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I'm of the opinion that any punishment due for NCAA rules infractions should be meted out to the person or persons who cheated -- period. There should not be any collateral damage, particularly well after the fact. If a coach is caught breaking any of the major, most serious rules, he or she is terminated and banned from the sport for x-number of years. They also forfeit their salaries from the time the infraction is proven to have taken place, which would be a retro ding to their pocketbook in most cases. No one other than the cheater should be dragged into the situation unless it can be proven that he or she was a willing participated with others. In case you're wondering, this includes players and recruits as well. Now that football and basketball is flooded with transfers, not punishing the newbies only makes sense. That's my take anyway.

With all the delays and the near complete turnover of staff and players, penalizing the school at the point doesn't seem to be particularly reasonable. Then again, reasonable and consistent aren't adjectives normally associated with the NCAA.

One additional thought on post season bans.

If the NCAA is serious about player compensation, they need to look at the monetary cost of denying players the opportunity to play in the Big Dance, had  their team otherwise qualified for the field of 68. The 2020-2021 Arizona team is a prime example. Let's imagine for a moment, what would have happened if big Tube averaged 20 and 10 or better, and Arizona advanced to the final four. Could that have led to a first round draft pick? In that case, the NCAA cost A.T. big bucks. Maybe some of the players that got shafted for doing no wrong themselves, should sue the NCAA for loss of projected income. This banning teams bullshite has got to stop. Now.