ESPN’s Pat Forde ponders the possibility that Miami could get the death penalty:
It’s a more complicated penalty to assess nowadays. A complete program shutdown would adversely affect high-dollar conference television packages and impact revenue streams at multiple athletic departments. A conference commissioner would certainly object and potentially try to influence those charged with making such a decision. Legal challenges would be a distinct possibility. Public outcry would be louder than ever. Scheduling would be thrown into turmoil.
Said conference commissioner would be the ACC’s John Swofford, who — far as I can tell—- has not issued a statement.
If bounties for injuring opposing players doesn’t warrant the death penalty, then I don’t know what does.
