NCAA charges Alabama State with 668 violations

[tornado]

Just kinda what you'd expect........

Tiny Alabama State, has been nailed by the NCAA with accusations of nearly 700 NCAA violations.

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2008/05/08/2nd-amp-short-ncaa-slaps-alabama-state-university-with-nearly-700-athletic-violations.aspx

http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1210234566281450.xml&coll=2

Of interest is that many of these rules allegations date as far back as 1999, and none of them are newer than 2003, so one does have to wonder why,
since the school self-reported most of these violations in 2003, and since the school already disciplined and fired the people involved, then why is NCAA
coming down so hard now on a school that isn't really much of a threat in any sport to anyone?
I guess they just gotta go after someone to take the attention off all those hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal payments to USC's Reggie Bush,
or the illegal tampering with other team's players that New Mexico and Bruce Pearl's UW-M committed, or the dozens of much more serious "self-reported" (no pun intended)
violations at Kansas, that resulted in nothing more than a mere "toothless" probation so that can keep all their players eligible and win a national title.

Remember...when Georgia was caught with literally hundreds of more serious, intentional violations, they got nothing more than a mini-slap on the wrist!

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[BU ICEMAN]

Of interest is that many of these rules allegations date as far back as 1999, and none of them are newer than 2003, so one does have to wonder why, since the school self-reported most of these violations in 2003, and since the school already disciplined and fired the people involved, then why is NCAA coming down so hard...

If I'm them, I'm salivating waiting for the NCAA's decision regarding punishment for Indiana, and then scream as loud as they can about the double standard.

Indiana dumps its disciplined coaches and then its self-imposed Sampsons, whoops, I mean sanctions, and all is back to normal. These guys do it, but still get crucified. Who else smells the bull-hooey here???

[bu fan 9]

It is all about money IU will make them a lot more money.

[tornado]

Recall that Oklahoma, under Sampson, was cited for nearly 600 NCAA violations, and the school got virtually zero penalties....only probation.....
then while ON PROBATION the school got nailed with even more serious violations as they had paid their superstar footballers tens of thousands by having one of their boosters emply the kids and pay them for not working......and STILL they got slapped softly....no post season bans, only the forfeiture of a few games that those players had played in (a penalty that hurts the innocent team mambers more than anyone else!).
...although a couple of their coaches got some probation, one of whom re-committed the same violations while on probation, and that's a whole lot more serious, so just maybe NCAA will act, but I am not holding my breath.

In the end, Oklahoma committed serious violations while already on probation for 600 violations and still the school gets almost nothing as a penalty.....does this fit a pattern??
Oklahoma is also appealing the forfeited games, and a lot of experts think it'll be overturned anyway!

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/19714797/

In the end, the string of really serious violations at Oklahoma will end up hurting them far less that what much smaller schools get for violations way, way more insignificant, such as the suspension of the BU players and recruiting restrictions that went with it.

[Bravesfan]

Well, in honor of my 1000th post, it's a good thing Alabama St was only charged with 668 violations and not 1000!

Seriously though, if Indiana gets charged with 3 violations, that would be a miracle! Nice going NCAA. Why don't you pick on someone your own size and leave the little guys alone?!

[BU ICEMAN]

Well, in honor of my 1000th post, it's a good thing Alabama St was only charged with 668 violations and not 1000!

Seriously though, if Indiana gets charged with 3 violations, that would be a miracle! Nice going NCAA. Why don't you pick on someone your own size and leave the little guys alone?!

Congrats on the 1K.....

I don't think it should be a matter of leave the little guys alone, but keep the punishment equal across the spectrum. Perhaps the NCAA needs some "sentencing guidelines?"

[tornado]

I am all in favor of catching the cheaters and policing the rules-breakers, I have been consistent here for years!
So if Alabama State is really guilty, then fine. Except as has been pointed out dozens of times,
the seriousness of violations and the severity of penalties always seem to to be slanted so that
the big guys get off easy and the little guys get hammered hard for lesser stuff.

The poster-boy case that I have harped on for 3 years is, of course, the fact that Reggie Bush
was recruited to USC, then given at least $300,000-$400,000 of freebies and improper benefits.
This kind of stuff, if allowed, means USC gets a TREMENDOUS, STUPENDOUS recruiting advantage
because the very best players see the extra benefits those guys get...but they never get caught
and certainly never get penalized.
One of the National Champion Kansas Jayhawks players, Darnell Jackson was GIVEN as much as
$10,000 of "unrepayable loans"...and the school got virtually NO penalties, and in the end, that case
was punished less than the Patrick O'Bryant case! So where's the justice, as it shows time and time
again that the big guys cheat and then win championships with the players they get with their cheating?
(Thankfully Kelvin Sampson didn't win anything with the players he got whuile cheating on his phone recruiting!)

[Da Coach]

It is not such a bad idea. In fact, it has been considered before.
The BCS was started by the power conference schools to set up and share in the big money football bowl games without having the NCAA take all the money and divide it among smaller conference and schools.
Some of the people involved in organizing the BCS had hopes that it would eventually become the major organization running athletics among the big conferences, and maybe allow them to pull at least their football teams out of the NCAA.

[Lakeview Brave]

If that happend then Mid-Majors would end up with thier own tournaments also.