(07-10-2011 06:12 PM)Purple n Gold Wrote:  ECU players get in trouble. We suspend them.
Ohio State players get in trouble. Play Fiesta Bowl and Goes to NFL

Well, ECU better. If the same situation happened at ECU the hammer that would be used would be 10x's heavier than the one Ohio State is gonna get.

What constitutes a major violation?

Here's the way I look at it: I don't have a great deal of respect for the NCAA as an organization. Therefore, I can't really get all bent out of shape when somebody breaks their Draconian outdated rules.

(07-13-2011 08:42 AM)superdeluxe Wrote:  What constitutes a major violation?

The NCAA has a book about 6 inches thick that explains the rules...

There is such a disparity the way the rules are enforced.
It's really a book to keep the have nots in line and for the haves to bend, bend, and bend them somewhere until something so ridiculously documented gets media attention then they get a slap on the wrist.

The days of the $100 handshake are LONG FROM OVER and I think most fans have accepted that. I don't think any fan who is familiar with the inner workings of collegiate athletics (even at the junior college, NAIA level) thinks their school is 100% rule compliant.