Eball said:
BUBear24 said:
PartyBear said:
I would have thought the HC would have already cleared this with administration before hand. I also would have thought they had unofficial word from the NCAA that Briles is clear and there would be no show cause on him otherwise none of this made sense as I was saying yesterday.
I stay out of this CAB debate but if he was cleared I don't know why he would be the one asking for the extension on the ncaa ruling announcement.
I will say this the person and institution we now about neither act concerned...so I guess that is good?
Here's what we know:
(a) Possible academic violations. I think those will be challenged. That's why the UNC lawyers are taking the case.
(b) Failure to monitor drug testing. This is where the NCAA really has something. It's been admitted as such that Baylor had multiple failures on this front. BUT, if you go back and look at things, McCaw has stated before that Baylor, being a private, religious institution, had a difficult time putting together a policy that allowed for an evenhanded approach that was in line with other schools. They were flying to Notre Dame, as I recall, to seek information/help on that front.
(c) In-house discipline. Grey area. This is where the NCAA is mostly a toothless organization. They leave a more than modest amount of leeway for programs/universities to handle punishing their players for a variety of offenses. So, who knows what they try and pull. If they want to dive into sexual assaults, they're going to be skewered in court.
ALL of these, particularly when combined, can amount to "failure to monitor" and "lack of control". I think Baylor and Briles have the upper hand at avoiding heavy sanctions. Who knows? This is why we have a legal system.