You're hearing it from schools, from conferences, from the NCAA: College sports has reached a crossroads. Tolerance for law-breaking is worn thin. So is public trust.
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USA Today
You're hearing it from schools, from conferences, from the NCAA: College sports has reached a crossroads. Tolerance for law-breaking is worn thin. So is public trust.
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USA Today
At least as far as the bigger programs go...I'll believe it when I see it.
igeaux.mobi
It's a simple concept, in theory. But as Ohio State fans are beginning to learn, in practice, the business of "vacating" wins and championships is a thorny one. Fortunately, the local Columbus Dispatch is here today with a few firm answers, including the ...
Sounds like a new violation, might as well give them free T-Shirts.
Geaux Cajuns
If the NCAA accepts their "self-imposed" sanctions, then it's lost all control.
By the NCAA's definition, major violations are those that "usually provide an extensive recruiting or competitive advantage" that "can lead to significant penalties against the school and involved individuals."
These penalties "are intended to deter schools from breaking the rules and to eliminate any competitive advantage."
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Interesting article here. Reason cheating seems to pay is that today's punishments are not very severe. I did not know Ole Miss was the last school to get TV appearances suspended and that was in 1994. That really needs to be part of the deal in other to truly have schools regret skirting the rules.
She actually thinks the NCAA was unfair with bracketing.
The NCAA is NEVER unfair. Equitable seeding, great refs, exactly the same punishments doled out to large and small schools...
http://ultoday.com/node/sports-headlines
ATLANTA - The NCAA put Georgia Tech on four years of probation, fined the school $100,000 and stripped its ACC title game victory from the 2009 football season on Thursday for violations that also included problems in the men's basketball program.
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