Oklahoma must forfeit 2005 season

[RunningoftheBulls]

NCAA: Oklahoma must forfeit 2005 season

Associated Press

Updated: July 11, 2007, 3:14 PM ET

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma football program must forfeit all wins from the 2005 season and will lose scholarships as a result of players being paid for work they had not performed.

The penalties, announced Wednesday by the NCAA, stem from a case involving two players, including Sooners starting quarterback Rhett Bomar, who were kicked off the team for being paid for work they had not performed at a Norman car dealership.

Oklahoma permanently dismissed Bomar and guard J.D. Quinn point when it was determined they had knowingly and willfully been involved in receiving payment for work not performed. A third member of the team had been previously dismissed by the university for violations of team rules.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

[Economics_Nerd82]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2933008

[HarveyGlass]

It's hard out here if you don't cheat.  Cheers to the BigEast!

[crambone]

This is a much better way to put it:

http://cfn.scout.com/2/657964.html

[nobull.Bulls]

I guess USC and several other teams who blatantly cheat and there recruits even said they did get away with it, even thou they didn't kick their guys off the team.

OU got screwed.

[HarveyGlass]

OU didn't get screwed.  They cheated, they got punished.  If anything, they got off easy, without probation or bowl ineligibility.

Just because other cheaters didn't get justly punished, doesn't mean that Oklahoma should have been let off the hook for cheating.

[usfbulls2004]

Sucks for them. Maybe they should try not to cheat.

[smazza]

nothing happens to stoops!

for him it paid to cheat