A few things:
"It's harder than ever to catch a cheater. Especially with fewer investigators and less institutional knowledge. The fact that many newspapers have all but abandoned investigative sports reporting adds to the temptation to cheat without being caught."
So in the case above the NCAA will break ever rule, use self-corroboration, pay a criminal, risk a bankruptcy proceeding, interrogate without our school being present, intimidate unrepresented poor student athletes etc. etc. etc.
"The NCAA is trying to salvage what it can of the case, but Miami seems intent on turning a loophole into a mile-wide escape route."
Yes because we're 100% guilty without any trial or procedure, especially when the smoking gun ran almost a billion dollar ponzi scheme and had a KNOWN VENDETTA against UM.
"While the NCAA defends itself from the bunker, not much investigating seems to be getting done. "
Perhaps if they didn't take 100 years to investigate the claims or a Ponzi Schemer and break every rule in the process, more would get done.
"It apparently has become less a matter of investigating what Miami has done wrong than what the NCAA has done wrong. The shift of blame and focus has been breathtaking."
Right because we asked the NCAA to tank everything. Because we told the NCAA break every rule and make enemies with every media outlet. I hate to break it to Pat Forde, the investigation is a critical piece of the puzzle. Your not just guilty because someone makes a claim, I find it incredibly shocking how Yahoo is the one to defend the NCAA.
What an *******.
