Ice_Ice_Brady
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If anyone is not aware of what happened/is happening at Syracuse, here is a good breakdown. In short, Boeheim was stripped of over 100 wins, had his reputation tarnished, and the school lost three scholarships a year for the next four years, all because of his failure to be generally aware of improprieties within the basketball program. Their reasoning was that even though Boeheim might not have known there was wrongdoing, he should have known. Like with Brady, the actual investigation involved moving the goalposts on what they were actually investigating, took a huge amount of time and money (8 years!), and more than likely revealed incidents that are incredibly minor compared to what you'd find with other programs if you microscoped their actions over an eight year period. Yet, in the end, the investigators and the NCAA would not walk away without their pound of flesh, blowing up these minor infractions to show they are tough against violators.
Everything you need to know about Syracuse's NCAA scandal
I really wish for all these investigations, there would be a second level where another team would look at the actual investigators and league to make sure they themselves are fair and consistent, much like Judge Berman was forced to do, although his hands were tied in many ways. I imagine there is an incredible amount of hypocrisy and professional ambition involved here, as with most of these "scandals." For example, I'm guessing that other programs were not given same level of audit and criticism for their self-imposed drug policies or academic policies. I would not be surprised if Syracuse and Boeheim were more above board than others, based on the little wrongdoings here.
Fair to day, Defamegate has changed my views forever, and I am very skeptical whenever one person or one program is "taken down" and dragged through the mud for something that isn't an obvious and glaring sin. The investigators are rarely called in to be fair; they are called in under the guise of fairness, but their real goal is to find wrongdoing. Why else would it take EIGHT years to complete this investigation?
Everything you need to know about Syracuse's NCAA scandal
I really wish for all these investigations, there would be a second level where another team would look at the actual investigators and league to make sure they themselves are fair and consistent, much like Judge Berman was forced to do, although his hands were tied in many ways. I imagine there is an incredible amount of hypocrisy and professional ambition involved here, as with most of these "scandals." For example, I'm guessing that other programs were not given same level of audit and criticism for their self-imposed drug policies or academic policies. I would not be surprised if Syracuse and Boeheim were more above board than others, based on the little wrongdoings here.
Fair to day, Defamegate has changed my views forever, and I am very skeptical whenever one person or one program is "taken down" and dragged through the mud for something that isn't an obvious and glaring sin. The investigators are rarely called in to be fair; they are called in under the guise of fairness, but their real goal is to find wrongdoing. Why else would it take EIGHT years to complete this investigation?
