The NCAA lets the Baylor football program off the hook by way of their ruling on Wednesday.
The NCAA was unable to prove the Baylor football program failed to report allegations of sexual misconduct on campus from 2011 to 2016 in their ruling.
This scandal at Baylor led to former university president Ken Starr and former head football coach Art Briles’ departures in 2016. While the NCAA was unable to prove Baylor of any wrongdoing when it comes to failing to report sexual violence on their campus, it did find other violations occurring within the program, including impermissible benefits and other academic violations.
Baylor receives four years of probation and a $5,000 fine, but no bowl ban or a scholarship reduction. This is essentially the best-case scenario for the Baylor football program that admitted to rampant sexual violence and abuse taking place on the Waco campus under Briles’ watch.
NCAA throws hands in the air over its Baylor football program investigation
With the NCAA unable to prove anything of significance in their last two investigations of note, the Baylor football program and the North Carolina basketball program, the organization comes across as utterly toothless.
Lacking any bit or conviction whatsoever, here is what some of the college football media had to say about the NCAA’s inability to do anything worth a damn at any time.
We are five years removed since the investigation began. The Bears are entering their second season with Dave Aranda as their head coach. Baylor is coming off a 2-7 season. While he should have ample time to get this right, Baylor went to the Sugar Bowl two years ago in what was Matt Rhule’s last year leading the team before going to the NFL.
The NCAA letting Baylor off the hook once again proves the organization is totally incompetent.
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