Sooners Men's Basketball - Two New "Major" Violations

[knapplc]

This looks really, really bad.

Oklahoma admits major violationsNORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma admitted Thursday that it committed two major rules violations in its men's basketball program as it asked the NCAA for leniency despite its second serious infractions case in the past five years.

Under NCAA bylaws, a "repeat violator" can face a minimum of having the sport dropped for one or two seasons with no scholarships provided for two seasons. The NCAA infractions committee has the authority to override such a designation.

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Instead, Oklahoma asked the NCAA to place the program on two more years of probation, vacate its wins from a 13-18 season in 2009-10 and take away one scholarship, two official visits and 10 in-person recruiting days during the upcoming academic year.

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The violations occurred while the Sooners were still on probation for major rules violations involving recruiting phone calls by former coach Kelvin Sampson in a case that ended in 2006 and major infractions involving football players being paid for work they weren't doing at a Norman car dealership in a 2007 case.

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In the latest case, the school said former assistant coach Oronde Taliaferro broke NCAA rules by failing to report that a player had received an impermissible extra benefit and by lying to Oklahoma and NCAA enforcement staff during the investigation.

The heavily redacted report does not show the player's name, but former center Keith "Tiny" Gallon has said in interviews that he took $3,000 from a Florida financial adviser to pay for his high school transcripts and allow him to attend college. Taliaferro's phone records link him to the adviser, Jeffrey Hausinger, and Hausinger even offered in an email to allow Taliaferro to stay with him.

There's more to the article in the link.

I used to work with a guy who wrestled for the Sooners back in the 80s. He said I "couldn't imagine" the level of corruption going on there during the Switzer era. He told stories of drug and booze parties lasting days in the athlete dorms, automatic weapons being traded for drugs, all kinds of stuff. He said there was more he wouldn't even tell me - stuff I figured he'd been involved in, the way it sounded. Drugs, 'roids, women, booze - all kinds of stuff available to the athletes in Norman.

 

[Coqui]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/07/28/Oklahoma.violations.ap/index.html#ixzz1TSLcbBcR

Oklahoma admitted Thursday that its men's basketball program committed two major rules violations and asked the NCAA for leniency despite its second serious infractions case in the last five years.

Under NCAA bylaws, a "repeat violator" can face a minimum of having the sport dropped for one or two seasons with no scholarships provided for two seasons. The NCAA infractions committee has the authority to override such a designation.

I'm only adding the LOIC because of it happening twice in under 5 years. However, Oklahoma says they weren't related and it was isolated to this coach.

 

[huKSer]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/07/28/Oklahoma.violations.ap/index.html#ixzz1TSLcbBcR

Oklahoma admitted Thursday that its men's basketball program committed two major rules violations and asked the NCAA for leniency despite its second serious infractions case in the last five years.

Under NCAA bylaws, a "repeat violator" can face a minimum of having the sport dropped for one or two seasons with no scholarships provided for two seasons. The NCAA infractions committee has the authority to override such a designation.

I'm only adding the LOIC because of it happening twice in under 5 years. However, Oklahoma says they weren't related and it was isolated to this coach.

Seems like the "Get-out-of-Jail-Free" card for a university is to fire the coach - Tressel at Tosu, Davis at NC You don't get off scot free, but its better than if your coach quits - USC

 

[Coqui]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/07/28/Oklahoma.violations.ap/index.html#ixzz1TSLcbBcR

Oklahoma admitted Thursday that its men's basketball program committed two major rules violations and asked the NCAA for leniency despite its second serious infractions case in the last five years.

Under NCAA bylaws, a "repeat violator" can face a minimum of having the sport dropped for one or two seasons with no scholarships provided for two seasons. The NCAA infractions committee has the authority to override such a designation.

I'm only adding the LOIC because of it happening twice in under 5 years. However, Oklahoma says they weren't related and it was isolated to this coach.

Seems like the "Get-out-of-Jail-Free" card for a university is to fire the coach - Tressel at Tosu, Davis at NC You don't get off scot free, but its better than if your coach quits - USC

It helps that they're cooperating and that they self reported. What doesn't help is that they were already on probation.

 

[da skers]

I did a quick read but wasn't it discovered after the coach was already a "former" coach too? That might give them a little help. But personally I'd like to see the NCAA take down a program for a few years. Its like they put people on death row but never execute. Eventually its not much more than a slap on the wrist.

 

[PaulCrewe]

I did a quick read but wasn't it discovered after the coach was already a "former" coach too? That might give them a little help. But personally I'd like to see the NCAA take down a program for a few years. Its like they put people on death row but never execute. Eventually its not much more than a slap on the wrist.

Amen Brotha. This slap on the wrist crap needs to end. Time to start shoving the boot up the ol' brown eye. This crap will continue to go on until the NCAA does. And stick that boot up the chute quicker than two years down the road when kids not even involved are punished for crap they had no control over. NCAA, foot meet a$$.