Here's what wiki states regarding the Death Penalty's "repeat violator" rule: "The NCAA has always had the power to ban an institution from competing in a particular sport. However, in 1985, in response to rampant violations at several schools, the NCAA Council passed the "repeat violator" rule. The rule stipulates that if a second major violation occurs at any institution within five years of being on probation in the same sport or another sport, that institution can be barred from competing in the sport involved in the second violation for either one or two seasons."
On March 10, 2006, the OSU basketball team received a three-year NCAA probation and vacated all accomplishments from 1999-2002, including their 1999 Final Four appearance. We are still within the five-year period of the hoops team's probation. So how is this NOT a Death Penalty scenario?
Right now tOSU apologists should refrain from calling anyone else dumb.
