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Syracuse Hoops - more problems ?

Guess we know why Swofford wanted them. It will be interesting to see what, if anything the NCAA decides to do with them.
 
Here is a link to the story on Yahoo Sports, which is the original source of this story. If the allegations are true, I would think some heads will roll. I wonder if they will include Boeheim's?

Sources: Syracuse basketball program repeatedly violated internal drug policy

Over the course of a three-month investigation, four sources with intimate knowledge of the Syracuse men’s basketball program told Yahoo! Sports at least 10 players since 2001 have tested positive for a banned recreational substance or substances. The sources said all 10 of those players were allowed to practice and play at times when they should have been suspended by the athletic department, including instances when some players may not have known of their own ineligibility. The four sources said Syracuse violated its drug policy in at least two areas: failing to properly count positive tests; and playing ineligible players after they should have been subject to suspension...

...If Syracuse knowingly violated its own drug policies, it could trigger the NCAA’s “Willful Violators” clause, which allows the association to bypass its four-year statute of limitations in favor of levying sanctions as far back as the first in a series of continued infractions. A willful violation is considered one that occurs during a pattern of deliberate or intentional rule-breaking.

Beyond statute-of-limitations issues, Syracuse could also be charged with lack of institutional control for failing to adhere to its own drug policy, similar to sanctions recently levied against Baylor University. A wide-ranging NCAA inquiry into the Bears’ basketball program in 2005 revealed the athletic department failed to follow its established guidelines by concealing positive marijuana tests for three players. A report released by the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions after the Baylor investigation stated: “The failure of the university to follow its own [drug testing] procedures demonstrated a lack of institutional control.”
 
WWRD? Culture Change if he had a HOF coach with national championship?
 
This is good for people who thought the Walker and JT thing were no big deal. There are NCAA ramifications involved with these tests if you ignore them.
 
So what should the NCAA do? Punish the current players for things that happened 10+ years ago?
 
Its hard to punish the school without punishing current players.
 
Loss of future scholarships and/or suspensions against the coachies involved is the way to go, especially if the same staff is around. It doesn't punish the current players directly, and comes down on the people who lied to the NCAA.
 
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