More than a year after the University of Oklahoma came forward with the details of Rhett Bomar and J.D. Quinn’s overly lucrative employment at Big Red Automotive, the NCAA has announced the results of its investigation.
Being the paper tiger that they are, it was widely believed the NCAA Infractions Committee would find that Mobilehoma’s self-imposed sanctions (kicking Bomar, Quinn and walk-on Jermaine Hardison off the team and out of school, limiting number of coaches on recruiting trips) were punishment enough and that would be the end of it. However, yesterday’s announcement did come with a few additional sanctions.
Jokelahoma has been stripped of its 8 wins from the 2005 season (the season Bomar started as QB), loses two scholarships each in the 08-09 and 09-10 seasons, and had its current NCAA probation extended two more years. Just to clear that up, Mobilehoma was already on probation when this happened and that probation has been extended.
The reason the NCAA decided to extend the probation period, rather than drop the proverbial hammer on this institution that considers rules more like guidelines, is because they found these current problems to be ‘failure to moniter’ rather than ‘lack of institutional control.’
Bomar, Quinn and Hardison made upwards of $17,000 as ‘employees’ of Big Red Automotive. They were shown to have been clocked in at the dealership during the same hours they were attending class and football practice.
Obviously putting them on probation the first time worked so well, extending it another two years should really teach them a lesson.
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That pic is f’ing awesome.