Dez Bryant?

I'm sitting hear looking at the TV reading about the recent news that Dez Bryant is out for THE YEAR for lying to NCAA officials...I can't comprehend how my head hasn't exploded from all of the ridiculousness.

For those of you who don't know:

Dez Bryant had dinner with Deion Sanders (who was undoubtedly recruiting him for his next Under Armour combine commercial...dousche) and was questioned about the dinner from the NCAA.

(which by the way IS NOT against the rules because he paid for his meal)

He said he didn't have dinner with him.

They knew he did.

They called him out on lying, yes I said lying, and promptly suspended him for the entire year.

AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT THINKS THIS IS INSANE???
He didn't do anything wrong, well yes he lied, but come on....WWJD?

If Jesus was the best wide receiver in the country...for a top ten team, with a guaranteed $20+ million in the NFL next year, who's trying to not break any rules to affect his teams performance let alone his draft stock...he would have lied too. I don't care what commandment number it is, he would have lied.

The NCAA rule book is so loose and broadly punishable that if Jesus was at BYU, because obviously Mormon's are right, he walked down the sidewalk and campus and brushed arms with Drew Rosenhaus I wouldn't be surprised if he was banned from the NCAA for life.

How could you blame anyone for lying about it, you make it so hard for collegiate athletes to live a normal life, I'm surprised all of them aren't doing post-game interviews with their helmet on because of social-anxiety disorders.

Regardless of the fact that Dez Bryant and Jesus would be right for lying, the punishment they laid out is SO ridiculous it's not even funny. The kid lied...I get it...slap him on the wrist, MAYBE, suspend him for a game or two but that's it...

A WHOLE SEASON??? Let's see what you've done over a lie about a LEGAL dinner with Primetime

1 - You've potentially yanked $15 million out of this kids pocket for lying about something that didn't even break the NCAA rule book.
2 - You also devastate one of the better teams in the Big 12.
3 - Zac Robinson is royally screwed now as far as a possibility of getting drafted in the second round. His two receivers who jump in are a TRUE freshman and a second year guy who hasn't done crap because Pettigrew was there last year and got all of the looks outside of Bryant.
4 - You deflate an entire campus who has been waiting the last few years for their school to finally be in the powerhouse of Big 12 football

This over something that didn't even break a rule? I've heard of sending a message guys, but give me a freaking break.