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posted by Paragon SC on Jul 27, 2011

If you’ll recall, Scott had some strong words following the rejection of USC’s appeal, saying "I fully expect every NCAA member institution to be held to the same high standards." And he’s well aware that the NCAA didn’t find Ohio State guilty of Lack of Institutional Control or Failure to Monitor — even though its head coach knowing played ineligible players and then lied about it. "You can be sure I’m tracking it," he said. In fact, he called Emmert after tOSU news broke on Friday. The takeaway? Scott said there’s "a misperception in the media about the finality" of tOSU situation. While he declined to get specific, I took his comment to mean that Emmert indicated the NCAA could tack on penalties in the cash-for-memorabilia case. Scott has USC’s back on this one, no question. Pac-12 football: Commissioner Larry Scott on issues of the day | College Hotline I would say that Scott has Oregon's back on this one...not USC's. It's Oregon that is next in the meat grinder. Scott's silence was noticeable in the year between the announcement of the sanctions and the denial of the appeal. It doesn't take a Harvard degree to see that USC was punished way of proportion to the infractions and USC's ACTUAL involvement. The OSU and UNC cases only exacerbate the situation...