The Post-Standard · Nov 25, 2015
Why did NCAA change its mind, decide to give Syracuse a scholarship back?
The NCAA's Infractions Appeals Committee detailed why it reduced Syracuse's scholarship penalty, and why it didn't reduce Jim Boeheim's 101 vacated wins.Syracuse, N.Y. — The NCAA acknowledged in an eight-page document Wednesday that its Committee on Infractions "abused its discretion" when it docked the Syracuse basketball program 12 scholarships over a four-year period, an unprecedented penalty.
The initial penalty of three docked scholarships for four seasons, a total of 12, was the largest number of scholarships that a basketball program had ever been docked and matched the longest scholarship penalty ever handed to a college basketball program.