Boise St. players got cheap and high quality stuff

[Leroy]

I guess they are big boys now.

During that time, coaches arranged for incoming players to get cheap transportation, meals and housing—in some cases nothing more than a couch at a current player’s apartment—during voluntary summer workouts. Th

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... violations

[Popeye_Card]

You know, I hate to think that there is some sort of NCAA favoritism going on here, BUT....

The infractions against Boise State, including the "major violation"--a women's tennis player played in a match before being officially enrolled--and they get "lack of institutional control" slapped on them. Meanwhile in the SEC, a high-profile player's father was pretty much caught red-handed seeking 6-figure paydays for his son, and...nothing.

[stlouie_lipp]

I guess they are big boys now.

During that time, coaches arranged for incoming players to get cheap transportation, meals and housing—in some cases nothing more than a couch at a current player’s apartment—during voluntary summer workouts. Th

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... violations

They have been for some time now.

[Faceman]

I will continue to wonder what "lack of institutional control" means until we hear what the NCAA says is going on in Columbus, Ohio.

[lukethedrifter]

There's an old line attributed to various sources but it goes something like this

"the NCAA is so mad at Kentucky, it will probably slap another two years' probation on Cleveland State."

[go birds]

So much hypocrisy abound that i don't even care to respond.*
























*aside from this post.

[Spider John]

Could there actually be some malice involved here by the NCAA, since Boise State threatens to really embarrass the BCS system some day (not that the system needs any help).