NCAA may add MORE sanctions if Memphis wins appeal

The lawyers(?) for the NCAA make Hitler, Mussolini and Mao blush. I’m stunned. Totally.

this last night and you know I have been one that doesn’t blame the NCAA for being harsh on Memphis but that is just plain blackmail.

… a very poor process, if the Enforcement Division actually follows through.

We generally consider appeals to be the final word in any proceeding. Sometimes those appeals result in further proceedings, but only at the express direction of the appellate authority.

The idea that what is effectively a prosecutor could go back and revisit the punishment after the appeal means the appeal process is essentially meaningless, and is a deliberate attempt by the enforcement division to chill appeals of its rulings.

This is intolerable, and should be rejected by the NCAA executive committee as an allowable action by the Enforcement Division. If the Enforcement Division does not think that the school has cooperated sufficiently during the investigation, they have the authority to increase the penalties at that point. The school is not required to be contrite, or to kowtow to the enforcement division in any way, merely to cooperate fully and accept responsibility for the shortcomings found for which there is no dispute between the school and the Enforcement Division.

The idea that an appeal of sanctions is part of the overall case that allows the Enforcement Division a second bite at the apple, i.e. to literally punish the offender for appealing, is a violation of the principles of jurisprudence. Even though these principles don’t apply to non-legal proceedings like NCAA investigations, they are part and parcel of the American ideal of a fair process.

The NCAA’s process, as described by this article is unfair, and hence, unethical. Furthermore, to my knowledge, it has never been done in the history of NCAA sanctions, which makes it unprecedented.

The committee vacating games subsequent to Rose’s brother’s unreimbursed travel is a legitimate reason to vacate games on and after that date if, in fact, that was not the result of an administrative oversight.

Proof that it was an administrative oversight is strictly on Memphis. If they can’t prove it was, I do think it is fair and reasonable for the Committee on Enforcement to find that an extra benefit was given to a family member, and that all games thereafter in which Rose participated should be forfeited, which is most of them, including the Final Four.

So even if Memphis wins on the Rose ineligibility ruling (which it should), it has a lot of work to do overcoming the extra benefits ruling.

if brains were worth 50k each, the entire NCAA infrastructure couldnt scrape up a dollar between themselves. This is clearly not only unethical, but absolutely outside the parameters which the NCAA should operate in. Their excuse of Memphis being a repeat offender, because no one associated with the program at this time was even around when their last violation happened. It’s like they are just dredging that crap back up to make a statement to all the other schools. Someone has got to step in and stop this before it becomes an embarrassment to college sports as a whole. No one advocates cheating to win, and they shouldnt. But the NCAA has completely gone off the deep end if they pull this one off.

Seriously…..speachless

become judge, jury and executioner and for too long has done pretty much whatever they want in any situation. They have no oversight in any real practical sense.

In this case they’re obviously blackmailing Memphis to accept their initial ruling or suffer the consequences. What’s the over/under on them drilling Memphis is the appeal overturned the initial decision?

It’s sad for Memphis but also for UK because Coach Cal’s critics don’t seem too worried about fairness and due process. Who could blame Memphis if they just accepted their lumps in order to get on with rebuilding their program? A loss of scholarships would REALLY hurt a new coach trying to keep things going.

While many don’t like politics…….does anyone doubt that Congress’s “meddling” with Major League Baseball caused them to create the currect drug policy?

While it’s not a perfect solution, a Congressional investigation into the NCAA and it’s oversight of college sports might change things in a positive way…..maybe even a bowl playoff??:-)

but…………… they are trying to make things fair for each and every school. The whole AAU stuff, agents, buying players etc has to stop. They are trying to tell schools that education comes first. I don’t begrudge them for this.