Syracuse self-imposes postseason ban

[RGV Pony]

This investigation was initiated in.....2007!

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/ ... ation.html

[SMU Section F]

Excluding themselves before the committee does it for them? Smart.

[Pony ^]

bet they wouldn't have done so if they were having a good year

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Yeah, it's pretty funny they are doing it this season.

I have never really liked Syracuse, although I like them more since they got rid of their racist Orangemen mascot.

[Lebanese4Life]

Is the ACC tourney included?

[SMU Section F]

Is the ACC tourney included?

The article I read seemed to indicate it was.

[Lebanese4Life]

hah, skimmed through it pretty quickly and missed it

[White Helmet]

From the article
"The one-year ban includes the NCAA tournament, the ACC tournament and the National Invitational Tournament, the release said."

But not the CIT I see, they can still go on a run like Doh.

[East Coast Mustang]

This investigation was initiated in.....2007!

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/ ... ation.html

Maybe we should be proactive and self-impose a 2023 postseason ban now.

[PonyKai]

Pat Forde seems to think we might self-impose a ban, when we don't even have our hearing until over a month after the NCAA tournament is over.

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[gostangs]

Pat Forde is a senile old coot who need to retire. Enough junk already. At a certain point you have embarrassed yourself enough.

[hoopmanx]

From what I understand, our NCAA hearing is to hear SMUs defense & impose punishment. They've already heard all the evidence

[PonyKai]

Since the NCAA moved through it's investigation so quickly, I guess that means either a.) there wasn't a ton to sift through, or b.) we were so sloppy that we're basically that criminal that robs a bank and sits down outside of it counting money until the cops arrive and see us there with a giant money sack and the alarm going off.

Or, hey, who knows - maybe because Syracuse is an ACC blueblood, and Boehnim is a college hoops giant (a crotchety one) - their investigation will take 7 years, but when that uppity SMU and compliance savant Larry Brown start dabbling. . .

[ponyte]

Knowing the situation at UNC, I think 7 years to impose a worthless punishment is lightening fast for the NCAA. I will say this for the NCAA, the Beloved Razorbacks did an investigation and did some 'self imposed' punishment that made a slap on the wrist seem harsh.

The NCAA didn't accept them and did hit the Beloved Razorbacks with a really, and I mean really, hard slap on the wrist. So the NCAA can add additional penalties when they want to.

Of course if a program harbors, enables and protects a active pedophile, the NCAA will find a way to talk big and carry a soft stick.

So Syracuse's violations amount to basically nothing. I mean its not like little boys were getting raped or anything.

[PK]

I mean its not like little boys were getting raped or anything.

The problem is that the NCAA Rules Book doesn't specifically cover that sort of thing...hence no official justification for NCAA punishment. Besides, Penn State is a big money maker for the NCAA.