Does Boeheim survive? Should he?

Yes, because you have earned a rich reward for lying, cheating, and leading a program to ruin. Maybe you should pee in a cup.

 

People used to care about breaking NCAA rules. But after decades of making the rule book too complicated to follow, creating bylaws and loop holes that don't make sense, inconsistent enforcement and doing everything they can to make sure the players aren't getting money while all the "adults" involved get rich, all most people can bring themselves to do is shrug.

 

It was so obviously sarcastic that blue font would only serve to confuse people

Here's a probable stat that won't be uttered or written in two weeks: Calipari has more vacated tournament wins than his first round opponent has actual tournament wins.

Boeheim won't be held accountable by the two groups of constituents that matter, recruits and the school administration . And there is no one around to remind the consumers of college sports that cheating has consequences.

 

Oh no the sanctity of college sports.

Who is more naive, the baseball media in terms of PED's or the college sports fans that think their schools don't cheat?

 

It's not the sanctity of 'college' sports, it's that even when caught cheating, the media starts in with second chances and we are a forgiving society. Not asking for Dick Vitale to say that a decade's worth of cheating means Syracuse should terminate Boeheim on the spot, but Jay Bilas should. It doesn't count if John Feinstein or Keith Olberman says it. Unfortunately when Pat Forde calls for Boeheim to be gone its lost. It's not the publics fault, at this point. They've been trained that is is only important if the story is repeated ad naseum

 

Who cares? College football and basketball are as dirty as the IOC and FIFA.

 

It's not like Dick Vitale is an innocent bystander, either.
He spit-shines every coach's ass he can get his hands on.

 

I'm uncertain why the current players are being punished for transgressions that occurred prior to their arrival on campus. Perhaps a better penalty would be to allow Syracuse scholarship players the ability to transfer elsewhere without penalty and to gain an extra year of eligibility for this lost season. Those in the 2015 freshman class could also be released from their commitment. Players who choose to come to Syracuse next year, despite the situation, will have a heads up of what they're getting involved with.

 

Meanwhile, Boeheim skipped his post-game presser and sent an assistant instead.

He issued a release saying he wanted the focus "on the players."



Coward.

 

Now, now, why would the NCAA want to do anything that would allow a player to benefit?

 

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Obviously the blue font would not have been sufficient to demonstrate the sarcasm of the first sentence of this post. The current Athletic students are not that innocent. They know whats going on before they enroll. They ask around, talk to other recruits and know what to expect as far as the perks of being a basketball player for Boeheim, as they do the perks of playing for Duke, Kentucky or Florida Atlantic for that matter. The real punishment, the stigma should be repetition in news coverage of the transgressions. Such as mentioning that Calipari is the only coach to have Final Four appearances vacated in 2 different head coaching positions due to NCAA rules violations. Not in every story, but in enough. No press conference with Boeheim should be anything but contentious. No press conference with any other ACC coach should go without a why their program differs from Syracuse. The ACC commissioner should be asked if they did their due diligence before inviting Syracuse to join the ACC. Would they do it again knowing the history and systemic cheating conducted by the athletic department.