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EM_Pumasnoscythe wrote:
I maintain that the NCAA is pissed at how BYU turned a blind-eye to Emery playing games with the investigation.
Emery withdrew from school during the investigation, and by rule NCAA investigations have to be completed within a certain amount of time after they are opened. The NCAA cannot compel a person who is not affiliated with a school (either employee, booster, or athlete) to cooperate if they do not want to. So Emery was outside their reach during the investigation process. Almost immediately after the investigation period closed, Emery re-enrolled and BYU suspended him for only 9 games (despite having played in 47 games while taking benefits) with him coming back for all of conference play.
BYU looked complicit in keeping Emery out of the NCAA's reaches, and I am not surprised that they are dropping the hammer on BYU hoops after this. Most athletes who go under investigation for these violations are never allowed back at the university after they withdraw. BYU let him in days after the investigation process concluded.
Talk about conspiracy theories.