I read something that said that what made some of the KU stuff more egregious was that that impeded the NCAA investigation. Did that piss off the NCAA? Self is awful and dirtier than most of the coaches who we consider dirty and he will walk away free. They shouldn’t get a one year postseason ban. It should be multiple years. If it is simply fines and lose 2 scholarships it’s a signal that KU can do whatever they want and no big deal.
The stuff that was done, Adidas guys giving money to family of two recruits (Preston and DeSousa) is essentially now legal with NIL. Nobody will do that anymore, Adidas will just put kids on an advertisement and compensate them for it. Nike too, obviously. No idea how it will shake out, but your last sentence is silly given that this happens everywhere.
I've seen nothing about impeding any investigation. You don't impede the FBI, they broke this not the NCAA. Kansas simply denies that they knew what Gassnola (Adidas guy) was doing and that he is a "booster". The FBI case against Gassnola and others, labels KU and the other schools as the victims of his fraud. So it will be interesting to see what IARP decides here.