NCAA Rejects FSU Proposal

From Heather Dinich at the four-letter:

The NCAA turned down Florida State's proposal that a "blue-ribbon committee" be formed to review the policy of vacating wins as a form of punishment, and that the policy be suspended from use while it is under review, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel.

T.K. Wetherell, president of Florida State -- which on March 6 learned of its penalties resulting from an investigation into an academic cheating scandal -- wrote the NCAA a letter, dated March 17, in which he made the proposal, according to the Sentinel.

But NCAA president Myles Brand, in his response dated March 20 and reported by the Sentinel, said the Committee on Infractions already was reexamining its "entire penalty structure," and that any recommendations for changes would be sent to the NCAA Division I Board of Directors for consideration.

In the meantime, Brand wrote, "It would be arbitrary to suspend only the vacation-of-wins penalty and impractical to suspend them all."

The Sentinel also reported that in Brand's March 20 letter, Brand acknowledged receiving official word that Florida State intended to appeal the vacation-of-wins penalty levied by the NCAA.

Those of us at OSG HQ still thin Florida State is in a boatload of trouble...
Nothing's changed...