When Dabo Swinney went public with Clemson’s tampering charges against Ole Miss, it seemed different. Louder. Riskier. And, to be honest, a bit late. And ESPN analyst Greg McElroy is saying the quiet part out loud: this isn’t your run-of-the-mill “NCAA will get there eventually” scenario. This one has teeth.
What sets this case apart from the endless background noise of transfer-portal chaos, McElroy made clear on ESPN, is the NCAA’s immediate response — a feat almost never achieved.
“Normally,” McElroy said of the NCAA, “it issues a sternly worded letter four and a half years later and nobody cares.