Remember Boatright being suspended for six games for no infraction? This was done just as he was about to play a game near his Chicago home (ND). The NCAA found nothing was improper. But UConn suffered the consequences immediately.
Remember Purvis being suspended for playing in a summer league game. Very petty and often non-enforced rule.
Nate Miles, the NCAA found that the recruitment of one player was enough to charge JC and the program "failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance and failed to monitor the program regarding phone calls, text messages and inducements provided by the booster." In short, someone outside the university committed the infractions.
And there's the double penalty for making kids go to class where they performed poorly. The low APR cost them 2 scholarships, then the same low APR score cost the Huskies a post-season ban a couple of years later. That's double jeopardy, prosecuting twice for the same offense. The crime was making the players actually go to real classes and giving them their real grades.
Given the bizarre inconsistencies of NCAA enforcement, this is a bunch of small fry stuff that results in maximum penalties. Hell, the Boatright thing was an outright travesty. For contrast, did I mention that Duke had a player paid by an agent for the entire time he was at the university, the NCAA found out, and let Duke off with no penalty because they said Duke didn't know their player was being paid. His name was Corey McGettie.
Can't wait to see the huge crimes we have committed this time.
