OT: Kansas basketball self-imposes penalties from the 2019 FBI bball recruiting sting
So Kansas has Self-imposed a 4 game suspension for Bill Self and an assistant stemming from having paid recruits becoming public knowledge due to the FBI's sting operation back in 2017. They'll sit out games against Omaha, North Carolina State, and Southern Utah - and also against Duke in Indianapolis on Nov 15. Guess they needed a 'real' game as a sacrifice...
The article also says they Self-imposed some minor (ie: MINOR) recruiting penalties. These include 3 scholly's over 3 years; 13 fewer days to recruit this year; and cutting 4 official visits next year. There are a couple others, but you get the point. Nothing real, nothing serious, nothing to see.
This feels like a typical response - give the NCAA and the public something to salivate over that doesn't affect anything. Anyone want to lay bets about how hard the NCAA will come down? (BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!! I slay me!!)
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November 2nd, 2022 at 3:30 PM ^
Kansas is a football school now.
November 2nd, 2022 at 3:41 PM ^
Taking away scholarships in todays NIL basketball world shouldnt be considered a punishment.
This isnt even a slap on the wrist, its more like the NCAA giving Kansas a dirty look.
November 2nd, 2022 at 3:43 PM ^
How so? Yeah the players can make a lot of money through NIL, but they still need a scholarship to be on the team.
November 2nd, 2022 at 4:21 PM ^
give a walk-on a bunch of NIL money and they are, for all 'intensive porpoises', basically on scholarship. not sure what team's donor will pay for that, but maybe there is what amounts to an endowed football scholarship, except that they call it the super-duper walk-on money bonanza scholarship and it has the same effect?
November 3rd, 2022 at 7:53 AM ^
Except someone just proposed this exact same thing the other day and it was nearly unanimous on this board that a 5 star is not going to go to a school to be a walk-on, even with NIL. Not sure why this situation is different.
November 2nd, 2022 at 3:46 PM ^
Being self-imposed penalties, it's Kansas giving itself the side-eye in the mirror. And then laughing hysterically about how mean looking it is...
The NCAA has not yet spoken it's peace in this matter. I'm sure the infractions committee is looking around at itself, nodding, smiling, saying 'yes, yes, they hurt themselves with this', 'HARRUMPH', 'a good lesson here'...
November 2nd, 2022 at 3:57 PM ^
Well, the school admitted it was gonna be hard. But I'm glad they're doing the right thing.
ROFLMAO! Self didn't even apologize in his formal statement acknowledging the "self-punishment."
It's like the priest who goes into the back of the church to take off his clothes and whip himself for his delicious sins. Self is doing it with delirious pleasure.
November 2nd, 2022 at 4:10 PM ^
Self’s contract explicitly says that he cannot be fired because of this investigation. Absolutely wild stuff but HC contracts jumped the shark so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised
November 2nd, 2022 at 4:12 PM ^
What a joke! The reigning national champions are tapped on the wrist.
Rock Chalk Jaywalk…
November 2nd, 2022 at 4:42 PM ^
The University of Kansas, NCAA, or Bill Self himself - not imposing anything more significant that a "slap on my own wrist" - says it all. What a joke.
November 2nd, 2022 at 4:49 PM ^
the posse's comin', bill.
November 2nd, 2022 at 4:52 PM ^
Kansas implements meaningless penalties that will have negligible effects on the program and the spineless NCAA nods in approval.
There, I fixed it for you.
November 2nd, 2022 at 5:40 PM ^
only took 5 years. swift justice. every player on that team is long gone by now.
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:08 PM ^
Is there any truth to one of the penalties?
I heard that potential recruits and players - who still receive "occasional, informal, not necessarily NIL related cash donations" - will need to be provide their choice of bill denominations? In the past, it was usually paid in $20's. I've heard that with these self imposed penalties - Kansas and it's associated boosters, will have to offer the potential recruits or players, their choice of bill - so, it could be $ 50's or $ 100's only.
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:44 PM ^
Woah - slow down there folks. What's with the sudden rush to judgment??
Maybe they don't want a 5- year story turning into a 6-year story....
November 2nd, 2022 at 7:16 PM ^
Reminds me of the day 7 year old me gave myself a one minute time out for stealing $100 from my mom's purse.
November 2nd, 2022 at 7:16 PM ^
Reminds me of the day 7 year old me gave myself a one minute time out for stealing $100 from my mom's purse.
November 2nd, 2022 at 7:17 PM ^
Just gave myself another one minute time out for the double post.
November 2nd, 2022 at 9:15 PM ^
The infraction is so bad that the FBI is involved and Kansas punishes itself with a paper cut. Got it.