Re: NBC News: Several NCAA Assistant Coaches Arrested by FBI
Interesting. So now a kid and/or his family can take money under the table - forfeiting amateur status - and, if caught, still get reinstated. Where's the determent to cheating in that - especially for kids that are one & done or two year players at most? Where's the incentive for the school to monitor for compliance? It would seem Auburn would have to vacate any wins from last season in which Wiley or the other kid played - perhaps that is all forthcoming if there is an NCAA investigation (is one even ongoing?)? Thus far I've not seen any of Wiley's people deny or refute claims they received money, so what's the basis for his reinstatement? Why shouldn't he, or anyone in a similar situation, be permanently ineligible because without that potential consequence, again, where's the incentive to comply with the rules? Once upon a time there was precedent for permanently banishing cheaters, even in instances of seemingly lesser offenses. On the other hand, we are talking about the NCAA and their make the rules/interpret the rules on a day to day, case by case operandi.
