06-26-2013, 12:50 PM
I find it interesting that many regulars of the ESPN blog are saying "this is good for the conference." While I don't want Oregon to be crippled, I would rate this as bad for college football amateurism. If I were a recruiter, I would look at this as cart blanche to go out and use guys like Lyles and look forward to a similar slap on the wrist. Given that I don't think Stanford uses guys like Lyles (or at least not the extent of other schools), I think this puts us at a disadvantage in recruiting in general.
I'm not up on 100% of the "facts" of the case, but it all seemed pretty seedy and clear that Oregon was flouting the rules on this one. Are there new rules in place to clear up any of the "grey area" that Oregon was exploiting to make what they did a more clear violation going forward? If not, it's going to get ugly out there.
I'm not up on 100% of the "facts" of the case, but it all seemed pretty seedy and clear that Oregon was flouting the rules on this one. Are there new rules in place to clear up any of the "grey area" that Oregon was exploiting to make what they did a more clear violation going forward? If not, it's going to get ugly out there.