SB Nation User Blog: greenman

Crybaby Oklahoma gets wins back

greenman — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:41:44 -0000

I guess whining does get you somewhere. The NCAA reinstated OU's 8 wins from the 2005 season that were taken away because of Bomar and the dealership scandal.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/s...

So after an appeals process, Oklahoma isn't going to be punished by the NCAA for their infractions. Sure, they had "self-imposed" punishments, but come on NCAA committee guys, are you seriously gonna fall for that? Seems like they got off real easy on this one.

Colorado problems

greenman — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:28:20 -0000

Bad news for Colorado. The school reported to the NCAA that over the last six years a number of meals at the university were undercharged to student atheletes, totaling $61,700.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/colle...

This is considered a "major" infraction by the NCAA, and Colorado will be put on two years probabtion, fined a hundred grand, and lose one football scholarship the next three seasons. I kinda feel bad for Dan Hawkins now, seeing as how this was going on long before he arrived, and he most likely had no idea this was going on.

Those training table meals are quoted as $14-15 dollars as well, which is a lot for a student to be spending consistently on a meal. I think UT's was somewhere around $10. Is it really a "major" infraction to be undercharging the atheletes overpriced meals? Especially since the university was doing it "inadvertantly" (I guess that is kinda an ambiguous term) and they reported it to the NCAA themselves. I guess what I'm asking is, does the punishment fit the crime here, and how much will the program suffer? I'm not too well versed on NCAA infractions.

Logo Lawsuit Article

greenman — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:41:28 -0000

Houston Chronicle article about the recent lawsuit between UT and that a&m clothing store.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4491417.html

noteworthy quote: "Mike Huddleston, Texas A&M's vice president for business development, said Texas A&M would likely have taken similar action if it faced the same scenario as UT.

"I'm just surprised it took them so long," Huddleston said."

so yeah, from a legal standpoint, it does seem justified, but so is Huddleston's surprise at the fact that it took so long to get it out there.