Yes, they should have. Are you kidding me? You can't tell me that USC committed worse violations than Ohio State, but according to the NCAA, that's what happened. The fact that there was no lack of institutional control charge blows my mind. The penalty was weak.
coach is gone and he was the one covering everything up. he pretty much got the death penalty. players are gone and nothing they can do university didn't know anything about it, so no reason to give them the DP when it was clearly on the coach. Jay stfu with your biased. u mad U of M is shit and can't beat OSU for what? 11 years straight.
Let's look at the NCAA statement from the ruling on the USC case:
"A head coach has special obligation to establish a spirit of compliance among the entire team, including assistant coaches, other staff and student-athletes. The head coach must generally observe the activities of assistant coaches and staff to determine if they are acting in compliance with NCAA rules. Too often, when assistant coaches are involved in a web of serious violations, head coaches profess ignorance, saying that they were too busy to know what was occurring and that they trusted their assistants. Such a failure by head coaches to control their teams, alone or with the assistance of a staff member with compliance responsibilities, is a lack of institutional control."
It doesn't matter what the university did or didn't know, though Ohio State certainly never tried to admit they made mistakes either.
Let's look at the NCAA statement from the ruling on the USC case:
"A head coach has special obligation to establish a spirit of compliance among the entire team, including assistant coaches, other staff and student-athletes. The head coach must generally observe the activities of assistant coaches and staff to determine if they are acting in compliance with NCAA rules. Too often, when assistant coaches are involved in a web of serious violations, head coaches profess ignorance, saying that they were too busy to know what was occurring and that they trusted their assistants. Such a failure by head coaches to control their teams, alone or with the assistance of a staff member with compliance responsibilities, is a lack of institutional control."
It doesn't matter what the university did or didn't know, though Ohio State certainly never tried to admit they made mistakes either.
yahoo article. you fucking kidding me? the writers of yahoo sports are known world wide of being complete fucking idiots that can't write for shit. come back when you have a real article. oh and biased.
Mr. Hinton, I have to assume you are a relatively intelligent guy, but if I make that assumption I have to also assume that you are distorting the truth to make a feeble argument seem more believable.
Perhaps you should consider using actual facts in your argument, not distortions of the truth:
USC's "case involved one player, an assistant coach who vehemently proclaimed his innocence and third parties who had no connection to USC." You forgot about OJ Mayo, and you failed to mention that agents were involved with athletes in two different sports. USC achieved the triple play of NCAA violations: Agents, illegal benefits, and a coach (McNair) who lied to the NCAA. That's why there was a Lack of Institutional Control.
"In another year or two, USC's roster will be slashed by a full third of its usual depth". I'm not a mathematician, but I don't think that 10 scholarships a year is equal to a third of the 85 scholarships they would have had without this mess.
"Cleveland-area businessman Bob DiGeronimo, who allegedly funneled $14,000 to several players". Again, false. The NCAA report said that the total amount for all violations was $14,000. That includes the reduced tattoos, and the money the athletes got selling memorabilia. The total amount that came from a booster for work not performed and cash payments was $2,405. Either way, $1400 in impermissible benefits is a far cry from the $300,000+ in the USC case.
USC got one of the harshest punishments doled out over the last 30 years. OSU got a bowl ban, which is out of the ordinary for Failure to Monitor cases. Just report the story or state your opinion. Don't misrepresent facts to incite outcry from college football fans who are some of the most emotionally charged fans in all of sports.
This article is no better than tabloid journalism.
First off, I think Matt Hinton is extremely bias. He twisted a number of facts and then put his own spin on the whole thing. Of the nine players, only 3 of them received more then a few hundred for work. The Sports Illustrated article claimed 30 players got "nearly free" cars turned out to be 100% Bull Sh@t. The vast majority of the players selling their trinkets and jerseys only received tatoos and not much money (and remember, those trickets/jerseys belonged to THEM).
How can Hinton compare that to the HUNDREDS of ThOUSANDS of dollars given out to Reggie Bush and his family (PLEASE don't tell me Reggie didn't notice the parents new house and cars...). At USC, they truly tried to block the NCAA and Pistol Pete was fighting them every step of the way. Then he ran for the hills of the NFL.
My problem is this: why coundn't the NCAA say WAY before December 20th what the punishment will be? This was the year for the bowl ban....not next. Punishing young players not involved next year is terrible.
OSU was not involved in Houses, Cars, Prostitues, Child Pedophilles or other crimes. They had a few players involved in chump change, free golf, and tatoos. The punishment was excessive.
Lol if anybody was gonna come close to getting the death penalty it would've been Miami. I conveniently replayed the 30 for 30 on SMU when talk for the Miami penalty was going down.
You've proven the article isn't a legitimate source, but you've yet to explain why OSU didn't deserve a LOIC charge.....
Not trying to prove that. You know I don't give a shit about either of those teams and are trying to trolololol you. Seriously though <_> don't you ever insult me or any other sports fan with a brain by using a yahoo article for your argument. I should kick you in the dick for that.
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Let's look at the NCAA statement from the ruling on the USC case:
"A head coach has special obligation to establish a spirit of compliance among the entire team, including assistant coaches, other staff and student-athletes. The head coach must generally observe the activities of assistant coaches and staff to determine if they are acting in compliance with NCAA rules. Too often, when assistant coaches are involved in a web of serious violations, head coaches profess ignorance, saying that they were too busy to know what was occurring and that they trusted their assistants. Such a failure by head coaches to control their teams, alone or with the assistance of a staff member with compliance responsibilities, is a lack of institutional control."
It doesn't matter what the university did or didn't know, though Ohio State certainly never tried to admit they made mistakes either.
Non-biased article that agrees with me: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Ohio-State-takes-a-hit-from-the-NCAA-but-dodges?urn=ncaaf-wp11775
Perhaps you should consider using actual facts in your argument, not distortions of the truth:
USC's "case involved one player, an assistant coach who vehemently proclaimed his innocence and third parties who had no connection to USC." You forgot about OJ Mayo, and you failed to mention that agents were involved with athletes in two different sports. USC achieved the triple play of NCAA violations: Agents, illegal benefits, and a coach (McNair) who lied to the NCAA. That's why there was a Lack of Institutional Control.
"In another year or two, USC's roster will be slashed by a full third of its usual depth". I'm not a mathematician, but I don't think that 10 scholarships a year is equal to a third of the 85 scholarships they would have had without this mess.
"Cleveland-area businessman Bob DiGeronimo, who allegedly funneled $14,000 to several players". Again, false. The NCAA report said that the total amount for all violations was $14,000. That includes the reduced tattoos, and the money the athletes got selling memorabilia. The total amount that came from a booster for work not performed and cash payments was $2,405. Either way, $1400 in impermissible benefits is a far cry from the $300,000+ in the USC case.
USC got one of the harshest punishments doled out over the last 30 years. OSU got a bowl ban, which is out of the ordinary for Failure to Monitor cases. Just report the story or state your opinion. Don't misrepresent facts to incite outcry from college football fans who are some of the most emotionally charged fans in all of sports.
This article is no better than tabloid journalism.
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How can Hinton compare that to the HUNDREDS of ThOUSANDS of dollars given out to Reggie Bush and his family (PLEASE don't tell me Reggie didn't notice the parents new house and cars...). At USC, they truly tried to block the NCAA and Pistol Pete was fighting them every step of the way. Then he ran for the hills of the NFL.
My problem is this: why coundn't the NCAA say WAY before December 20th what the punishment will be? This was the year for the bowl ban....not next. Punishing young players not involved next year is terrible.
OSU was not involved in Houses, Cars, Prostitues, Child Pedophilles or other crimes. They had a few players involved in chump change, free golf, and tatoos. The punishment was excessive.
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