We have a while to wait for basketball to start up, so why not poke at the bleeding Cardinals? Here is what I figure will go down on this one:
It seems this is not a one-off deal for a couple recruits. Bringing prostitutes in to entertain potential recruits, and their fathers, has been shown to be a consistent and persistent behavior, sanctioned and directly funded by the university’s athletic department. If shown to be true, I think UL is in serious trouble.
The NCAA is an organization of schools that join by agreeing to a fixed set of rules that are intended to promote fair play, academic progress, and competition amongst the member schools. Proof of rules violation is not a legal issue, and does not need to meet the legal requirements of proof. There is enough proof here to have them take action. I think this is much worse than the UNC violations. However, I think the UNC academic fraud was much more morally wrong, the NCAA would see more issues with what the UL did. In my opinion, both institution are frauds at the highest levels. Their alumni should be embarrassed and humiliated.
Back to UL. Two specific rules appear to be at most jeopardy to have been broken. First, impermissible benefits to recruits, and to the recruits’ families during recruiting visits. Second, a deep and broad violation of institutional controls.
Because the players that played on those FF and championship teams were improperly recruited, any game they played in will be forfeit. Good bye 2013 championship and 2012 Final Four banners. This is not a punishment. Those achievements are tainted and simply no longer valid.
The Head Coach, assistant coaches and athletic depart leads who participated will be asked to leave. Bye-Bye Slick Rick. Their participation, and their lack of control (even if they didn’t know it was happening – yeh, right!) is reason enough for a show cause against all of them. Again, this is not punishment. It is just cleaning house. UL should do this pre-emptively, right now.
The university will be punished by what I suspect will be a one or two year ban on post season play and a 2-3 player reduction in scholarships. Most UL fan boys will look on the first two outcomes and think of them as punishments. They are not in my opinion. The first two actions are simply outcomes of the improper actions taken by their athletic department
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It seems this is not a one-off deal for a couple recruits. Bringing prostitutes in to entertain potential recruits, and their fathers, has been shown to be a consistent and persistent behavior, sanctioned and directly funded by the university’s athletic department. If shown to be true, I think UL is in serious trouble.
The NCAA is an organization of schools that join by agreeing to a fixed set of rules that are intended to promote fair play, academic progress, and competition amongst the member schools. Proof of rules violation is not a legal issue, and does not need to meet the legal requirements of proof. There is enough proof here to have them take action. I think this is much worse than the UNC violations. However, I think the UNC academic fraud was much more morally wrong, the NCAA would see more issues with what the UL did. In my opinion, both institution are frauds at the highest levels. Their alumni should be embarrassed and humiliated.
Back to UL. Two specific rules appear to be at most jeopardy to have been broken. First, impermissible benefits to recruits, and to the recruits’ families during recruiting visits. Second, a deep and broad violation of institutional controls.
Because the players that played on those FF and championship teams were improperly recruited, any game they played in will be forfeit. Good bye 2013 championship and 2012 Final Four banners. This is not a punishment. Those achievements are tainted and simply no longer valid.
The Head Coach, assistant coaches and athletic depart leads who participated will be asked to leave. Bye-Bye Slick Rick. Their participation, and their lack of control (even if they didn’t know it was happening – yeh, right!) is reason enough for a show cause against all of them. Again, this is not punishment. It is just cleaning house. UL should do this pre-emptively, right now.
The university will be punished by what I suspect will be a one or two year ban on post season play and a 2-3 player reduction in scholarships. Most UL fan boys will look on the first two outcomes and think of them as punishments. They are not in my opinion. The first two actions are simply outcomes of the improper actions taken by their athletic department
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