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re: OM's NOA Inside
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:14 am to GnashRebel
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:14 am to GnashRebel
I've read the entire thing. I think the Ncaa had already began a second investigation even before the Tunsil text messages but I'm sure they will add that too.
What is most significant were things like Freeze sitting next to a booster in the home of a recruit. The grade fixing goes back a ways but everyone knew many of those star athletes would not qualify without rigging test scores.
Add to that the number of level 1 infractions, even level 2 and it's bad news. But the worse part in all of this is that the Ncaa felt lied to and that a new investigation is still ongoing. I don't know how you escape all that, homestly I don't. You have 3 current assistant coaches with infractions plus an assistant AD in text messages discussing payments and how they agreed on a set sum of money. I just don't think OM escapes all of this, edpecially with the mational attention and media claiming they were also misled.
What is most significant were things like Freeze sitting next to a booster in the home of a recruit. The grade fixing goes back a ways but everyone knew many of those star athletes would not qualify without rigging test scores.
Add to that the number of level 1 infractions, even level 2 and it's bad news. But the worse part in all of this is that the Ncaa felt lied to and that a new investigation is still ongoing. I don't know how you escape all that, homestly I don't. You have 3 current assistant coaches with infractions plus an assistant AD in text messages discussing payments and how they agreed on a set sum of money. I just don't think OM escapes all of this, edpecially with the mational attention and media claiming they were also misled.
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Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:27 am to MullenBoys
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I just don't think OM escapes all of this, edpecially with the mational attention and media claiming they were also misled
That's a good point. A lot of ole miss friendly journalist were intentionally lied to. You know that several of them are mad as hell, and would love to find more dirt.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:50 am to MullenBoys
I don't think they will escape unscathed. But a lot of the violations were the kind that the NCAA typically says "don't do that again" to, especially the Freeze era stuff. And some of that was self reported. The Tunsil stuff, pre-draft day at least, was known for a long time and the NCAA accepted the 7 game suspension. The NCAA hasn't shown any desire to punish beyond that in other cases of players getting cash so I don't know if that will be as big a deal as some think. The Draft Night stuff I think depends on how good Ole Miss' song and dance is and whether they dig anything up or if they find dead ends. I still go back to the Saunders stuff as the linchpin, because if the NCAA decides it doesn't care about the age of the crime, it is the kind of thing that SHOULD get a program hammered, much more so than small time booster stuff. Honestly, it is difficult to understand how the NCAA decides what it cares about and what it does not.
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