The irony is, as I understand it, that the NCAA and Big East do not require schools to do drug tests. Syracuse chose to do this of their own volition.
But, if they are going to do it, the NCAA apparently does require the school to take action against players found violating the substance abuse guidelines (or something like that).
So Syracuse did not have to test, but did so because the school thought it was the right thing to do. However, once there was a positive test Syracuse was required to punish the player in question but failed to do so which was the wrong thing to do. This whole thing is just mildly insane
The fun part is, the ACC will likely get Syracuse just as Boeheim is retiring and the program is being slapped with some kind of penalties/probation (as well as the stain of the Bernie Fine mess). So, we probably do not get the perennial national title contender that has been at the top of the Big East for the past decade.
-Jason "I like Beoheim, but the stench of some of this stuff is going to start sticking to him real soon" Evans