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Now, I think this indiscretion does relate somewhat to BU, since we did have an incident involving the overcompensation of players, and subsequent NCAA action. Oklahoma must forfeit all of its wins from the 2005 season and loses 2 scholarships in the next 2 seasons for 2 of its players being paid for work they didn't perform.
While some may contend that Oklahoma is getting off easy because moving forward, nothing will happen (as of right now, more sanctions could be coming) to them other than losing 2 scholarships from a 100 scholarship football program. But, looking at it from a BU perspective, I would be VERY embarrassed if we had to forfeit every game of a very successful season because of an incident like this. Past precedent says that there likely won't be too much punishment handed down to Oklahoma. But relating it back to BU's case, I think our punishment was fair for our infractions, and certainly was a better scenario than what happened at Oklahoma. I consider having forfeit an entire season a MAJOR black eye for any program, not just a slap on the wrist.
While some may contend that Oklahoma is getting off easy because moving forward, nothing will happen (as of right now, more sanctions could be coming) to them other than losing 2 scholarships from a 100 scholarship football program. But, looking at it from a BU perspective, I would be VERY embarrassed if we had to forfeit every game of a very successful season because of an incident like this. Past precedent says that there likely won't be too much punishment handed down to Oklahoma. But relating it back to BU's case, I think our punishment was fair for our infractions, and certainly was a better scenario than what happened at Oklahoma. I consider having forfeit an entire season a MAJOR black eye for any program, not just a slap on the wrist.
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