I really hope UConn goes down swinging......

[djct1999]

lets take this as a chance to put the NCAA one step closer to irrelevance. Put Coach Tark on speed dial and lets go down with a fight... thoughts?

 

[UCHuskies08]

thoughts?

This is an emotional post that doesn't really say anything.

The reality is we will take our lumps, sit out the tournament if the APR window is changed (which it won't be), and be back in 2014. And yes, it will suck, and yes it will place a pall over the season.

 

[Danzz]

This is an emotional post that doesn't really say anything.

The reality is we will take our lumps, sit out the tournament if the APR window is changed (which it won't be), and be back in 2014. And yes, it will suck, and yes it will place a pall over the season.

You pretty much covered it. BTW, Uconn would have little chance of winning a suit. My understanding (from the lawyers on the board) is that the NCAA is a private organization which Uconn chose to become a member and that private organizations get to make their own rules.
We didn't follow the rules (fair or unfair) and we will pay the penalty.Venting anger isn't going to change that and it is time we all accept the fact that we won't be in the tourney next year.It sucks but there is really nothing anybody can do about it.

 

[PRHusky]

You pretty much covered it. BTW, Uconn would have little chance of winning a suit. My understanding (from the lawyers on the board) is that the NCAA is a private organization which Uconn chose to become a member and that private organizations get to make their own rules.
We didn't follow the rules (fair or unfair) and we will pay the penalty.Venting anger isn't going to change that and it is time we all accept the fact that we won't be in the tourney next year.It sucks but there is really nothing anybody can do about it.

You are in part correct with your analysis. However, the NCAA is also a private entity with which UConn has a contractual relationship and the NCAA is breaching said contractual relationship by retroactively applying a new rule and by penalizing us twice for the same event. UConn definitely has grounds to file a lawsuit. Whether they choose to do so or not may depend on what they might feel the collateral damage from said suit would be. We definitely do not want the NCAA forever on our tails. That said, they should file the lawsuit. The problem with an injunction is that the ban may get delayed to 2014 and that would only make things worse. If the ban is gonna happen we need it to happen ASAP.

 

[UConn990411]

You pretty much covered it. BTW, Uconn would have little chance of winning a suit. My understanding (from the lawyers on the board) is that the NCAA is a private organization which Uconn chose to become a member and that private organizations get to make their own rules.
We didn't follow the rules (fair or unfair) and we will pay the penalty.Venting anger isn't going to change that and it is time we all accept the fact that we won't be in the tourney next year.It sucks but there is really nothing anybody can do about it.

I can't name any specific statutes UConn could sue the NCAA over, but I imagine they have some sort of case.

The NCAA being a private organization simply means that things that they are under no legal obligation to abide by things like "double jeopardy" and "ex post facto laws" (which only apply to the government and government bodies). But that doesn't mean they can make and follow their own rules no matter what.

My guess as to what will happen - assuming the NCAA does not decide to use the 2011-12 scores - is that UConn files a suit (again, I'm not sure what specific grounds they have), then the sides settle out of court. UConn avoids the tourney ban but agrees to some other punishment(s).

 

[huskyniner]

UConn avoids the tourney ban but agrees to some other punishment(s).

What, like the docking of a scholarship? If only they had already done that before!

This is horseshit and we shouldn't have to agree to any punishment -- because we already were punished.