Michigan State football NCAA punishment shows justice isn't equal

Michigan State football broke the rules. Let’s be clear.

Its former football coach, Mel Tucker, continues to haunt the program. Let’s be clear about that, too. If the school is lucky, the NCAA’s tough penalties for recruiting violations could drastically reduce Tucker’s $75 million buyout.

And yet, what the NCAA did Wednesday, Nov. 12, hurts college football and feeds into the perception that the sport has a two-tiered system of justice.