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I take it you didn't so much as glance at the link? No one said the benefits Bush's family received were okay. The controversy stems from the fact that the NCAA committee of infractions appeared to make an inconsistent punishment backed with malice toward USC imposing a punishment that far deviated from their precedent in previous, similar cases instead of acting as an impartial, consistent arbitrator of justice in collegiate athletics. They also violated their own protocol and allowed members outside of the voting COI members of infractions to influence the decision making in the case. This would be like allowing someone in a courthouse to whisper into the jurors' ears influencing their decision on the verdict. Additionally, they also libelously implied that Todd McNair, USC's running back coach had more knowledge and connection to the agents who were giving Bush's family the benefits that there was actual concrete evidence of, which is why he's sued them. They fabricate their own evidence to justify their predetermined punishment.

That's why the NCAA has fought tooth and nail in a civil suit with former USC RB coach Todd McNair to have emails between NCAA COI members sealed documents so that they couldn't be released to the public. Delaying the release of the documents for the last 6 years. Remember all of this stuff came out in 2006, the NCAA decision in 2010. They NCAA has been delaying the release of the documents for 5 years. Filling motions and appeals to prolong the civil case. Surely, if the NCAA handled the investigation in a manner that was appropriate, consistent, and impartial they would welcome the transparency and release the documents as there would be nothing for the NCAA to hide?

The debate here isn't so much that a violation of rules happened. The problem is that the NCAA is supposed to be an impartial arbitrator that hands out consistent punishments and they're not. It's why in actual legal cases we have maximum

What happened in the USC case was like if you got pulled over for a speeding ticket and the cop that pulled you over

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