Former Michigan State assistants hit with six and five year show-causes 

Those are big ole show-causes

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46944587/msu-hit-3-yr-probation-14-wins-3-seasons-vacated

Ugh.

I think it was just Tucker, his GM, and 1 assistant coach.

"The NCAA handed Tucker, former Michigan State general manager Saeed Khalif and former assistant coach Brandon Jordan show-cause penalties. Tucker was given a three-year order. The NCAA said Tucker "failed to adequately monitor his program." Khalif (six years) and Jordan (five years) were given longer penalties for knowingly providing impermissible recruiting inducements, according to the NCAA. The three cannot work in college athletics until their show-cause orders end."

If my math is correct, the 1.5% penalty amounts to $879k. Not an insignificant amount of money.

Failure to monitor.  As if he had no idea what his assistants were doing.

As a Michigander this pisses me off. How does MSU get a bigger penalty than U of M? 

19 minutes ago, georgethepunter said:

As a Michigander this pisses me off. How does MSU get a bigger penalty than U of M? 

Jerry Tarkanian explained it well many years ago when Kentucky basketball was being investigated for things like FedEx envelopes and shoeboxes full of cash were sent to recruits, yet Kentucky always seemed to escape serious penalty:

"The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky they're going to give Cleveland State another year of probation"

Another example of the NCAA double standards Michigan vs Michigan State penalties. 

15 minutes ago, ArizonaLonghorn said:

Jerry Tarkanian explained it well many years ago when Kentucky basketball was being investigated for things like FedEx envelopes and shoeboxes full of cash were sent to recruits, yet Kentucky always seemed to escape serious penalty:

"The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky they're going to give Cleveland State another year of probation"

Ha. So True. It’s going to be real funny when CMU gets a bigger penalty than Michigan for allowing Stallions on their sideline to scout MSU in his spy gear. 

22 hours ago, georgethepunter said:

As a Michigander this pisses me off. How does MSU get a bigger penalty than U of M? 

I can only assume that you are a younger man than I.  Let me bring you up to speed. 

When Duffy Daugherty was head football coach, MSU football adopted the Nascar Philosophy......"if you ain't cheatin, you ain"t tryin".  Lo and behold, football played for a Natty.  The entire athletic department then embraced the concept.  Here you can insert football, basketball, gymnastics, et. al.  It is now cultural.   Probably a 3 hour credit course.

UM, on the other hand, stayed with low level, under the table stuff.   You know, the standard way of doing business in college athletics up until NIL.   Just small stuff kept under the table.

One final thought: MSU, or course, isn't the only culprit.  There are others, but the Spartans seem to be solid in their long-term commitment.  

Bros?:  If you rearrange the initials, you get SMU.................is that weird, or what?

 

I was surprised that they had 14 wins in the last three seasons.  They have been on hard times for a few years.