(04-11-2017 12:55 PM)orangefan Wrote:  If the NCAA tried to impose the death penalty on any major program, that could be the "straw that breaks the camel's back" that causes the P5 conferences to walk away from the NCAA. These universities have way too much invested to live with the risk of such a penalty being imposed on them.

I wouldn't make that a blanket statement. A big chunk of recruiting enforcement comes from conference-mates turning the offender in.
Conference members bear the brunt of bad behavior by a conference-mate