2 Years at most.
Considering there were no boosters/employees of the university giving envelopes to players.
As was the case in the SEC.
If you are a USC fan (excuse me if you aren’t) better get acquainted with several NCAA terms LOIC (Lack of Institutional Control), FTM (Failure to Monitor), and Repeat Violator Window. All are in play and why USC is getting hammered. We’ll find out in a couple hours.
I should know, Bama fan, we were hit with similar penalties to what is rumored for USC in the Means case which you subtly referenced. NCAA never proved any money changed hands in our case, didn’t matter in ours, won’t matter in USCs.