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Very interesting article here
When it comes to college athletics, it sure seems cheating pays - Yahoo Sports
Just in the past year:
-Oregon played for a national title in football while on probation
-Ohio St won a national title less than a month after their 4-year probation ended
-U-Conn won a national title in basketball while on probation
-Jim Tressell makes the college football hall of fame while on a probation where he cannot coach for any NCAA school
- Oliver Luck left his job as athletic director at West Virginia to join the NCAA as its executive vice president of regulatory affairs. Essentially, he?s the No. 2 man in the NCAA. Two months later, the athletic department Luck left was put on two years? probation by the NCAA for violations committed in 14 sports
- Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari was named a finalist for the Hall of Fame. Two of his five Final Four appearances have been vacated due to NCAA violations within the programs he led.
and many others that the article points out.
So it looks like the underlying theme is, cheat at all costs to win, because you have much more to gain from the winning, than you stand to lose from being punished.
When it comes to college athletics, it sure seems cheating pays - Yahoo Sports
Just in the past year:
-Oregon played for a national title in football while on probation
-Ohio St won a national title less than a month after their 4-year probation ended
-U-Conn won a national title in basketball while on probation
-Jim Tressell makes the college football hall of fame while on a probation where he cannot coach for any NCAA school
- Oliver Luck left his job as athletic director at West Virginia to join the NCAA as its executive vice president of regulatory affairs. Essentially, he?s the No. 2 man in the NCAA. Two months later, the athletic department Luck left was put on two years? probation by the NCAA for violations committed in 14 sports
- Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari was named a finalist for the Hall of Fame. Two of his five Final Four appearances have been vacated due to NCAA violations within the programs he led.
and many others that the article points out.
So it looks like the underlying theme is, cheat at all costs to win, because you have much more to gain from the winning, than you stand to lose from being punished.