Louisville to forfeit NC

[albanycuse]

I’ll believe it when i see it. 15 million dollar fine as well.

Dakich: UofL Basketball Must Forfeit 2013 National Title, $15 Million

 

[grant]

Time to hang the 2013 Big East Championship Banner

 

[RF2044]

Whoa.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[albanycuse]

Maybe he has inside info or maybe he’s just a tool.

 

[grant]

Maybe he has inside info or maybe he’s just a tool.

Definitely the latter

 

[SoBeCuse]

Hard to say but Dakich is often very vocal about UL/Pitino. I mean he cannot stand them. I posted his radio show from Indy here when the bomb dropped. He is probably the most publicly anti-UL/Pitino voice out there by a mile. He could be right but I could see some sort of B.S. as well.

 

[73CAV]

Definitely the latter

True, but the two are not mutually exclusive!

 

[HOFCeluck]

Huh

 

[Eric15]

If this in fact happens, I would like to see how many posters revise their answer to the "would you cheat?" question from the other day.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Hard to say but Dakich is often very vocal about UL/Pitino. I mean he cannot stand them. I posted his radio show from Indy here when the bomb dropped. He is probably the most publicly anti-UL/Pitino voice out there by a mile. He could be right but I could see some sort of B.S. as well.

This was my first thought. It could be true but Dakich hates Ville so bad it might be an exaggeration.

 

[Cusefan0307]

If this in fact happens, I would like to see how many posters revise their answer to the "would you cheat?" question from the other day.

Depends on who cheats obviously .

Blue bloods in football and basketball are untouchable.

 

[HOFCeluck]

If this in fact happens, I would like to see how many posters revise their answer to the "would you cheat?" question from the other day.

Unless the NCAA has an ability to purge memories I don’t think I’d change my mind.

 

[Jasoncuse]

Big deal.

What's their punishment for the next 5 years? They better lose a ton of scholarships, recruiting windows, coaches on the road, more postseason bans, etc. The stripper scandal and the adidas scandal have to amount to a penalty far, far greater than we got for minor infractions.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Big deal.

What's their punishment for the next 5 years? They better lose a ton of scholarships, recruiting windows, coaches on the road, more postseason bans, etc. The stripper scandal and the adidas scandal have to amount to a penalty far, far greater than we got for minor infractions.

Seriously, but the UNC final results shocked all. I'd be happy with the death penalty.

 

[Briancuse]

If only Michigan can get involved in a scandal title number 2 is ours

 

[Fat tire 13]

If only Pitino could remove his Louisville tattoo that easily...

 

[moqui]

Big deal.

What's their punishment for the next 5 years? They better lose a ton of scholarships, recruiting windows, coaches on the road, more postseason bans, etc. The stripper scandal and the adidas scandal have to amount to a penalty far, far greater than we got for minor infractions.

they should & will get hammered . . .
but our infractions were not minor

 

[Eric15]

Unless the NCAA has an ability to purge memories I don’t think I’d change my mind.

I’m old fashioned. I like titles which you are allowed to hang banners for.

 

[DonLightfoot]

I’ll believe it when i see it.

Ditto

 

[reedny]

they should & will get hammered . . .
but our infractions were not minor

THey will but our violations were totally minor when put in context. Look at the news lately. Are you saying that paying kids $100 to ref 2 hour CYO games moves the needle? Smoking pot when there's no NCAA prohibition (until the tournament) ... ? Fab's footnotes and "excessive assistance" on papers ... pffff. That's an average day at UK or UA, if they even bother with papers at all.

 

[pearl31]

Unless the NCAA has an ability to purge memories I don’t think I’d change my mind.

yep, this. They won the championship. Just like JB won 1,000+ games.
It's not truly a penalty if it doesn't affect them now and going forward.

 

[moqui]

THey will but our violations were totally minor when put in context. Look at the news lately. Are you saying that paying kids $100 to ref 2 hour CYO games moves the needle? Smoking pot when there's no NCAA prohibition (until the tournament) ... ? Fab's footnotes and "excessive assistance" on papers ... pffff. That's an average day at UK or UA, if they even bother with papers at all.

the director of athletics organized a conspiracy among other members of the university staff to commit academic fraud in order to keep an ineligible student qualified

in college athletics, that is the exact opposite of a minor infraction

have other schools deserved more serious punishments for their infractions? yes.

but that doesn't change the fact that syracuse deserved everything they got.

 

[reedny]

the director of athletics organized a conspiracy among other members of the university staff to commit academic fraud in order to keep an ineligible student qualified

in college athletics, that is the exact opposite of a minor infraction

have other schools deserved more serious punishments for their infractions? yes.

but that doesn't change the fact that syracuse deserved everything they got.

If you're talking about Stan, if memory serves I don't believe Gross was accused of directing him to do anything improper (Gross wasn't personally cited as a violator). In the meeting with JB (with Gross in attendance), Stan was directed to try to keep him eligible within the rules. The rest was Stan and a secretary overreaching and too much help on a paper in a class Fab had already passed. Significantly, Fab spoke Portuguese as his first language and the U determined that there was NO academic fraud. There were a few other academic instances, but nothing that holds a candle to what other programs have gotten (are getting) away with.

If you put that on the same plane with $150k payoffs, hookers and decades-long fake majors, I think you're out to lunch.

 

[nccusefan]

Does that mean the terrible charge call at the end of the Michigan game potentially cost us the National Championship?