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Message: [QUOTE="reedny, post: 2340131, member: 1423"] But [I]you [/I]made the analogy, instead of staying "focused on our program". I not trying to tee off on you or make escuses, just pointing out that our violations, seen across the college sports landscape, were incredibly minor. Syracuse is the least of the NCAA's problems. As far as what we DID do, you're repeating the obvious .. yes, they were violations. Players were "paid" .. but the context is important -- it was for (what they thought was) legitimate work at a YMCA. It's not like we lined up whores or handed over bags of cash. Kids make mistakes. We should have caught it .. and yes, they shouldn't be smoking pot. Sure. But we have 650 student athletes. It's not going to be perfect. I think we run a clean program. And compared to many schools ... we're like a monastery. [/QUOTE]