re: One thing that the McMen cannot deny is that excitement around the program is non existent

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BUT the NCAA in all their wisdom said that NC should not be put on probation because OTHER students were able to sign up for that imaginary class...thus the BB players were given no special treatment.

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That is the NCAA following its own rules. Athletes can take any class with any grading criteria so long as it is available to the general student body.

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That was ludicrous!

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In one respect it certainly was. But the rules did not account for a class you could sign up for and get an A simply for signing up that was offered to all students.

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Here is the proper ruling. ALL the "students" involved, players and non-players, get expelled!

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The NCAA has no control over what the University does in these situations. And only the University can expel students, the NCAA can only rule on a student's eligibility. Under the rules at the time, that was perfectly legal. And why should any student get expelled for taking a class offered by the University? The students didn't create or offer the class, the University did. Maybe the real solution was to fire the people who orchestrated that whole situation.