I think the show-cause means that Frost would still have whatever remains of his 5 days "not at practice" even if he became the coach for another team. Not a big deal.
As far as Frost not being able to go out and recruit, I don't think that is the case. If it is, that is some bullshit.
This whole thing is bullshit really though. Bama has about 20 coaches as "special assistants" that are seen on-field even in games I believe. S$C gets basically no penalties for the BS they get away with, programs like North Carolina doesn't even make kids go to school/class, yet a big nothing burger ever happens to those schools.
This is a slap on the wrist penalty for us, but the worst damage is how the headlines read as if we did something pretty bad. Most only read the headlines. Plus the spin the writers put on this "penalty" without context in comparison to other schools and what they get away with.
Whatever I guess, but NU seems to be made an example of more often than not for piddly things while other schools do way worse with nothing ever happening.