I'll believe this when I see it. The NCAA hasn't hammered anyone in a really, really long time.
Maybe not, but they came down pretty hard on the "other OSU" just recently for relatively minor infractions. And then there is PSU, very harsh penalties but for a case that admittedly might not even be a legitimate NCAA concern. Nevertheless I am glad they hammered PSU.
I think they will be forced to act or lose any remaining credibility. Emmert supposedly is a tough enforcer, which I took Ohio State and Penn State as confirmation of. My source is a UW alum who knows Emmert pretty well...not on a personal level but as the former President of his university, and he claims Emmert was upset at some of the shenanigans of USC while he was Prez of UW. Speaking of which, USC IS still serving out a pretty harsh sentence. I think the sanctions just expired actually, other than being on probation, but they are still suffering from them.
So Ohio State...Penn State....USC...some of the biggest names for sure, legit top ten and even top 5 programs historically. USC was for things about 8 years or so ago, true, and so was PSU, but they did lower the hammer at USC in just 2010, which of course Iwon't forget because that's when the giant deuchebag Kiffin left UT. I think he found out the sanctions in Oct 2010 if I am not mistaken. That's fairly recent.
Given that, and the very public knowledge of these charges, with ex players willing to testify, I think OK St gets hammered pretty bad.
But you're right, we will see.
You may be thinking of the lack of action against Cam and the joke sanction of Manziel. I attribute that to not having proof of something involving only one player vs. widespread activities in the cases cited above. I also suspect, though I hope I am wrong, that the NCAA was looking at $$$$ from the ratings Cam and Manziel bring. But I am going to not be that cynical and say they were both isolated cases at the respective universities of Auburn and Tamu and the NCAA could not prove anything.
