-20-2011 07:53 AM)BlazerFromMD Wrote:  

(08-19-2011 11:02 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(08-19-2011 08:32 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  YOU have to do something. This makes Tressel look like Mr. Rodgers getting busted for jaywalking. I can't wait for an in depth colonoscopy in some of these SEC schools. Nevin said they wouldn't even go the route of buying recruits because the SEC public schools would bury them in money. The cost benefit analysis
has to weigh punishment as a deterrent.

Rubbish. SEC schools that get caught are punished, and it's happened many times before. Admit it, you just don't like the SEC beating up on your little schools up North.

That's a key element right there. The fact that "it's happened many times before" means that the punishments against the SEC teams haven't been serious enough to make them change their ways. Hell, it seems like they just spend the time on punishment laying the groundwork for their next scam so that they can win a championship as soon as they get off probation.

It happens in every conference. You have to realize, violations aren't always as blatant as what you saw with SMU. It can be a small infraction and still warrant an investigation.

(08-22-2011 07:43 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(08-20-2011 08:37 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(08-19-2011 11:02 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Rubbish. SEC schools that get caught are punished, and it's happened many times before. Admit it, you just don't like the SEC beating up on your little schools up North.

Reb, LSU didn't find it so easy to beat up a northern team @home last year. They'll find it's even more difficult when they come up to Morgantown...

Ok.

LSU's chances of winning at WVU may have just increased. I never thought much of Jefferson as a QB. With Jefferson facing a felony battery charge, LSU just might have to play a real QB this year...