05_never_again
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Bruce lying and bumping into the recruit sealed his fate but those were his actions. Tyndall violated the rules but Boeheim,Williams and Pitino front programs that mocked the NCAA...
Pitino, Boeheim, et al had plausible deniability. Pearl and Tyndall did not.
I know that seems convenient because the coaches at bigger, "protected" programs received lighter penalties, but the facts of each case are different.
Remember the more storied programs are better organizationally, and any rule-breaking operation is going to insulate people at the top.