IMO, bottom line is this... "punishments" for rule breaking or cheating are a lot like fines in major sports. If you tell me I'm going to be fined $75K for not following my workplace rules it's crippling because I'm at best a G5 relatively speaking. That same $75K for an NFL LB or a MLB pitcher or an NBA player is a pittance unless you're making the league minimum. Same with the college sports top programs, especially as the P5 continue to separate themselves. For UofL or O$U or UNC or even schools like PSU, The U etc. to lose scholarships or be forced to vacate titles/wins is almost irrelevant. To have any of those sanctions applied at the G5 level is almost a program death sentence and by extension a mortal blow to the school's entire athletic budget and program. Probation, vacated wins, firing coaches is nothing at most P5s because the $$$ are already banked, the positive air time and exposure received, the second and third tier casual fans have been created (thus insuring future cash flow, tv revenues etc.) etc.etc. Unfortunately, as a G5, even a high G5, when the same sanctions are applied, those schools tend to shrink completely from view and wither due to dried up sources of dollars and interest. This example was given earlier, but when Tressel and O$U had their thing, how many top named coaches were beating a path to follow him? Now ask yourself, how many would do th[/i]e same for a UC team in the same boat?