If you believe the coach's version, then both BYU's firing of the coach and the NCAA penalties are very severe, and the wrongdoing was of a technical nature and not done purposefully to gain advantage (i.e. a bishop letting poor international students use a bike for free and someone taking pity on a Cuban refugee and putting up lawyer fees, etc.--nice things that would have done no matter if the recipients were athletes). Also, he accused his assistants of lying about him with motive to steal his job and BYU using him as a scapegoat (wouldn't be the first time).
His story is plausible but certainly one-sided.
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