[Husker] So, Who's That Sixth Game Against?

[Jon Johnston]

I think I've mentioned this before... but this Ohio State thing is going to make or break Mark Emmert as NCAA President. So far, under his watch, things have turned to crap, but if expects anyone to follow rules, he's going to have to drop the hammer on Jim Tressel. 

If not, screw everything, why not cheat? 

Jon Johnston
Corn Nation

On Mar 18, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Mike Nolan wrote:

> Actually, since I believe all coaches have to be certified by the 
> NCAA, I think they do have the ability to decertify a coach for
> egregious actions, making him or her ineligible to work in that capacity 
> at an NCAA institution.
> 
> I don't think they've done it with any high-profile coaches, though,
> and there could be legal action if they tried.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Steve Schmadeke <husker at schmadeke.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I do wonder what tools the NCAA has in its toolbox to apply penalties,
>>> though.  They certainly have the power to suspend the eligibility of
>>> players.  I don't know whether that power applies to coaches or other
>>> specific employees of the institutions.  The NCAA might be limited to
>>> levying penalties on the institution as a whole (e.g. the scholarships, etl
>>> al. that David Strong brought up).  Didn't Jerry Tarkanian win a lawsuit to
>>> that effect?  And currently, I believe that Bruce Pearl's suspension at
>>> Tennessee was imposed by the school, not the NCAA.  Thinking about it, I
>>> think that the NCAA investigation is still ongoing there, so there may still
>>> be further developments on the Bruce Pearl front.
>>> 
>> 
>> The NCAA might not have the statutory power to suspend a coach, but they
>> certainly have the means to compel an instution to do so in order to avoid
>> more severe NCAA-mandated penalties. "Ok, Buckeyes, we've suspended your 5
>> players for the year, and vacated your wins from 2010 because they were
>> ineligible. We will also yank 5 scholarships for 3 years ... but if you
>> suspend Tressel for 1 yr w/out pay, we'll cut it to 2 schollies for 2
>> years". Kinda the way the federal government comples States from time to
>> time... no, States, you don't HAVE to make your drinking age 21, but if you
>> want your share of Federal Highway Money, you will.
>> 
>> -- 
>> "He's old enough to know what's right and young enough not to choose it.
>> He's strong enough to win the world and weak enough to lose it." - Neal
>> Peart
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