Gary Parrish on NCAA and immunity

[RutherfordBHayes]

Listen to this, Bears. This will be important to you.

Gary Parrish is a columnist for CBS Sports, a studio analyst for CBS, and hosts a radio show on Memphis ESPN radio. Friday, he opined on the Pat Forde article and describes what "NCAA immunity" looks like in an actual investigation. He reported on the Bruce Pearl investigation at Tennessee which included NCAA immunity.

He begins around the 38:20 mark.

http://media.espn929.com/a/116466882/gary-parrish-show-thursday-august-25-2016-hour-1-w-mike-golic-jr-in-seg-2.htm

 

[coach66]

Good listen, thanks.

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[AlCoDog]

None of this matters. OM is fed up and is now on the offensive. They tried to be nice and warn the NCAA, but that is now over. The NCAA will be sorry, and so will the rest of the SEC. OM will probably be given 3 extra wins for each of the last 3 seasons plus an additional 10 scholarships to use as they wish over the next 3 years as an apology.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Also, they'll GAIN 9 scholarships over 3 years.

 

[aTotal360]

I'm hearing the NCAA is cowering in fear and plans to apologize to OM for the misunderstanding. These investigator will pay dearly.

 

[DerHntr]

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Hopefully the OM fans aren't dumb enough to track down the investigators and personally attack them online, in the press, etc. That would be such a bad idea and could make it worse**

 

[coach66]

More mistakes are being made*

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[DesotoCountyDawg]

Exemplary cooperation.**

 

[PBRME]

I wonder how bad we would be getting crucified if it was us? Administration lying to the fan base. The fan base harassing the investigator because of his race, and stance on the rebel flag. We were torn apart for pulling a scholarship from a qb 3 months before signing day. Just saw a fresh article about it today.

 

[jb1020]

But its all done out of love.

 

[missouridawg]

This an excellent listen and can explain the change in narrative over the last few weeks. OM went from exemplary cooperation to "we will sue the **** out of the NCAA cause our diddy said so".

They are so 17ed

 

[57stratdawg]

The talk has always been that OM's administration handling of this process would ultimately do more damage than the investigation.

 

[ShrubDog]

Alls I needs to knows is they expect the self imposed sanctions to be accepted and nothing more added because they found out one of the investigators is a black man who does not like the Rebel flag.

 

[coach66]

They continue to defend Bjork which defies logic at this point.

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[ShrubDog]

They are going to rename Stockholm syndrome to Oxford syndrome by next year. If Stricks and Mullens did the crap those guys have done I would want them gone. They say they never told a lie....

 

[codeDawg]

I'm hearing the NCAA is cowering in fear and plans to apologize to OM for the misunderstanding. These investigator will pay dearly.

I hear secession is on the table. I mean, shouldn't schools have the right to govern themselves? Who is the NCAA to tell a school with a rich heritage and tradition like Ole Miss how to run their athletics program? ***

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

Has it ever occurred to anyone in the UM fan base that maybe Ross Bjork has handled this horrifically from a PR standpoint and is in way over his head- to the point where serious discussions should be had about his employment with the university?

The excuses that have been made for him, Freeze, and everyone else who has gotten them in this mess are laughable.

 

[Junction John]

More like Excrementory Cooperation (TM)

As in, they're full of ****.

 

[RutherfordBHayes]

A few weeks ago, a Bear friend asked me what MSU insiders thought about the NCAA investigation. Apparently, his good friend works in the Ole Miss Athletics Department and told him, his words, "we're about to get hammered."

My friend is one of the message board faithful, KoolAid drinkers. He was shocked. He had previously believed everything Chuck and Yancy had said. He had been expecting an apology. This had him desperate enough to ask me, and admit it. He is forlorn now.

Take that with a grain of salt, this wasn't a honcho in the UMAD and he wasn't specific, but he's around enough honchos that he knows their expectations are not optimistic.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

The funniest thing about all of this is that so much of it is self-inflicted.

1. If Hugh Freeze doesn't come out and call Lindsey Miller a wife beater, that goes away no problem. What kind of idiot publicly vilifies a man who has mountains of dirt on your program while you're in the middle of an NCAA investigation? Total dipshit.
2. If Ross Bjork does not send out false leaks and have the CL print that the investigation is over, the NCAA probably isn't digging nearly as hard right now.

Their leadership has continually shot themselves in the foot throughout this whole thing and there is not one shred of anyone wanting those people held accountable in the UM fan base. In fact, they are rallying behind these leaders. It is so bizzare.

 

[fishwater99]

Has it ever occurred to anyone in the UM fan base that maybe Ross Bjork has handled this horrifically from a PR standpoint and is in way over his head- to the point where serious discussions should be had about his employment with the university?

The excuses that have been made for him, Freeze, and everyone else who has gotten them in this mess are laughable.

Freeze and Bjork will both be gone after this season...

 

[BossDawg78]

The funniest thing about all of this is that so much of it is self-inflicted.

Nuh-UH! Stoopid leghumpers! Rednex! MooU!

 

[MadDawg.sixpack]

Freeze and Bjork will both be gone after this season...

Bjork for sure. There's just no way possible the guy that presided over three different sports committing multiple level 1 infractions can survive.

 

[BiscuitEater]

The funniest thing about all of this is that so much of it is self-inflicted.

Good point and I totally agree! Consider also .. When tweets, emails and articles hit the media right after the '13 "Magical Signing Day," accusing Bucky and OM of recruiting irregularities, he responded with the now famous .. "If you have evidence of a violation send it to the Ole Miss Compliance Department, otherwise stop slandering these young men."

Of course people responded and when NOTHING happened when they did, they (along with a couple of SEC institutions) forwarded their info to the NCAA.

Results .. 3+ .. going to the 4th year of the NCAA COLONOSCOPY. Pass the popcorn.

 

[johnson86-1]

Bjork for sure. There's just no way possible the guy that presided over three different sports committing multiple level 1 infractions can survive.

It was really questionable not to take this entire thing out of Bjork's hands the minute they had an idea about the allegations. Hard to do without looking like an admission of guilt, but they probably should have cut him a big bonus to sit quietly and perform all non-investigation related duties and hire a crisis management person to deal with the NCAA, and tell the NCAA that right now UM is confident that Bjork has done everything right, but in order to avoid even the possibility of a conflict of interest in providing "exemplary cooperation" to the NCAA, they are putting someone else in place with full authority on any matter related to the investigation.

That way you don't have Bjork's decisions being influenced by his desire to maximize his payout knowing that it will be almost impossible for him to survive three different sports having major NCAA issues on his watch.

 

[thatsbaseball]

I`m having a problem getting beyond the fact that these S.O.B.`s play Monday night with a real chance of being a top five team Tuesday morning. All because they`ve cheated their asses off for several years now and the NCAA has moved at a snail`s pace. They have their cupboard stocked now and they are set up to be pretty good for a couple of years regardless of what the NCAA does. I know there is a possibility of a bowl ban for them but the shame of the matter is they can screw up someone else` season by beating them with their play-for-pay operation. I will be ecstatic like everyone else if they get smoked big time but the damage that has been done by letting them run wild has been large and quite frankly will be ongoing for some time in the future. Other than shutting them down a couple of years (which ain`t gonna happen) the NCAA is really going to need to "strain" to make this right by the rest of the D1 competition.

 

[maroonmadman]

I'll wager this: Even after the NCAA hammers their ***, even after the NCAA lays out indisputable and incontrovertible evidence, even after they prove beyond a reasonable shadow of a doubt ole missus complete and total guilt, a very large portion of the ole miss fan base will still be in total denial and will claim unjust and unwarranted persecution. And it will continue ad infinitum.... it will become their new rallying cry.

 

[Shmuley]

Quite educational and informative. Enjoy, shitheads.

 

[Drebin]

I`m having a problem getting beyond the fact that these S.O.B.`s play Monday night with a real chance of being a top five team Tuesday morning. All because they`ve cheated their asses off for several years now and the NCAA has moved at a snail`s pace. They have their cupboard stocked now and they are set up to be pretty good for a couple of years regardless of what the NCAA does. I know there is a possibility of a bowl ban for them but the shame of the matter is they can screw up someone else` season by beating them with their play-for-pay operation. I will be ecstatic like everyone else if they get smoked big time but the damage that has been done by letting them run wild has been large and quite frankly will be ongoing for some time in the future. Other than shutting them down a couple of years (which ain`t gonna happen) the NCAA is really going to need to "strain" to make this right by the rest of the D1 competition.

They aren't quite as "set up" as you think. Their recruiting classes have been pretty top heavy. The 2013 class was that way, but most of that class will end up providing little aside from the ones at the top. Their last class was a pretty good one, but it's again top heavy with guys like Patterson and Little. The other classes have been nothing special. This is why they are so thin in areas. The current recruiting class is going to suck because of the ongoing investigation. They will go downhill fast and it will take a long time to recover. This year is their last chance to have a special year, and I don't think it's half as good of a chance as they had last year. They've lost a ton of irreplaceable talent. They don't have another Tunsil on this team (and early reports are that Little is a disappointment, although it is very early). They are deep at WR which will minimize the loss of Treadwell, but that guy was a beast blocking the edge - an integral part of their offense. That will be missed. Their defensive front seven will be soft this year.

If FSU has any semblance of a QB playing on Monday night - they will roll Ole Miss pretty easily. If the QB is shaky, all bets are off.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

They won't stop cheating. No way regardless the sanctions.

 

[Imadick]

This!!!

They won't stop cheating. No way regardless the sanctions.

I don't believe the asshats will even slow down on their cheating. I believe the
SEC would have to kick them from the conference to stop them at this point!

 

[campshelbydog842003]

They currently have 1 recruiting class on campus that is good enough to compete with the elites of the conference. They aren't set up. The vegas O/U on their win total is 7.5.

I`m having a problem getting beyond the fact that these S.O.B.`s play Monday night with a real chance of being a top five team Tuesday morning. All because they`ve cheated their asses off for several years now and the NCAA has moved at a snail`s pace. They have their cupboard stocked now and they are set up to be pretty good for a couple of years regardless of what the NCAA does. I know there is a possibility of a bowl ban for them but the shame of the matter is they can screw up someone else` season by beating them with their play-for-pay operation. I will be ecstatic like everyone else if they get smoked big time but the damage that has been done by letting them run wild has been large and quite frankly will be ongoing for some time in the future. Other than shutting them down a couple of years (which ain`t gonna happen) the NCAA is really going to need to "strain" to make this right by the rest of the D1 competition.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Thanks, I needed that .

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

They won't stop cheating. No way regardless the sanctions.

Yep there are level 1 violations in the NOA that happened while they were being inveatigated. And all of the amended allegations will probably be that way.

 

[RutherfordBHayes]

I'll wager this: Even after the NCAA hammers their ***, even after the NCAA lays out indisputable and incontrovertible evidence, even after they prove beyond a reasonable shadow of a doubt ole missus complete and total guilt, a very large portion of the ole miss fan base will still be in total denial and will claim unjust and unwarranted persecution. And it will continue ad infinitum.... it will become their new rallying cry.

No question about this.
I read a post over there recently where a Bear said that they got screwed in 1994, and the NCAA hammered them over a couple of minor infractions.

I've seen these fairies sticking with the 9 over 3 nonsense. It's like they can't read or something.

 

[aTotal360]

They'll eventually admit to cheating and they'll cope with "but everyone is".

 

[AlCoDog]

And then they unleash tattle tale hell!!1!!

Everyone should have minded their own business! They warned us!

 

[Junction John]

maroonwhiteddd, aka the Troll Patrol Patrol, has already been taking notes of us Bullies' unscrupulous activity over here.

Sorry, I mean, OVER HERE!!!!1!!!!!!!!!

 

[Strike.sixpack]

They'll eventually admit to cheating and they'll cope with "but everyone is".

Heck, the "everyone is" statement is practically their motto now. And there are still some that think the NCAA doesn't have anything on them, hence the immunity being given out. Yeah 8 Level 1's is the equivalent to nothing much (most major violations of one program from one investigation in what? A couple of decades?).

 

[BulldogBlitz]

since being temporarily located in Memphis since may, I have learned to hate gary parrish. every time I seem to hear his show he is glowing about OM and whatever. I thought for the longest the boy was their alum and mouthpiece. now I see his pic... can't think otherwise now.