NCAA Press Release on Violations

[dcpony]

http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2 ... violations

enalties and corrective measures

Penalties and corrective actions imposed by the panel include:

A three-year probation period from Sept. 29, 2015, through Sept. 28, 2018.
A $5,000 fine plus one percent of the total budget for the men’s basketball and golf programs.
A 2015-16 postseason ban for the men’s basketball and golf programs.
A vacation of wins in which the men’s basketball student-athlete participated while ineligible during the 2013-14 season. The university will identify the games impacted following the release of the public report.
A permanent disassociation of the booster from the university’s athletics program based on his involvement with the violations in the men’s golf program.
A three-year prohibition of apparel and merchandise sales by the coaching staff to men’s golf prospects.
A suspension of 30 percent of the 2015-16 season for the head men’s basketball coach.
Show-cause orders:
A two-year show-cause order for the head men’s basketball coach from Sept. 29, 2015, through Sept. 28, 2017. The coach must attend an NCAA Regional Rules seminar during each year of the show-cause period.
A five-year show-cause order for the former head men’s golf coach from Sept. 29, 2015, through Sept. 28, 2019. The former head men's golf coach received one-year of credit towards his show-cause period for the time since he left the university. If the former coach seeks employment at an NCAA member school, both the school and coach must appear before the COI to detail why his athletic duties should not be restricted.
A five-year show-cause order for the former men’s basketball administrative assistant from Sept. 29, 2015, through Sept. 28, 2020. If the former assistant seeks employment at an NCAA member school, both the school and assistant must appear before the COI to detail why her athletic duties should not be restricted.
A two-year show-cause order for the former compliance director from Sept. 29, 2015, through Sept. 28, 2017. If the former compliance director seeks employment at an NCAA member school, both the school and former director must appear before the COI to detail why his athletic duties should not be restricted.
Scholarship reductions:
A three-year reduction of men’s golf scholarships from the average number awarded over the previous four years by 25 percent from 2016-17 through 2018-19.
A three-year reduction of men’s basketball scholarships by nine from 2016-17 through 2018-19. The university will be given credit for its self-imposed two-scholarship reduction for 2015-16.
Recruiting restrictions:
A prohibition from hosting unofficial visits for a 13-week period during the summer of 2016 for the men’s basketball and golf programs.
A reduction of recruiting communications with prospects by 12.5 percent in the men’s basketball and golf programs during 2015-16 and a prohibition from communicating with prospects for a seven-week period in the spring of 2016.
A reduction of 20 off-campus recruiting days in men’s basketball (self-imposed by the university).
A reduction of off-campus recruiting days in men’s golf by 12.5 percent (self-imposed by the university).


Members of the Committee on Infractions are drawn from NCAA membership and members of the public. The members of the panel who reviewed this case are Michael F. Adams, chief hearing officer and chancellor, Pepperdine University; Greg Christopher, athletics director at Xavier University; Jack Ford, legal analyst for CBS News; Thomas Hill, senior vice president for student affairs at Iowa State University; James O’Fallon, law professor and faculty athletics representative at the University of Oregon; and Sankar Suryanarayan, university counsel, Princeton University.

[coloradoStang]

So if we vacate wins do the championships not count?

[sadderbudweiser]

So if we vacate wins do the championships not count?

13-14….not 14-15.

[1983 Cotton Bowl]

Wow. So much for all the BS I read on PF about losing 1 scholarship and a few games suspension for LB. Losing a net 7 BBall scholarships over 3 years is brutal.

For one brief shining moment, after 20 years of darkness, I forgot that I was actually rooting for SMU. And then we lost to an FCS team on homecoming and our BB program was hammered all in the course of 72 hours. Now I remember what being an SMU fan is really like.

[soccermom]

It reminds me how effed up the ncaa really is.

[PlanoStang]

We have to appeal. The punishment absolutely doesn't fit the crimes committed. Time to fight
the selective actions of a corrupt ncaa

Won't be resolved for months, and sanctions can't be enforced until it is.

[ojaipony]

[deleted] the NCAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We fired the assistant and let go the coach. Done. It's that simple. If there was a ever a case of an authority body over stepping it's powers, this is it!

[RGV Pony]

There are those that will say "can't lie to the ncaa"

[smusportspage]

What lie? Someone might have been confused or had a lapse in memory...just sayin, that stuff happens all the time.

[RGV Pony]

Didn't say I was one of those

[smusportspage]

After listening to the WFAA NCAA press release,I am even more fed up with them. Sounds like a whole bunch of nothing. They are really stretching on this one especially with the severity of the sanctions.

[SMU Section F]

What lie? Someone might have been confused or had a lapse in memory...just sayin, that stuff happens all the time.

Unfortunately I think Larry used the words "I lied" when talking to the NCAA. And if you read the report, there was definitely some lying that occurred.

Does that mean I agree with the punishment? No. It is clearly excessive.

[smusportspage]

"It is clearly excessive"

...and abusive.