The core penalties, per a source close to Ole Miss:
Pretty much what I expected. 24 schollies...I was thinking 25.
These penalties are severe.
- an additional bowl-ban year (2018).
- probation running concurrently with current probation for a total of four years.
- financial penalties.
- a total scholarship reduction of 13 over a period of years. That’s in addition to the 11 over four years that Ole Miss self-imposed, which already meant three or four fewer scholarship players per year.
- every coach named in the NCAA’s investigation has received a show-cause (essentially an NCAA blackball for a period of time). That doesn’t include new head coach Matt Luke, who wasn’t named. Former assistant David Saunders’ show-cause runs for eight years. Former staffer Barney Farrar faces five.
Pretty much what I expected. 24 schollies...I was thinking 25.
These penalties are severe.