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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Aug 9, 2019 18:18:07 GMT
DrKrippen utah? utahutes.com/news/2019/8/6/ncaa-sanctions-utah-mens-basketball-for-recruiting-violations.aspx?3dmbball&utm_campaign=bang-mult-nl-pac-12-hotline-nlSALT LAKE CITY β The NCAA today issued its infractions report on self-reported violations by the Utah men's basketball program related to the recruitment of a student-athlete in April 2018. The University has accepted all penalties set forth in the reportβmost of which were self-imposedΒ by the University. "The University of Utah is committed to integrity in all of its endeavors," said Utah Director of Athletics Mark Harlan. "While we take any violation of NCAA rules seriously, we are confident these actions were isolated and inadvertent and have been fully addressed by the University and the NCAA. Through this process, we took the opportunity to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of our compliance education and monitoring practices and put additional checks and balances in place as a result." The recruiting violations centered on a misreading of the NCAA calendar and a misinterpretation of the official visit limitations. Though the calendar oversight resulted in Utah coaches visiting a prospect at his high school during a period when in-person, off-campus recruiting was impermissible, the staff did follow all institutional policies and procedures in coordinating the visit. The coaches also inadvertently triggered an official visit when the same prospect made an unofficial visit to Utah in connection with his official visit to Salt Lake Community College, which also was interested in the prospect. Although Utah carefully adhered to its understanding of the rules relating to unofficial visits when the prospect came to Salt Lake City, the NCAA classified the visit to Utah's campus as official, thus exceeding the number of permitted official visits for the recruiting period. "While they were inadvertent and unintentional mistakes on our part, and there was never an intent to circumvent any rules, we accept that they were violations and, as the head coach, I am accountable for them," said head coach Larry Krystkowiak. "I have always been a strong proponent of protecting the integrity of college basketball and that will not change."
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Aug 9, 2019 18:21:41 GMT
rick majerus is turning in his grave.
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Post by DrKrippen on Aug 9, 2019 18:21:46 GMT
Them Mormons. Sometimes they cheat. 
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Aug 9, 2019 18:26:14 GMT
I love the 'self imposed' penalties that Universities place on themselves and find it comical ...
as if to say....
'See NCAA! We're Sorry and we're punishing ourselves!' - i.e. they knew they were going to get caught and are hoping for some leniency.
(And I'm not a proponent of a lot of the NCAA's ridiculous rules/violations)
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 9, 2019 18:42:17 GMT
Seems like a non-story to me.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Aug 9, 2019 18:48:17 GMT
Seems like a non-story to me. Pretty much along the lines of Universities getting punished for buying potential student players 'dinner'.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Aug 9, 2019 18:52:26 GMT
That being said - since we're talking College Sports -
What are peoples views here on how young is too young to offer a scholarship?
I think Senior Year in High School should be the one and only year; however that's just me.
Was reading a story yesterday how UCLA and Chip Kelly offered an 8th grader (he's going to be a freshman this year) a scholarship.
Wonder if the kid bombs in high school if they can turn around and nix the scholarship - or if that's viewed as morally and ethically wrong - i.e. as if recruiting a middle school kid and giving him a scholarship is morally and ethically right.
I'm all for giving kids full rides to play sports - they generate a lot of money for the University; however question if a kids head should be filled at such a young age that sports are what matters and not an actual education.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 10, 2019 7:46:34 GMT
rick majerus is turning in his grave. WOW!
I just looked him up, I didn't even know that he had passed away.
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Sept 3, 2019 17:41:45 GMT
Them Mormons. Sometimes they cheat. 
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