Ohio St. Gets One-Year Bowl Ban; Will South Carolina?
by Gamecock Man on Dec 21, 2011 11:21 AM EST
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PrintAs you've probably seen, the NCAA did not accept Ohio St.'s self-imposed penalties and, instead, gave the Buckeyes a one-year bowl ban and increased scholarship penalties. Will that happen to USC?
IMO, it won't. You're going to hear some people say that USC may get worse penalties than OSU because the dollar-value of USC's indiscretions are greater than those of OSU. However, in addition to being a somewhat faulty consideration because USC's players paid back much of the money owed, this is probably not the factor to focus on here. It's widely thought that what got OSU it's penalties is the fact that, as the above-referenced ESPN article and other sources suggest, it was the intentional coverup staged by the school's head coach. Despite its many inconsistencies, the NCAA has been fairly on point about one thing: schools that commit infractions and knowingly cover them up without sitting ineligible players are going to get hammered. That's exactly what happened with OSU.
South Carolina, on the other hand, has been extremely cooperative with NCAA investigators. Unless there's a paper trail we don't know about, USC has done the right thing ever since it learned about the potential infractions, sitting players like Weslye Saunders, Chris Culliver, and Damiere Byrd. This isn't to say that we're absolutely out of the woods. We do have the dreaded repeat-offender tag, which is oftentimes also motivation for increased sanctions. That said, I really think South Carolina fans should feel relatively safe here.
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Nah. No coaches or admin lying to the NCAA = no ban. tOSU also fell under the "repeat offender" umbrella from Jim O'Brien & didn't get hit for it.
But it all depends on what we land on after the spin of the NCAA Punishment Wheel, so y’know…
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on Dec 21, 2011 12:23 PM EST reply actions
Yeah, totally agree.
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by Gamecock Man on Dec 21, 2011 8:02 PM EST up reply actions
NCAA is a joke
get up and get down, the ncaa is a joke in your town…
Their decisions are arbitrary and that is what worries me. They ignore precedents and slap whatever penalties they desire onto the schools no matter the compliance and lack of coverup. We had some issues in the past and hope that does not figure into the calculus.
Bottom line we will not know until they hand down their arbitrary decision, all else is wishful thinking.
Yeah, hard to predict too much about them. But still, I think we get it easier than OSU.
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by Gamecock Man on Dec 21, 2011 8:02 PM EST up reply actions
Will the NCAA crush a female compliance professional?
for screwing up? Chris Low wondered aloud if she was a “scapegoat” … but it doesn’t feel that way to me (for whatever my instinct is worth).
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