Maybe it doesn’t pay to play by the rules.
No, I’m not being facetious and, yes, I do realize that Oklahoma State’s current predicament is the result a former university employee not playing by the rules. But when you compare the NCAA’s recent punishment handed down, to the transgression OSU is accused of, things look pretty lopsided.
But throughout the entire process, the school has done nothing but cooperate with the NCAA at every opportunity, a fact that makes the handed-down judgment all the more puzzling for OSU brass and Mike Boynton.
What’s more, that cooperation contrasts with schools like Kansas, which has vigorously denied its charges since being handed its own Notice of Allegations last year.