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Yeah. I probably care more than you about preserving past wins. Mainly because of pride.I am good with stripping our losses for 2020/2019, not like there are that many to strip. I agree with you on not punishing the new staff and current players. This was a major mistake on the coaches and a few players, never believed in mass punishment. Find those involved and nail them to the wall with as strict punishment possible (banning for college sports). This would hopefully deter future actions around the league. We now have renewed energy and vision with DW and JH, hopefully the NCAA will not destroy this. I personally believe that when the Vols are winning, is better for the entire league. We have a lot of fans around the world that pumps money into the program via ticket sales, merchandise, pay-per-views games. When Tennessee sucks, these things are likely lower.
When teams are compared, it always involves the year in which they played. But when programs are compared, it usually involves weighing past success over decades. And a win % of .687 versus .683 may mean the difference between having bragging rights over Penn State and Georgia, versus them having bragging rights over us (I just made the #s up; do not know off the top of my head what our win percentage is with and without the 11 wins we collected in 2019 and 2020).
I'd rather lose 3 scholarships for two years than 11 Ws. I'd almost rather lose 5 scholarships than 11 Ws. I would not give up 10 scholarships for 11 Ws. So that's kind of how they balance on the scales, for me.
It's all a moot point, though, because IF it turns out one (or more) of our lads received improper benefits in the same season he played in games we won, we're going to lose those Ws. That is sort of the least negotiable of all the possible penalties.
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