UConn admits to major violations & Yeager brings some noise

[Half-baked Mcbride]

Tom Yeager, the Colonial Athletic Association conference commissioner and former infractions panel chair, said the committee will need to make sure that the school doesn't normally only carry 11 players and that the reduction is a real penalty.

Yeager also said by reducing scholarships now there is a chance to see it have weight with the November early signing period upcoming. That would allow the committee to see the reduction have an effect. He also said that the two-year probation that UConn put on itself "won't carry any clout with the committee on infractions."

"Reducing scholarship or taking a team out of postseason those have real substance but the committee isn't impressed by just saying they're on probation,'' Yeager told ESPN.com's Andy Katz. "That doesn't carry a lot of juice.''

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5662321

It's nice to see what Yeager said.....we'll see if any meanigful punishments actually take place. Perhaps Non-BCS commish's should be in charge of the penalty phase for BCS programs

 

[BaNgMyPrOgRaM]

Re: UConn admits to major violations & Yeager brings some no

FUCONN. Will never forget '98 NIT.

 

[BradRamFan]

Re: UConn admits to major violations & Yeager brings some no

Are they allowed to have to have non-scholarship players and walkons?

And considering most teams only player upwards of 9 players or so for the vast majority of games, limiting scholarships to 11 won't have much real impact to be honest. Plus they can still play in the post season. I'd rather they be blocked from playing in their own conference tournament and any post season tournament for 2 years....that at least would represent a financial loss to the university for the infractions.

 

[VRam]

Re: UConn admits to major violations & Yeager brings some no

Never had much respect for Calhoun. He's an meanie.