CoolM,
I hope you are not really a lawyer because you are really clueless. Nor could you probably shine my shoes, doesn't really matter because OU is not going to endure anyone's penalty by hiring Pearl because Joe C. is not as foolish as you are. You quote the Baylor situation, I guess you forget that they got hit and were not allowed to play any non conference games and by the way - all the stuff with murder and lying to the District Attorney had nothing to do with the NCAA. However, Bliss paid tuition for non scholarship players and he lied to Baylor and the NCAA.
Yeah, Sampson made phone calls (550) at OU then went to Indiana and made more except this time he lied to Indiana and the NCAA about the calls. The real key is lying to the NCAA.
Pearl made 96 calls, had his BBQ, lied to the NCAA and begged forgiveness then within 4 days illegally met with another recruit. In fact, he even broke the rules after the AD said his job was jeopardy before the NCAA tournament. If you don't think that is flaunting the rules then you are a fool. Again, the key is lying to the NCAA.
If you haven't figured it out by now, lying to the NCAA is the thing they come down the hardest on. Lying to the NCAA is an NCAA violation. Dez Bryant didn't break a rule but lied investigators and his playing days were over. With coaches, the NCAA is unmerciful.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3244720
How many people on this board are will to take the penalty that Baylor got by hiring a show cause coach like Pearl? Do you want the half death penalty - no non conference and no post season and scholarship limitations? By the way CoolM, since you are such a genius, Why don't you tell us just how many schools have hired "show cause" coaches? Can you name one? Please show us some of those legal research skills!!!