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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 2739324, member: 285"]
There is so much that goes into whether penalties are assessed or not that we don't really pay attention to, such as what proof of violations do they truly have, did a school fall on its sword and self report, are there credible witnesses that are willing to go on the record, is there a paper trail of some sort.

I suspect what we see as an unwillingness to pursue is more likely just a case where they don't have the substantiation they need to warrant pursuit.   Some schools may be better at closing ranks, admitting nothing and not leaving a paper trail than others.   I would think in general these cases are very difficult to prosecute because they are "victimless" crimes and the schools/boosters have gotten pretty good over the years at finding ways to do things that don't leave a trail.

I think in both cases our penalties were the result of impermissible benefits or actions with respect to enrolled athletes as opposed to anything going to prospective athletes as inducement to come to Syracuse (ie. recruiting violations)
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