What's the point of vacating?

[Fritz]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

BTW has an NCAA champion ever been vacated?
I don't think so.
Does anyone think that this would be done had Memphis not messed up the last couple minutes of the championship game and lost to Kansas in OT?

I seriously doubt it.

This created quite a bit of discussion in my neck of the woods yesterday; what if Chalmers' shot rims out and the Tigers win? Would they NCAA vacate the championship, and if so, would that mean my Jayhawks would be the belated champs?

Consensus seemed to be that the NCAA would have meted out a different penalty and avoided vacating a "major" championship like D-1 men's BB, and creating more confusion/controversy over who should be declared the champs.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Fritz

This created quite a bit of discussion in my neck of the woods yesterday; what if Chalmers' shot rims out and the Tigers win? Would they NCAA vacate the championship, and if so, would that mean my Jayhawks would be the belated champs?

Consensus seemed to be that the NCAA would have meted out a different penalty and avoided vacating a "major" championship like D-1 men's BB, and creating more confusion/controversy over who should be declared the champs.

When a game is vacated, the other team does not get the win....cause they didn't win. Any one of the teams that were eliminated by the vacated team would have an argument to be the champion.

The game simply never happened and there would be no champion.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

When a game is vacated, the other team does not get the win....cause they didn't win. Any one of the teams that were eliminated by the vacated team would have an argument to be the champion.

The game simply never happened and there would be no champion.

So who keeps the money from those games which never happened?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

So who keeps the money from those games which never happened?

The NCAA gets it, of course.

[bbcof83]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

The NCAA gets it, of course.

I thought I read Conference USA gets the cash.

Originally Posted by bbcof83

I thought I read Conference USA gets the cash.

In Memphis' case, they have to return the money to the conference, who will probably redistribute it to the other schools, if they're anything like the Big XII. If there's no redistribution process, then the conference hangs on to the money for its own operation purposes.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

In Memphis' case, they have to return the money to the conference, who will probably redistribute it to the other schools, if they're anything like the Big XII. If there's no redistribution process, then the conference hangs on to the money for its own operation purposes.

At least the NCAA doesn't get it....like the EU does when it fines US companies....let see here, our coffers are running low so lets find someone with some cash to find guiltly and fine for enough money to send us all on a nice holiday.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

In Memphis' case, they have to return the money to the conference, who will probably redistribute it to the other schools, if they're anything like the Big XII. If there's no redistribution process, then the conference hangs on to the money for its own operation purposes.

That isn't proper either. Why should schools from Conference USA benefit when one of its members engaged in improper action? That money should go to the OTHER conferences and schools who were in the Final Four that season.

[Johnny Ringo]

And Plaxico Buress got two years for shooting himslef ... go figure.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

And Plaxico Buress got two years for shooting himslef ... go figure.

There is no legal penalty for shooting yourself.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mbyron

There is no legal penalty for shooting yourself.

Unless it draws attention to the fact that you were carrying a weapon illegally in a NY nightclub. He's lucky he didn't damage the jewells.