re: Now that the dust has settled…where does this Wade scandal rank

80's Kentucky the "Bills for Mills" era was the worst I've seen in the SEC.

Overall. NOTHING will ever top SMU.
Fixed salaries to players
Involved everyone from the asst coaches to the frickin governor of Texas.
So bad it lead to the dissolution of the SWC.

Now, there was the old death penalty which was an option for any infraction. That doesn't exist anymore.
In 1985 the NCAA instituted the "Repeat Violator Rule" that we call the death penalty. It says if you have major infractions leveed and within a 5 year window you have another major infractions penalty, you are eligible for the death penalty. I don't think LSU falls under this unless the football and basketball are being treated as two seperate entities and are being investigated by two seperate organizations tied to the NCAA. Its hard to say but I dont think so but either way they would have to fall under REPEAT violator.

This notion that the NCAA can just hand down a death penalty is just not true. Its an NCAA Bylaw that you have to be a repeat violator.

With all that said, there will never be another death penalty.