[NU Sports] Telander on a roll

[sports biz.]

If half of what is being alleged about The U is true, and based on player reactions, most of it probably is, the penalties the NCAA are likely to hand out are nowhere severe enough to punish the 'Canes and act as a deterrent.  The penalties used by the NCAA since SMU have generally been far too lenient. What is the real effect of forfeiting aa few games and maybe giving up your bowl proceeds.  Granted, the latter may hurt some smaller schools, but since most don't put them in their budget unless the conference shares bowl funds equally, the impact is not that great.  Recruiting restrictions could have some short-term impact, but not so much in the grand scheme of things.

If there was ever a case that cried out for the resuscitation of the old penalties of television appearance bans and perhaps even  the death penalty, this Miami scandal is it.  However, more than one Infractions Committee member has already been quoted as saying that television bans and similar penalties work too great a hardship on the school's fellow conference members. Somehow a suspension of Miami from television will supposedly cause undue tragedy to the rest of the ACC despite it's brand new TV contract.  

Since none of the current penalties seem to work, witness all of the marquee schools currently on probation or soon to be so, it's clearly time for the NCAA to make a decision.  It should either restore penalties of old demonstrating it has a heretofore unseen spine or just blow up the rules book and be done with it.
Mark

 Mark S. Ament
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On Aug 18, 2011, at 5:48 PM, "Roy S. Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com> wrote:

> I notice that our "other" alum, Rick Telander is demanding the death penalty for Miami
> over this latest flap.
> 
> I can't imagine coaches being ignorant of players heading for parties after games, etc.,
> but to hold a head coach responsible for what players do away from campus is a little
> unrealistic.
> 
> Of course we could lock the players up in an athletic dorm and make the check in and out -
> but even the military gave that up 20 years ago, and they have a lot more weapons to dealwith personnel infractions than an NCAA program. Besides, weren't athletic dorms
> eliminated because they were a possible place for special "benefits?"
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> rsl
> 
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