Originally Posted by
DeviousDawg
You're right, the NCAA will give OM the death penalty before they dock them 50+ scholarships. I don't know how they will handle it, simply because no one does, there has never been an investigation of this magnitude under the NCAA's new penalty structure.
I will say that the NCAA did not create the new penalty structure to lessen penalties, and they are most definitely not still investigating OM while granting immunity to opposing teams players to lessen OM's penalties. The NCAA has set themselves up to slam OM, the only question now is how they will do it.
Expecting 50+ scholarships is unrealistic, but expecting 30-40 is reality. As always, it is only going to get much much worse for OM before it gets better. OM had a chance to accept 20 years in jail for 2nd degree murder, instead they claimed innocence. Unfortunately, after their innocent plea, the NCAA found a smoking gun with OM's DNA all over it.
For those that have watched the Netflix series "Narcos", imagine OM as Pablo Escobar. In the first season Pablo quickly rose to prominence, some were skeptical but he was surrounded by people he trusted in Medellin(Mississippi). Pablo won his support by supplying money to the poor in his area, and became a cult angel. Towards the end of the first season Pablo pushed his luck too far and stepped out of his comfort zone and decided to go national and run for president. This was a mistake and Pablo's dark secrets were revealed and Pablo was indicted at the end of the first season. The whole second season Pablo is on the run, as his followers continue to dwindle because of "mistakes" he made. He could've turned himself in and protected his family, but he believed he was important enough to get away with it. He continued to believe he would get away with it until the bitter end, when he was killed by himself.
So many parallels here.