re: Controlling improper benefits?

OOPS... my first post was in response to Spurrier's proposed payments.....

for improper benefits, they only way to really get it under control is to criminalize it so that you can penalize recruits, players, coaches, boosters and runners. penalties would include possible jail time and financial sanctions that could equal the sanction cost to the school. in the late 1980's when Clemson was staring at the Death Penalty, a sports columnist proposed such a state law that would subject the guilty to the billions of dollars lost if Clemson had to shut down football.

Criminalization would also open up law enforcement to set up stings. If there were a couple stings against coaches and players, you'd see it come to an end very quickly. The only problem with this is that it only works if it is a Federal Law, and there is no way on earth that the schools or the NCAA want the Feds to get jurisdiction. Once they get in the door, next they go for full regulation.