Quote Originally Posted by msbulldog View Post
Liverpool, I think the difference is the amount of infractions. Louisville had one Level 1 and Mississippi has 15, Mississippi has admitted in their response that some of these infractions happened as the investigation was going on. This in itself is the definition of Lack of Institutional Control, which should raise all of the Level 1's to aggravated status.
While some of the infractions happened before the new punishment matrix was put into place. Mississippi continued to break regulations in the face of continuing investigations, The COI at this point has no other option, but to hand down the harshest penalties.
Agree 100%. The OM operation was pre-planned, premeditated, and systematic in nature because it was orchestrated from the very core of the Athletic Department. When the Asst Athletic Director devises a program to systematically put Boosters in contact with potential recruits on numerous occasions and has so as many as a dozen Boosters running for him that he has to employ the help and support of multiple on-the-field coaches; then that is a tried and true system of cheating. When it continues totally unchecked WHILE under NCAA investigation then that's aggravated cheating.