Interesting comments from Jeff Long:

ESPN reports: Kansas AD says faith in NCAA is shaken

Quote:During a brief news conference before the Kansas-Texas Tech game, Long said the school had provided the NCAA with all documents or information requested, and had held De Sousa out of competition in good faith all season.

"I have always respected the NCAA and trusted the process, but I must tell you that my faith has been shaken," Long said. "We stand behind our student-athletes when we believe they've been wronged."

Quote:Still, Long said the NCAA would consider De Sousa's reinstatement only under two conditions: The school had to declare him ineligible, which it did Jan. 13, and Kansas had to identify Gassnola as an agent or booster of its program "only as a hypothetical for the purposes of reinstatement."

"We disagreed on Gassnola's role in all of it," Long said.

But with no other alternatives, Long said Kansas agreed to the conditions and began the reinstatement process. That dragged on for three weeks before the NCAA handed down its punishment.

Quote:Texas Tech coach Chris Beard was much more succinct.

"The NCAA does what they do," Beard said after his No. 16 Red Raiders were routed by the 11th-ranked Jayhawks 79-63, "stuff that makes no sense."

So basically Kansas did everything they were asked to do and the NCAA just felt like screwing them. Very similar to what happened with Missouri's punishment.

I think also relevant to this discussion because I wonder if certain coaches and administrators aren't secretly hoping Alston wins against the NCAA. In light of these statements and others made by Mizzou officials the other day, sounds like a lot of people are fed up.