Listen, if you are on probation, particularly for phone cheating, then you absolutely 100 percent need to monitor every single call by a coach that is not of an obvious personal nature.

Being monitored for alleged fishy business is a small price you pay for earning a fat check.

Grown men are exempt from strict supervision?

Maybe grown physically.

Somebody is responsible.

OU goes off of probation Sunday, just in time for another investigation. When do we stop being so above the job that we can't have someone monitoring the monitors, so to speak? I thought the administration was supposed to have those guidelines in place. Obviously going through the motions has brought another loophole that may cost Soonerland real damage.

I thought The Picker was reponsible to monitor.

Seriously, these are different people and different circumstances. I hope the NCAA doesn't punish the university for the covert actions of a couple of individuals. Too often the wrong party feels the consequences.

Is the OU athletic director getting a free pass from the media on all this stuff?

Fido Belo - A few student athletes making bad decisions because of poor character don't equate to an athletic program cheating and the institution having inadequate control over said programs.

Wow Filo, "obviously OSU has a poor track record with the type of players they bring in?" Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Also, why is it when kids mess up at OU, it's not the school or coaches fault but when an athlete messes up at OSU, they have a "poor track record with those type of players?" You just love those double standards, don't you?

The Kelvin Sampson infractions were not minor. My gosh, how crimson are the glasses you look through? He was busted not once, but twice for making illegal phone calls to recruits...somewhere in the range of over 500!

And the "stuff happens" excuse again, is tired and pathetic...especially when the coaches are involved. I'm not making excuses for the things OSU players have done and no other university should either. And yes, this has happened numerous times at OU in the last 10 years. That is why they are on probation.

Your Barry Switzer argument is pretty comical. The question isn't how he could allow kids to do those things. The question is why did he recruit kids with that type of character in the first place? I really doubt those players are perfect angels coming out of high school and then turn into uzi firing cocaine dealers once they hit the campus in Norman.

Okcthunderrolls, sorry if it was miscommunicated but I never meant to imply Capel was guilty of anything. I was speaking about the assistant coach who was involved. With that being said, Capel did hire him so unfortunately the responsibility still lies on his shoulders. Also, if the assistant coach was involved in paying at least one player, what are the odds that it all happened without Capel knowing anything about it?