There have been jokes for decades about the size of the NCAA rules manual, about how the organization can find a way to penalize almost anyone for almost anything. And yet at 451 pages, that tome sometimes can still seem incomplete and inadequate. This is one of those times.
On Wednesday, the NCAA Committee on Infractions regretfully let off Baylor football with a wrist slap in resolving its case dating to the Art Briles reign of lawless infamy. Violence against women, and violence in general, created a deep stain on the Baptist university in Waco, Texas, but not one that could seep into the bylaws created by the NCAA member institutions.