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Of course we will soon find out if ineligible players at Kansas (Darrel Arthur) and USC (OJ Mayo) will result even in much of an NCAA investigation let alone any penalties.
And....elsewhere I have shown how the use of ineligible players by teams like Kentucky Wesleyan, Lewis, Hawaii, and of course Bradley were all dealt severe penalties, and how FAR, FAR more serious violations and fraud were penalized softly by NCAA at Kansas, Ohio State, USC, Georgia, and other BCS schools.
So-- just in case you want yet another example of how the NCAA will absolutely SLAM a mid-major who dares to violate anything.... here is such an example..........
Middle Tennessee State University........
At MTSU, one woman volleyball player who had played a grand total of EIGHT games in Europe with a team that was deemed to have been a pro team, then enrolled at MTSU and played there for 3 seasons.
THE NCAA rules that this is a "MAJOR VIOLATION" AND has come down HARD on MTSU arguing the school and the coach should have known!
BUT---the woman's former coach in Europe hid that info and therefore the school and their coaches were NOT fully informed and may not have known but the NCAA says sure they should have known (wonder if they'll say that about USC and OJ Mayo since even the press knew about that one!), so it's the same argument Kansas and USC are using....that they couldn't have been expected to know!!
Here are the penalties for what is seemingly minor compared to paying $300,000 to Reggie Bush or $40,000 to OJ Mayo, or fraudulently fixing Darrell Arthur's grades so he can be a superstar at Kansas and help win a national title.....
--two years of probation, a vacation of ALL wins, a reduction in scholarships PLUS a complete prohibition from signing ANY scholarship athlete in the entire 2008-2009 season, and a two-year show-cause order for the former head coach!!
Pretty severe penalty.......try to name a major or BCS school that got that much, even Kentucky for sending cash to recruits and altering recruts' ACT scores didn't get hit this hard!
And....elsewhere I have shown how the use of ineligible players by teams like Kentucky Wesleyan, Lewis, Hawaii, and of course Bradley were all dealt severe penalties, and how FAR, FAR more serious violations and fraud were penalized softly by NCAA at Kansas, Ohio State, USC, Georgia, and other BCS schools.
So-- just in case you want yet another example of how the NCAA will absolutely SLAM a mid-major who dares to violate anything.... here is such an example..........
Middle Tennessee State University........
At MTSU, one woman volleyball player who had played a grand total of EIGHT games in Europe with a team that was deemed to have been a pro team, then enrolled at MTSU and played there for 3 seasons.
THE NCAA rules that this is a "MAJOR VIOLATION" AND has come down HARD on MTSU arguing the school and the coach should have known!
BUT---the woman's former coach in Europe hid that info and therefore the school and their coaches were NOT fully informed and may not have known but the NCAA says sure they should have known (wonder if they'll say that about USC and OJ Mayo since even the press knew about that one!), so it's the same argument Kansas and USC are using....that they couldn't have been expected to know!!
Here are the penalties for what is seemingly minor compared to paying $300,000 to Reggie Bush or $40,000 to OJ Mayo, or fraudulently fixing Darrell Arthur's grades so he can be a superstar at Kansas and help win a national title.....
--two years of probation, a vacation of ALL wins, a reduction in scholarships PLUS a complete prohibition from signing ANY scholarship athlete in the entire 2008-2009 season, and a two-year show-cause order for the former head coach!!
Pretty severe penalty.......try to name a major or BCS school that got that much, even Kentucky for sending cash to recruits and altering recruts' ACT scores didn't get hit this hard!
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