Miami (FL) Hurricanes (1926-2003)

[OneBuckeye]

Well, good point. Let's be honest here: the best part of this story is that U of Miami has just become Eastern Michigan, so add another automatic W.

I don' t think suspensions will come in time for the game... do you?

 

[NFBuck]

I don' t think suspensions will come in time for the game... do you?

Yes.

 

[MaxBuck]

I don't think suspensions will come in time for the game... do you?

Given the amount of corroboration in the Yahoo piece - I think they likely will.

The players WILL be interviewed by the NCAA, and they will be cautioned by Da U to tell the truth. Perhaps in exchange, Da U will agree not to terminate their scholarships. And this will probably happen before our game is played. If the players admit they have received improper benefits, they won't suit up for awhile.

 

[BuckTwenty]

Why are they protecting Miami? Or are they just butthurt that they didn't break the story?

The same reason they protected USC, Oregon, Texas, North Carolina, Auburn, Alabama, and the rest of the SEC... they have invested interest. Sweep it right under the rug and go back to business as usual.

 

[MaliBuckeye]

The same reason they protected USC, Oregon, Texas, North Carolina, Auburn, Alabama, and the rest of the SEC... they have invested interest. Sweep it right under the rug and go back to business as usual.

Yup- a big vested interest.

 

[Pheasant]

Yup- a big vested interest.

"When you go with somebody for that kind of money with no financial risk and they have the extensive platforms they have to distribute your games -- plus they have the technology and the desire to be on the cutting edge with new media -- it really begs the question: Why would you need your own network?" Swofford said.

I can think of a few reasons...

 

[Zurp]

The CFN guys weigh in on Miami.

CFN

and it?s bigger than Ohio State?s problems ? at least what the NCAA is punishing the Buckeyes for.

By Matt Zemek

Nice punch to the kidney by Mr. Zemek.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Hookers, strippers, etc. certainly peg the meter on the scandalometer. But a player who gets ten free lap dances or a blow job hasn't really violated NCAA rules any more than a player who gets a free hamburger. And like it or not, that happens everywhere. And dollar value doesn't factor into the equation.

You could not possibly be more wrong...

 

[Piney]

The problem here is, what the heck do you do.

The Death Penalty isn't going to happen. You screw the ACC, you mess up all the non conference games they have scheduled in the future... regardless of the actual size of the Miami Fanbase, it doesn't change the fact that their opponents fans are excitedc about playing them (thus a TV ban penalizes the other schools as well)

Give them a bigger penalty than USC, and that's a death penalty nearly... but, give them the death penalty and every other football program that is scared of a rogue booster and you're then pushing people away from the NCAA...

Interesting stuff.

Yes, very interesting stuff. I think in today's age the Death Penalty will never be used except for a SEVERE repeat offender. As one of the articles on this Miami mess noted, SMU got the Death Penalty because after they got caught paying players... they KEPT doing it and was caught within a few years.

But they HAVE to be hit harder than USC... and by ALOT.

So what was the SMU penalty (this is from Wiki)

1987 Season Cancelled
1988 Season - All Home games cancelled and could play their away games (SMU chose to just cancel the season)
3 year Bowl & TV ban
Lost 55 scholarships over 4 years
Could only hire 5 assistant coaches versus 9
No off-campus recruiting & no paid visits for 2 years,

I just doubt they will cancel seasons or cancel all home games? TV ban probably too harsh for the teams they play, and could they limit their coaches in this day and age? Just causes too much harm to other schools.

So maybe a Death Penalty 'Light'. Instead of cancelling seasons and TV bans, you then just extend the scholarship reductions and Bowl Ban. A 5 year Bowl Ban would hurt, 55 scholarships over 4 years seem harsh... so maybe extend the time.

Just spitballing, but I can see a modern version of the death penalty being created out of this.

 

[Piney]

Nice punch to the kidney by Mr. Zemek.
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It wasn't Zemek... it was Fiutak.

 

[AKAK]

You could not possibly be more wrong...

Well, actually he's right. What he's forgetting is there are 72 (plus) of them, over and over and over and over.

(Oh, yeah, and it was hookers, not burgers )

 

[MaliBuckeye]

(Oh, yeah, and it was hookers, not burgers )

Dude throws the most awesome Labor Day events, although there's always misunderstandings and so forth.

 

[jlb1705]

Nice punch to the kidney by Mr. Zemek.
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It wasn't Zemek... it was Fiutak.

Regardless, trying to read CFN the last couple years has been like reading an argument between jwinslow and Gatorubet.

 

[Buckeyefrankmp]

So what was the SMU penalty (this is from Wiki)

1987 Season Cancelled
1988 Season - All Home games cancelled and could play their away games (SMU chose to just cancel the season)
3 year Bowl & TV ban
Lost 55 scholarships over 4 years
Could only hire 5 assistant coaches versus 9
No off-campus recruiting & no paid visits for 2 years,

For some reason when I think of "Death Penalty", I think of no more football ever. I thought SMU was without football for longer than that.

 

[MaxBuck]

You could not possibly be more wrong...

Point out where in the NCAA rulebook there is a differentiation between a free meal and a free blowjob (or lapdance, or whatever). They're both impermissible benefits.