So you've got some stories about an AAU coach not affiliated with Duke and what looks to likely be a booster who likely didn't tell the university he was paying a player.

That kind of stuff happens at every major program in the country. Punishment is a matter of getting caught and whether there's evidence that will stick. I promise you that UK's not getting a raw deal from the NCAA.

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Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 3/28/14 at 1:54 pm to Crowknowsbest

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That kind of stuff happens at every major program in the country.

This part I agree with

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Punishment is a matter of getting caught and whether there's evidence that will stick.

This is where we disagree. Some schools get hammered, and some don't. There is separate and unequal in who and how the NCAA pursues enforcement.

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I promise you that UK's not getting a raw deal from the NCAA.

I am not singling out just UK. I am saying there seems to be a "naughty" and "nice" list at the NCAA on who they pursue. If the NCAA wanted good PR and respect they go after everybody with equal effort. Even casual folks who were alive back in the Papa Sam days knew what was going on, but UCLA never took a single hit.

Southern Cal was the modern poster child for the death penalty in " loss of institutional control" in not only was there problems in Southern Cal football, but it was rampant throughout most of their sports programs (I think they found issues in even volleyball and tennis - seriously, who has to cheat in volleyball). They pursed the football slowly, and I think the basketball but let the other stuff slide. If Kansas has been that guilty across the board to you think they would have gotten off as lightly as Southern Cal did?

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