Ha Ha. Gotcha.
So now we can clearly see that the reason why USC was hit with the 2nd worse penalty in the history of the NCAA infractions committee had little to do with anyone that was a part of the USC football program. It's almost inconceivable that the charges against USC were entirely trumped up, but it's true. The infractions committee under Miami AD Paul Dee spent 4 years looking for dirt and couldn't find any, so they made some up. There were members of the infractions committee and other individuals within the NCAA who actually collaborated to hurt the Trojans and one of their coaches just because they didn't like the image and the competition USC brought to the table and nothing more. Jealousy !
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Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott on Monday criticized the NCAA’s investigation and punishment of USC -- this in the aftermath of the unsealing last month of almost 500 pages of documents in Todd McNair's lawsuit against the NCAA.
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"As we've maintained from the beginning, the USC case is a good example of how the current enforcement system is not fair and consistent across the board," Scott’s statement to the Los Angeles Times said.
USC and Pat Haden react to unsealed documents in Todd McNair case
"The punishments on USC were too harsh and after an initial review of the documents released recently, we share USC's serious concern regarding the process undergone by the NCAA and its Committee on Infractions, as well as the substance of their actions in the case."
A Pac-12 spokesman said that the conference has expressed its concern about the matter to the NCAA.
The documents that the NCAA unsuccessfully fought to seal included comments by members of the Committee on Infractions deriding USC’s response to the scandal and an excerpt of an email by the committee’s director, Shep Cooper, that called McNair a “lying, morally bankrupt criminal.”McNair, a former running backs coach at USC, sued the NCAA for defamation in June 2011 after being sanctioned in connection with the Reggie Bush extra-benefits scandal. USC had been sanctioned in June 2010 for "lack of institutional control" for violations that centered on former football star Bush and his family, and former basketball star O.J. Mayo.
After the documents filed in California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal became public last month, USC said in a statement that they confirmed “bias against McNair and USC by and on behalf of the NCAA and its Committee on Infractions.”
The NCAA countered by saying that the documents showed “how the Committee on Infractions underwent thorough deliberations consistent with the policies and procedures governing the infractions process.”
The documents omitted about 200 pages of emails, deposition transcriptions and other documents that the NCAA had conditionally filed under seal. Attorneys for McNair filed a motion last month to dismiss the NCAA’s appeal in the case because of the missing documents.
The NCAA hasn’t responded to the motion.
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That's just the latest revelation that shows what really makes the NCAA tick. However there is much more to tell and as far as I am concerned, the current and past NCAA leadership are a bunch of cowards. Consider that they gave PSU a pass after just 2 years of sanctions when the school filed its appeal but USC who's violations are a parking ticket by comparison paid 3 times more than Penn State. Hypocrites ! It's time that the NCAA fired every member who participated in the smear of USC's reputation and its championship history. Every individual involved in the smear should be permanently banned from college football
Unfortunately, much of the evidence against the NCAA will never be tested on a witness stand in a court of law. I figure that by the time Todd McNair's defamation lawsuit against the NCAA is settled, it will cost the NCAA an 8 figure paycheck for what they did to him. As far as the school and the Heisman committee go, reparations for NCAA wrongdoing remain to be seen. Anything less than total transparency and full disclosure by the present NCAA leadership is an act of cowardice.
So now we can clearly see that the reason why USC was hit with the 2nd worse penalty in the history of the NCAA infractions committee had little to do with anyone that was a part of the USC football program. It's almost inconceivable that the charges against USC were entirely trumped up, but it's true. The infractions committee under Miami AD Paul Dee spent 4 years looking for dirt and couldn't find any, so they made some up. There were members of the infractions committee and other individuals within the NCAA who actually collaborated to hurt the Trojans and one of their coaches just because they didn't like the image and the competition USC brought to the table and nothing more. Jealousy !
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Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott on Monday criticized the NCAA’s investigation and punishment of USC -- this in the aftermath of the unsealing last month of almost 500 pages of documents in Todd McNair's lawsuit against the NCAA.
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"As we've maintained from the beginning, the USC case is a good example of how the current enforcement system is not fair and consistent across the board," Scott’s statement to the Los Angeles Times said.
"The punishments on USC were too harsh and after an initial review of the documents released recently, we share USC's serious concern regarding the process undergone by the NCAA and its Committee on Infractions, as well as the substance of their actions in the case."
A Pac-12 spokesman said that the conference has expressed its concern about the matter to the NCAA.
The documents that the NCAA unsuccessfully fought to seal included comments by members of the Committee on Infractions deriding USC’s response to the scandal and an excerpt of an email by the committee’s director, Shep Cooper, that called McNair a “lying, morally bankrupt criminal.”McNair, a former running backs coach at USC, sued the NCAA for defamation in June 2011 after being sanctioned in connection with the Reggie Bush extra-benefits scandal. USC had been sanctioned in June 2010 for "lack of institutional control" for violations that centered on former football star Bush and his family, and former basketball star O.J. Mayo.
After the documents filed in California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal became public last month, USC said in a statement that they confirmed “bias against McNair and USC by and on behalf of the NCAA and its Committee on Infractions.”
The NCAA countered by saying that the documents showed “how the Committee on Infractions underwent thorough deliberations consistent with the policies and procedures governing the infractions process.”
The documents omitted about 200 pages of emails, deposition transcriptions and other documents that the NCAA had conditionally filed under seal. Attorneys for McNair filed a motion last month to dismiss the NCAA’s appeal in the case because of the missing documents.
The NCAA hasn’t responded to the motion.
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That's just the latest revelation that shows what really makes the NCAA tick. However there is much more to tell and as far as I am concerned, the current and past NCAA leadership are a bunch of cowards. Consider that they gave PSU a pass after just 2 years of sanctions when the school filed its appeal but USC who's violations are a parking ticket by comparison paid 3 times more than Penn State. Hypocrites ! It's time that the NCAA fired every member who participated in the smear of USC's reputation and its championship history. Every individual involved in the smear should be permanently banned from college football
Unfortunately, much of the evidence against the NCAA will never be tested on a witness stand in a court of law. I figure that by the time Todd McNair's defamation lawsuit against the NCAA is settled, it will cost the NCAA an 8 figure paycheck for what they did to him. As far as the school and the Heisman committee go, reparations for NCAA wrongdoing remain to be seen. Anything less than total transparency and full disclosure by the present NCAA leadership is an act of cowardice.
