getgrizzy said:
from the looks of it most of you have heard the same things i've heard (postgame hot dogs for players, laundry/meals by mgmt. staff to player, fail to pay back loan in timely manner, etc.), so no need to get into the details. what you're failing to recognize is the strong possibility that the upper administrative staff knew about some of those things, but didn't self-report them. the n.c.a.a. has refused to accept our latest proposal to decrease scholarships by 4 for the next three years, vacate 6 games and reduce practice time. that's exactly what happened to o.s.u. right before they were hit with probation and a one-year bowl ban. o.s.u. failed to self-report. had they done so their proposed 5 scholarship reduction would've been accepted, instead it was increased, they were put on probation, and a bowl ban was thrown in
Perhaps you are right, or be proven right. However, none of those things are, or should be, serious violations. They are not recruiting or agent violations. They don't involve anything of significant value. They probably happen frequently at every school in the country. Who would possibly know that fronting a small amount of bail money for your son's teammate, at the request of the NCAA says must be done), is a violation? How would any coach possibly know of such an obscure "rule"?
Ohio St's situation involved the coach being aware of the problems since the prior spring, not doing anything about them, allowing the players to play the whole season, and denying that he had been aware of the issues early on. Their situation involved 8 players and $14,000 of cash and free tatoos, not hotdogs, meals and laundry.