If Pearl gets a one-year show cause, does he get canned by UT? Does the NCAA show-cause penalty require a coach's present employer to show cause of his continued employment?
I think those reading Hubbs's explanation are sort of reading it wrong and thinking about it wrong.
"Show cause" by itself is not a penalty, per se. The penalty would be separate....like, Pearl suspended for a year, or two, or a decade, or 3 games.
Then the show-cause would be tacked on top of that, saying that the penalty would follow Pearl should UT decide to cut ties.
For instance, the ruling might go something like this:
1. Pearl suspended for 10 games coaching at UT;
2. Some loss of recruiting time, or phone calls, or visits;
3. Loss of a scholarship for two years;
4. 2-year show cause
The show cause would mean that IF UT elects to cut ties and fire Pearl so they get a coach who can recruit and coach for a year, then for 2 years, anyone hiring Pearl would be subject to the SAME penalties UT was looking at (or else show cause why they shouldn't be).
Thus "ignoring" the show cause is not a word game...Pearl will have penalties, and UT can eat them or ditch Pearl. If the latter, then the penalties follow him for the duration of the show-cause.
All the above is my guesswork only, trying to sift through a mountain of internet data quickly. I have no inside information.
