As they lament over further penalties coming forth by the most ethical entity ever called the NCAA, Card loons suggest that it's ok to throw whores at recruit if the end result cannot be found to have influence a recruit to commit there. Seriously. So the precedent now is it's ok for campus whore parties to occur if no benefit to recruiting occurs.
Insane.
They had prostitutes in dorms and gave sexual favors to recruits. We can all agree with it.
But what should the penalty be. Look at what Syracuse did and their penalties.
Louisville punished themselves with a reduction of recruiting, a loss of a couple of scholarships, and a post-season ban. The only 2 remaining penalties will be financial and Pitino serving a suspension.
Syracuse:
SU failed for 10 years to exercise enough control over its athletic program and "employed deficient monitoring systems involving academics, drug-testing, and athletes' relationship and engagement with the community."
The NCAA singled out men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim for failing to promote an atmosphere of compliance over 10 years.
"The institution permitted athletics success to supersede NCAA standards of conduct," the NCAA said. "Student-athletes and institutional staff committed violations freely or did not know that their conduct violated NCAA legislation. Many of those violations went undiscovered for years."
Under the direction of SU's director of basketball operations, the university's student-athlete support services staff operated contrary to institutional policies and procedures, the NCAA said.
The NCAA found that Kissel, along with an SU support services mentor, engaged in academic fraud for basketball center Fab Melo.
SU discovered and reported to the NCAA that a former university representative and employee of the YMCA in Oneida County paid $8,335 to five SU athletes. The payments did not coincide with YMCA-related events.
In 2005, basketball players Terrence Roberts and Hakim Warrick attended basketball tournament that Cornish was involved in.
The YMCA sued Cornish in 2008, claiming he set up a bank account using the YMCA's not-for-profit tax ID number without the agency's permission and diverted as much as $338,462 to his own benefit.
SU discovered and self-reported to the NCAA that between 2001 and 2009, the athletic department administered drug tests to athletes in a way that was inconsistent with the written policy.
Penalties:
From the NCAA:
Syracuse's self-imposed penalties
1. Jim Boeheim suspended for nine ACC games in the 2015-16 season.
2. The vacation of 108 of Boeheim's coaching victories, dropping him down to sixth on the all-time wins list in Division I.
3. A reduction of 12 scholarships over four years.
4. Fine of $500 per contest played by ineligible students.
5. Syracuse must return to the NCAA all funds it has received to date through the former Big East Conference revenue sharing for its appearances in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. This could
cost the school more than $1 million.
6. Reduction in the number of permissible off-campus recruiters from four to two during June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017.
7. Men's basketball and football programs placed on five-year probation from March 6, 2015 through March 5, 2020.
Syracuse's self-imposed penalties
1. A one-year postseason ban for men's basketball in the 2014-15 season.
2. A voluntary, two-year term of probation for the athletic department.
3. Elimination of one scholarship for men's basketball for the 2015-2016 season.
4. Elimination of a men's basketball off-campus recruiter for six months during 2015-2016.
5. Vacation of 24 men's basketball wins: (15 in 2004-05 and nine in 2011-12).
