My best guess from following all the RS action. RS had a TON of skeletons his closet (ie, received a lot of benefits). The NCAA was only able to prove a small portion but they were aware of others and were digging to prove them. The fact that RS and his attorney wouldn't cooperate or provide all the documentation the NCAA asked for caused the NCAA to say, "fine, we'll just nail you on the small stuff we can definitely prove". <div>
</div><div>So, while everyone wants to blame his attorney, my guess is, the attorney had no other option than to refuse, stall, etc. because had they come clean the RSS would have never set foot on a court.</div><div>
</div><div>Looks like the UCONN player came clean with everything the NCAA "knew" he had done and in doing so was given a lighter sentence.</div><div>
</div><div>I think the same thing happened with the Kang. They were told of huge violations but were only ever able to prove a few small things. They decided to nail MSU on the few small issues they could prove because they believed the other stuff was true (not saying it wasn't, just saying they were never able to prove it).</div><div>
</div><div>Once the NCAA "knows" you've done something they are going to nail you for it whether they can prove it all or just a small portion.
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</div><div>Disclaimer: I have no insider knowledge of either the RS situation or the Kang's situation, just calling it like I think it played out.</div><div>
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