Hammer coming down on Ole Miss?
February 9th, 2016 at 9:31 PM ^
Short answer. No.
February 9th, 2016 at 9:38 PM ^
Why is this the picture that always comes up when talking about recruits and money. It's 300 dollars.
Two different Clemson recuits posted pictures holding at least $10,000 and this is the picture that gets used as an example.
February 9th, 2016 at 9:43 PM ^
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February 9th, 2016 at 9:47 PM ^
A little bit of skepticism on your part that a kid from Illinois would want to go to Ole Miss.
February 9th, 2016 at 10:07 PM ^
Plus it's not as if Ole Miss was coming off a BCS appearance either. It made more sense to go to the school that puts receivers in the NFL even off of bad teams.
February 9th, 2016 at 10:20 PM ^
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February 10th, 2016 at 9:51 AM ^
Just a little of the old Michigan Fan whining
February 10th, 2016 at 11:08 AM ^
Hey, at least Ole Miss kept him away from our biggest rival, Illinois. Glass half full?
February 10th, 2016 at 12:52 AM ^
Ole Miss will not only pay for their own transgressions, they will pay for Alabama's, too. And the NCAA can tell everyone they are "tough on cheaters."
February 10th, 2016 at 7:36 AM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 9:47 PM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 9:55 PM ^
That's more than $300 worth of bills in that picture.
February 9th, 2016 at 10:05 PM ^
That's significantly more than $300.
February 9th, 2016 at 10:47 PM ^
Because the article is about...Ole Miss?!
February 9th, 2016 at 11:01 PM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 11:03 PM ^
Get that entitlement anti-Christian nonsense outta here!
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February 9th, 2016 at 11:07 PM ^
That surely could not be what Hackett meant by "incentives" when talking about Gary's recruitment....could it?!?
February 9th, 2016 at 11:18 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 8:53 AM ^
Bowers maybe?
February 10th, 2016 at 5:33 AM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 7:53 AM ^
Do you have a link to the Clemson recruits' picture?
February 9th, 2016 at 11:21 PM ^
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February 9th, 2016 at 11:26 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 6:25 AM ^
How do any of these pictures come up without significant national media scrutiny and NCAA invenstigations? Everyone sees it, don't the schools they are visiting and the athletes owe the NCAA an explanation?
February 10th, 2016 at 8:50 AM ^
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February 10th, 2016 at 9:18 AM ^
I wish I had even 10 cash.
February 10th, 2016 at 10:10 AM ^
To borrow a police phrase, it seems like enough to be "probable cause" to investigate. How many high school kids have hundreds of dollars?
February 10th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
It's kid of like that police phrase, "There's a young black man driving in this here, uh, ALL AMERICAN suburb--let's pull him over"
Michigan fan sees a pic of a young man holding money, assumes that ALL THERE RECROOTZ are being paid otherwise they would come here and we would win all the champisonshipz so WAAAAHHH INVESTIGATE ILLEGAL"
See, dope?
February 9th, 2016 at 9:28 PM ^
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February 9th, 2016 at 9:34 PM ^
This time things will be different. This time the NCAA has all the evidence it needs to truly lay down the law and inflict a punishment so severe and so damaging to the program that schools will truly fear the rath of the NCAA. The enforcement wing of the NCAA is ready for action and is not pussyfooting around one day longer.
Morgan State is going to get absolutely pulverized.
February 9th, 2016 at 10:49 PM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 11:19 PM ^
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February 10th, 2016 at 9:46 AM ^
WOOOOOSSHHHHH
February 9th, 2016 at 9:41 PM ^
It's not out of self-interest. The NCAA doesn't actually have the power to levy sanctions.
Even during Sandusky there was a leaked email asking if they could actually enforce it. That's why they only pound schools who can't afford to fight back .
February 9th, 2016 at 9:46 PM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 10:00 PM ^
The NCAA is being sued by Todd McNair and so far has lost badly. Those sanctions would not have been upheld if they didn't fight like hell to keep their documents sealed until it was too late to do anything.
February 9th, 2016 at 10:05 PM ^
They choose not to heavily enforce their own rules out of self-interest.Everyone keeps saying this, but if so, why would two huge programs like USC and OSU receive sanctions and Ole Miss get off the hook? The real issue is that the NCAA can't force people to testify, which makes it difficult for them to obtain proof.
February 9th, 2016 at 10:50 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 9:04 AM ^
OSU was banned from the 2012 postseason. Given that they were 12-0 and likely would have played an overrated ND team for the national title, that was significant.
February 10th, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
I look at it differently. When I see that a school's football coach knowingly played athletes who weren't eligible, and all they get is a one year postseason ban - that seems pretty tame to me.
I could be wrong but there's no evidence that the USC coaches knew what was taking place with Bush, right? Do I think it's naive to believe the USC coaches didn't know what was going on or at least had some idea - yes. Tressell got caught red handed (and he had a history of previous ncaa violations dating back to YSU) and all the OSU football program got was a slap on the wrist, imo.
February 10th, 2016 at 11:29 AM ^
They did also vacate a season, had some players suspended for part or all of 2011, and lost a few scholarships. Firing Tressel probably spared them some additional punishment, but it wasn't a total slap on the wrist. It just seems that way because they hired Meyer right after. That's the real issue - finding a good replacement coach for the one you fire over the NCAA violations. We didn't do that after Fisher. USC hasn't after Carroll either.
February 10th, 2016 at 11:51 AM ^
a significant punishment. That it didn't work out that way was just chance. Meyer happened to be available at the perfect time for them.
February 10th, 2016 at 12:20 PM ^
it was extremely tame. USC was banned from the post season for 2 years and lost 30 scholarships over 3 years.
February 10th, 2016 at 12:35 AM ^
basketball team and Ed Martin as an example.
February 10th, 2016 at 3:04 AM ^
SMU went down because they dismissed a couple of players whom they had been paying. It was the local media in Dallas that brought down SMU and in fact the Dallas Herald was severely hurt by SMU Bagmen, of local businesses, when they pulled their advertising. Much of the damning evidence was investigated and produced by Dale Hansen, a neighbor of mine, who was then the sports director of the local ABC affiliate.
But agreed, yes, unless the school does stupid shit like firing bought players, it will likely have to be a criminal investigation that produces evidence of NCAA violations.
February 10th, 2016 at 10:38 AM ^
I think it was on one of those 30 for 30's but some of the SMU people had signed contracts with players and left paper trails regarding the money. Not disagreeing with what you're saying but just adding that there was hard, cold evidence that players were getting extra benefits.
February 9th, 2016 at 9:29 PM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 9:29 PM ^
I highly doubt it. After they slapped Penn State on the wrist for the horrifying acts that happened there, I have no faith in the NCAA.
February 9th, 2016 at 9:31 PM ^
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