The point is though is that they played with their own academic rules at the time. Its the same reason there are asterisks around Barry Bonds and other records for steroids. You can also argue that all the schools do it (or did it) but that argument didn't hold water with Lance Armstrong either. If we didn't have rules Amidah Brimah would play 40 minutes a game!
Did the fence jumper break a record or something?
The APR was important when it was created. It was an attempt to ensure athletes weren't just being used and discarded. However, it was flawed from the beginning. Universities self reported. There never was validation that athletes were in fact getting an education only utilizing the APR. It was a smokescreen that is now apparent to at least some of us. It most likely punished universities with integrity. Although I'm not suggesting that all universities which met the APR were doctoring things.
Our world has come to the point where people care more about failure than cheating.
I dunno, the penalties for obvious lack of institutional control have been the same at least since SMU got the death penalty, no?
I've been paying attention, and noted the NCAA doing everything they can to not investigate this, except (thank duck) people have been coming forth with evidence that can't be ignored. Highly doubt any of what we've seen would have been found if we simply stepped back and let the NCAA do what they will.
I know.
