re: Honest question re: Clinton-Dix

If I remember the Ramsey situation correctly, it wasn't simply some Dickensian fairy tale of some coach giving him money to feed his starving family. It was a series of payments over a long term and benefits over a long term, to the tune of considerably more than 500 dollars. Other factors include the fact that the money wasn't repaid and the violation wasn't self-reported. That last, especially, is a huge deal. That's why schools regularly issue annual reports of violations without any prompting whatsoever.