[quietfan]

Of course, passing tougher sanctions and actually applying/enforcing them are two different things:

http://www.al.com/sp...new_severe.html

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NCAA panel proposes new severe penalties for violations

The panel formed by the NCAA to propose stiffer penalties for major rules violations has suggested punishments that would get the immediate attention of all universities.

USA Today obtained the proposals that for the worst offenders include postseason bans of three or more years, fines that could reach $1 million or more, season-long suspensions for coaches and 10-year show-cause penalties for coaches and administrators.

The plan has been delivered to the NCAA membership -- that is, schools and conferences -- for feedback. Then, the plan will go to the Division I board of directors in late April. If approved, the penalties would go into effect in August.

"In terms of 'What's going to be the impact here,' it should be significant," Julie Roe Lach, the NCAA's vice president of enforcement, told USA Today. "I think they (the changes) will get people's attention."

The group pulling together the plan is chaired by Oregon State president Ed Ray. NCAA president Mark Emmert has promised a more nimble and effective organization--and one that more severely punishes rule breakers.

Ray's panel laid out proposed sanctions aimed at hitting hard those who commit academic fraud, willfully provide illicit benefits for athletes and for programs found guilty of a lack of institutional control.

The proposed penalties, according to documentation obtained by USA Today, include:

• A postseason ban of three or more years in severe cases or standard length of one or two years.

• A fine of up to 5 percent of a program's budget. The standard would be 1-3 percent, the paper reports.

• A loss of up to half of a team's scholarships, while the standard would be 12-1/2 percent to 25 percent.

• Season-long coach suspensions. The standard would be 20-50 percent.

• Up to 10 years in which a coach or administrator would have a show-cause penalty attached to his record, far more than the standard two to five years.

• Probationary periods of as many as six to 10 years, above the standard two to six years.

Nevertheless, I can think of one or two programs (Don't think I need to name them. ) that I would still like to see take a forced 1-2 year hiatus and return irrelevant to college football for years to come, a la SMU!

[TalisiTiger'sAcolyte]

Too bad none of that will apply to Emmert's 'boy' in West Vance.

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TalisiTiger, on 12 February 2012 - 02:47 PM, said:

Too bad none of that will apply to Emmert's 'boy' in West Vance.

Or to the school in Columbus, Ohio.

Or the school in Los Angeles, California.

[CJ Bas]

If they start imposing those kind of sanctions on most teams but ignore the worst offenders, like bama, then the majority could get extremely po'ed (finally)at the NCAA's playing favorites.

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CJ Bas, on 12 February 2012 - 05:58 PM, said:

If they start imposing those kind of sanctions on most teams but ignore the worst offenders, like bama, then the majority could get extremely po'ed (finally)at the NCAA's playing favorites.

Not everyone has gotten as good as Bammer at hiding their shenanigans.

[cptau]

The NCAA must be very unhappy at how fast some programs seem to recover from major probation and sanctions. USCw seems ready to be back as a top ten program. OSU maybe better off now with a coaching change.

Which brings up the question as to why it took UAT 8 years to recover. Self imposed sanctions from constantly making the wrong choices?

[WarTiger]

cptau, on 12 February 2012 - 07:48 PM, said:

The NCAA must be very unhappy at how fast some programs seem to recover from major probation and sanctions. USCw seems ready to be back as a top ten program. OSU maybe better off now with a coaching change.

Which brings up the question as to why it took UAT 8 years to recover. Self imposed sanctions from constantly making the wrong choices?

the sanctions that usc received won't be felt for another year or two. Believe me they won't be competing for much once those sanctions start to kill their depth.

[tiger88]

Maybe they're gearing up to go thigh deep on bama.