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I'll take the under; they'll get a golden handshake
I'll take the under under. They get a happy ending.
I'll take the under; they'll get a golden handshake
And keep in mind that a 1 year ban, at this point, is no ban at all. It would be like the cuse self-banning in the middle of the year. Their players are stuck now because we are basically at the start of the school year. And their recruits for next year won't care because it won't affect them.Losing scholarships doesn't really hurt the school that much. You could make the case that it only hurts kids since that's one less kid getting a free education plus the school saves money on that tuition.
If it's "just" a 1 year ban I will be livid. They would essentially be saying that all those fake classes and false degrees for years is as bad as UConn reporting accurate grades that were sub-par.
the harshness of the penalty for UCONN for one season of not meeting the GPA level because 3 BB players left school without finishing their curriculum vs UNC and 20 years of academic fraud to keep players eligible ?
We got an APR colonoscopy so let's see what happens to them for actual fraud.How long has this been going on for now? 3 years?
I've moved on. I'll read the eventual outcome, but it doesn't really matter. Whatever the penalty is, UNC will be in the same place academically and athletically within a couple years.
UNC is, or is perceived to be, a great school that kids want to go to. Half of the kids (boys and girls) in my town wear UNC gear. No non-academia individual cares about this scandal in determining whether to go to UNC.
Athletically, I agree with Roy Williams that the biggest penalty that the NCAA has given UNC is uncertainty. If I'm a recruit, I'm skeptical of UNC knowing that they may get penalized while I'm there. Once the penalty is given, UNC may struggle for a couple years if there are significant scholarship reductions and/or post season bans, but they'll rise right back to their high level shortly thereafter.
What UNC did was reprehensible, and I don't blame people for wanting the NCAA to take a pound of flesh, but I don't believe it's going to impact UNC for very long.
... by announcing that a decision is premature because they done even more than was discovered by the NCAA.will stonewall for another two years. Atleast !
This.the harshness of the penalty for UCONN for one season of not meeting the GPA level because 3 BB players left school without finishing their curriculum vs UNC and 20 years of academic fraud to keep players eligible ?
This.
I'm fully prepare to be apoplectic about this.
UNC is not getting the death penalty. If that is what you want you will be disappointed. Maybe they get banned for a year and lose a couple of scholarships. Maybe they get the most meaningless penalty of all--vacating wins. The games are over and everybody knows the results. Claiming UNC didn't win but neither did their opponents is at best silly and no real penalty at all.
UNC is not getting the death penalty. If that is what you want you will be disappointed. Maybe they get banned for a year and lose a couple of scholarships. Maybe they get the most meaningless penalty of all--vacating wins. The games are over and everybody knows the results. Claiming UNC didn't win but neither did their opponents is at best silly and no real penalty at all.
Talk about playing for sympathy - Hatchell's dress looks like a concentration camp uniform.
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