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Why the Auburn Tigers Still Deserve the Death Penalty

Postby HB Pony Dad » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:38 am

Why the Auburn Tigers Still Deserve the Death Penalty

After Wednesday night’s HBO special reporting that the Auburn Tigers were paying players at least as recently as 2007, I’m sure some of you expected me to excoriate the Plainsmen. After all, I hate Auburn, and I have called for Georgia’s oldest rival to receive the death penalty, so this would seem like a good time to rip into the Orange and Blue, now wouldn’t it?

Well, I’m not going to do that.

Instead, I’m going to write about the SMU Mustangs.
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Re: Why the Auburn Tigers Still Deserve the Death Penalty

Postby ponyte » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:04 am

Nothing will come of this. The NCAA will use the time limitation portion of its rules to whitewash this.
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Re: Why the Auburn Tigers Still Deserve the Death Penalty

Postby RednBlue11 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:19 am

ponyte wrote:Nothing will come of this. The NCAA will use the time limitation portion of its rules to whitewash this.



unfortunately yes, although something will come of this in the form of largely insignificant sanctions.
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Re: Why the Auburn Tigers Still Deserve the Death Penalty

Postby stc9 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:30 am

The NCAA will start an investigation and determine after 5 years that the real villian in this story is UAB. UAB signed players out of JUCO, so Auburn had to pay recruits just so they could have enough players to field a team. Further, some of UAB's coed intramural flag football games, non-NCAA sanctioned sporting events, are held on Saturday mornings. This distracted some recruits who stopped by the campus to ask for directions to Auburn. UAB is obviously the guilty party. It is as clear as day in Kansas City logic. UAB must be punished.

UAB will be placed on 5 to 50 of years probation, lose 12 scholarships (per year during the probationary period) and hand write personalized letters of apology to the Governor, Speaker of the House, Cecil Newton and every single booster Auburn has. Further UAB will have to reimburse each of the boosters in this pay to play scheme. After all it is UAB's fault that Auburn can't play by the rules.

The NCAA will see justice done. This "lenient" punishment for UAB will make sure that Auburn learns its lesson.

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Re: Why the Auburn Tigers Still Deserve the Death Penalty

Postby ponyte » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:11 am

stc9 wrote:The NCAA will start an investigation and determine after 5 years that the real villian in this story is UAB. UAB signed players out of JUCO, so Auburn had to pay recruits just so they could have enough players to field a team. Further, some of UAB's coed intramural flag football games, non-NCAA sanctioned sporting events, are held on Saturday mornings. This distracted some recruits who stopped by the campus to ask for directions to Auburn. UAB is obviously the guilty party. It is as clear as day in Kansas City logic. UAB must be punished.

UAB will be placed on 5 to 50 of years probation, lose 12 scholarships (per year during the probationary period) and hand write personalized letters of apology to the Governor, Speaker of the House, Cecil Newton and every single booster Auburn has. Further UAB will have to reimburse each of the boosters in this pay to play scheme. After all it is UAB's fault that Auburn can't play by the rules.

The NCAA will see justice done. This "lenient" punishment for UAB will make sure that Auburn learns its lesson.


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Sounds about right. However I am not sure UAB is the culprit. I think Troy needs to be a bit concerned as well.

I believe Franklin D Roosevelt said it best in a Fireside chat to Non BSC schools years ago when he said, " The only thing you have to fear, is the NCAA itself!"
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Re: Why the Auburn Tigers Still Deserve the Death Penalty

Postby stc9 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:35 am

And to think it was the "Good" Roosevelt that made the NCAA the governning body of college athletics and forced all the schools to join.
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Re: Why the Auburn Tigers Still Deserve the Death Penalty

Postby RednBlue11 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:40 am

oh no! its a voluntary organization dont forget that!
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