NCAA PUNISHES THE WRONG ONES

Again in the sports news, the University of Southern California football and basketball programs have been cited for rules violations.

And again...the school pays the penalties...and the coaches and players who should be held responsible...seemingly get off with no charges.

Indiana University is still suffering from the violations that occurred several years ago under their basketball coach Kelvin Sampson. Maybe IU deserved some of the penalties they got...because Sampson left Oklahoma University...where he was accused of the same wrongdoings...to come to IU where he repeated them. IU should have known better. They're smarter than that...or I thought...anyway. Maybe IU deserved it...but Sampson seems to not have any penalties...outside of he's not to coach college basketball for 'x' number of years. He's still getting paid to help coach in the NBA.

Kentucky coach John Calipari broke rules at 2 colleges that he coached at, Massachusetts and Memphis...and the schools received sanctions. Amazingly...Calipari left the schools...just prior to the sanctions given by the NCAA. Now he's at Kentucky...being paid the highest salary in college basketball. Makes me wonder what's important to Kentucky fans. He's apparently a good coach...he does win games...but at what cost? Hopefully UK fans won't get too attached to any trophies Calipari helps bring to the university...because the NCAA might take them away after he's left for 'the next place'...because he knows he broke some rules again to win that trophy.

Maybe the student/athlete should be penalized as well. In some cases...the USC case above...the players involved went on to the professional level...making millions of dollars...while again...the school is paying the 'real' price.

The NCAA sanctions committee isn't doing their job in my opinion.

Let them go after the 'millions' of dollars the coaches are paid...and the 'millions' of dollars that the players are paid after they've moved on from doing their damage to the university they just left behind.

Hit 'em in the pocketbook. If 'they' know there is a real price to pay down the road...maybe they'll think twice before breaking the rules.


Dan