Link: Read Ole Miss’ Written Appeal in NCAA Infractions Case
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Doing the same myself. Oddly enough, no national media outlet has said anything about OM releasing their response.
Something tells me there’s some Bible quotes in there along with this punishment being unjust and them having removed all the offending offenders. But I’m blind with hatred anyway so....
I wasn't going to comment on this but then it hit me. Forty-three pages?! If I were the NCAA that would go in the round file cabinet sitting in the floor by my desk (just for the audacity) and I would hit the Appeal Denied button.
Ole Miss athletics is a mess when you combine the troubles Andy Kennedy is going through this week with alll the NCAA stuff..
Finally have our summary.
Ole Miss files appeal to NCAA on its 2018 postseason ban and other penalties
The summary left me confused :conf3: Ole Miss never even mentioned that all the football bans were handed down for violations which occurred under Houston Nutt and basketball.
I don’t give a damn. Ole Miss knew what they were doing and went all in, doubled down on a 3, and was an unrepentant serial killer all the way to the electric chair.
I can feel empathy on some occasions where the NZAA went overboard.
Not this time.
I can feel empathy on some occasions where the NZAA went overboard.
Not this time.
And the worst part is the rumors are swirling that they're right back at it again...
III.
ISSUES RAISED ON APPEAL
1. Did the COI abuse its discretion by imposing a second postseason ban when that penalty is substantially based upon the erroneous application of an aggravating factor (i.e., a “culture of non-compliance” that had “continued for decades”) that is not supported by the evidence or precedent?
2. Did the COI abuse its discretion by imposing an unprecedented limitation of one unofficial visit per year over a three-year term for each prospective student-athlete recruited by the University, a sanction that exceeds by nearly six-fold the penalty guidelines set forth in Figure 19-1?
3. Was the COI’s LOIC finding clearly contrary to the evidence when it was not connected to any specific institutional failing that caused the violations at issue, there is no support in the record for the COI’s stated belief that the University had a “culture of non-compliance,” and the evidence supports the University’s position that it had appropriately promoted compliance and responded to violations when it learned of them?
4. Was the COI’s finding that a local store owner provided free merchandise to prospective student-athletes and their family members clearly contrary to the evidence where it was based upon the COI’s misinterpretation of the evidence, some of which came from clearly biased witnesses and was considered by the COI despite multiple procedural errors?
These are their points to appeal. The implication points us back to their talking points from 2014----prove it. There is nothing new they have decided to grace us with. Just an argumentative tone where they are ungrateful that the head coach was not hit with a show cause which allowed them to skate on scholarship limits. Because the coach wasn't given a show cause, they "feel" they have been hit with LOIC with no proof of institutional involvement. Hello----involvement includes looking the other way and protecting the participants.
Clearly, the NCAA substituted limits on unofficial visits for scholarship losses. I'm not sure I agree with the theory but I can live with it if it does more to curb their boosters being involved in the recruiting process. And it goes hand in hand with this commentary -----
“There are lots of shenanigans going on in the camp environment where a high school coach or a seven-on-seven coach shows up with a busload of kids and gets a big honorarium for bringing them to camp and they are all having so-called unofficial visits,” said Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who who chairs the NCAA’s Division I football oversight committee. “We needed to clean up the camp environment, and this legislation does that.” Actually, it doesn’t do that. Schools now will pay non-coaches cash under the table for performing the same service. The high school coaches paid over the table were at least subject to the scrutiny of their own school districts and beholden to the desire to keep their own jobs. That encouraged them to behave more responsibly. Most of the people who will load the recruits into vans now have no incentive to behave responsibly.
https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/04/14/recruiting-rules-december-signing-period
The NCAA looks to have been covering their bases to prevent the lawsuit Ole Miss has continually threatened. by doing so they decreased the number of scholarships lost (a good look for Ole Miss) and decreased the number of potential visits to Rebel Rags and hunting trips. Now all they will do is not report them.
We will know for sure when they start getting the top ten recruiting classes again.
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