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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 2200049, member: 622"] I think you are referring to the B1G Rule, which came into effect shortly after JoePa retired. The more major the legal offense, the more the NCAA distances themselves from actually looking at the competitive advantages gained by the criminal acts. In addition to the B1G Rule in general is the PedState Provision, in B1G Rule 6.6.6: Compensatory Scholarships in Anticipation of Decreased Interest Due to Criminal Activity. The PedState Provision is designed to ensure that an offending school can ride the storm of bad publicity due to criminal behavior by players, coaches and/or staff. Said NCAA spokesperson, Ima Moar-Ahn, "we all no everyone is innocent until proven guilty. However, recruiting is so hard when the dark cloud of justice if hanging of the heads of a program that we decided it was better to reward the coach and team with additional scholarships with which to entice more student to join the program. I mean really, it can take years - decades, even, - to sort out legal issues and we would not want a team disadvantaged by the events of others so long ago that it has the effect of punishing the current students." It should be noted that for serious violations; such as forgetting to cite a reference in a paper, failing to report that a student athlete had tutoring help, wearing un-matched socks, failing to tuck in a uniform jersey, not kissing the feet of NCAA employees, and of course, the worst violation of all, the dreaded "Bad Presser" Rule wherein a coach may simply state his own opinion; will always be met with a thorough investigation by the NCAA Rules Infractions Committee. The B1G Rule does not specifically address whether paying a player's parent (via cash, realty, fancy cars, etc.) is equivalent to paying the player, nor does it address the creation of non-existent classes, fake grades, the combination of the two, or providing hookers or "special" tour guides during the recruiting process. It should be pointed out that they NCAA is reviewing the last item and may condition the punishment of such behavior based on a sliding scale of winning percentage, coach's personality, offending schools academic ranking, and how hot the escorts, I mean, "Tour Guides" are. Ima Moar-Ahn closed with a reminder that the NCAA is a non-profit and that donations are accepted. No explanation was provided as to whether the "donations" comment applied to schools, coaches or wealthy individuals that generously support the school, or all of the above. [/QUOTE]

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