This is bad for the NCAA. It might go underreported, but what it is doing to the Mizzou Tigers teams — football, softball and baseball — is cruel.
The NCAA denied Mizzou’s appeal Tuesday, waiting nearly the entire football season to hand Mizzou the exact decision it came out with in January. The problem is similar schools have had the exact allegations, if not worse, and those schools were not penalized as deeply as Missouri. We’re looking at you, North Carolina and Mississippi State.
Earlier this year, Mizzou athletic director Jim Stark was silent on their fellow SEC member’s penalties.