For those with visions of this latest flap over Basketball payments. it is not the same thing as the USC Football sanctions of 2010. First off, USC was the prime target of that incident. In 20-20 hindsight there was a target on their back. If one recalls the basketball program was a secondary issue and the NCAA dismissed any further sanction there above what USC had done in self sanction. In fact that same 20-20 might have said the USC action was over-ranching.
In these cases there were multiple (over 30 programs) that were at issue;. two of the biggest were Louisville, and now we are hearing Arizona. Add in other big names Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Alabama, et al and USC is likely much lower on the list. USC has also self sanctioned in a way by dismissing coach Tony Bland and sitting player Deanthony Melton for a year. That is unlike the football program that did not self sanction. And USC has already done its own investigation and is prepared to kick back IMO. that’s also unlike th Football sanction.
So what's ahead…the big issue is what the NCAA does with the big violations…Louisville et al. Determine what punishment lies there and then act downward for lesser violations after determining whether they were known or not known violations. There can be great ramifications on some schools and even take down some conferences …e.g. multiple violations in ACC, SEC, Big 10, etc.
All of this will not likely affect this year with March madness coming quickly. The effect, if football is an example, will take several rounds of pushback by the schools and IMO result in a 1 year or so delay. This is my educated guess from prior actions. The NCAA has a much tougher issue on hand, especially how they handle this.
