The Most Ridiculous NCAA Violations Thread

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A thread dedicated to the stupidity of the NCAA's violations arm. You've probably heard about the Eric Crouch sandwich incident, and you may or may not know the NCAA has rules on how much schmear you can put on your bagel before it's a violation, but did you know you could get in trouble by washing your car on campus? You can...

Portland basketball coach Eric Reveno tweeted about the violation Wednesday after he learned of it during conference meetings, punctuating his message with the hashtag #stopinsanity. A spokesman for the WCC did not know any further details, but a source familiar with the circumstances revealed what happened.
A WCC school self-reported an extra benefits violation to the NCAA when university officials caught one of their women's golfers washing her car on campus, according to the source. The NCAA ruled a secondary violation had occurred because the water and hose were not available to regular students and requested the golfer pay back $20, which was deemed to be the value of the water and use of the hose.
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Earlier this week, it put the University of Nebraska on “probation” for two years, and fined it $38,000 for what the N.C.A.A. described as a “major” violation of the rules. Apparently for some years the university bookstore had been giving the school’s athletes not just the books that were required for their courses, but also the books that their professors recommended as helpful reading for their classes. Incredibly, the organization that insists on calling college football players “student athletes” does not allow them to get anything but the required books under the terms of their scholarships. Giving them the recommended books is against the rules. LINK
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This same NY Times blogger ran a contest to see who could cited the silliest ncaa rules violation: LINK

 
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first, $20 bucks is a lot for a car-wash you do yourself.

second, i still cannot believe that nebraska got in trouble for giving out books. that is the definition of irony and perfectly portrays the ncaa's incompetence.

third, free books is a 'major' violation, but this is just fine:

The NCAA’s position that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has done nothing wrong by offering bogus classes that helped athletes maintain their eligibility has spurred a wave of skepticism from national sportswriters and others who follow college sports.
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finally, is anything ever going to happen to miami?

 
Is NU still on probation over "Textbook-Gate"?

That ranks up there among the silliest, I would imagine. An otherwise impeccable record is sullied because athletes were inadvertently given too MANY tools to improve their education? Something very wrong with these types of violations.

 
ZRod said:
The hose and water must be available to all comrades!
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college kids are entitled to water. so she really only borrowed the hose.

the ncaa set a precedent that if an athletic dorm is on fire, it would be in direct violation to use the school's hose or water to put it out. bold stance.

 
I have a family of 5 living in a house. My water bill is less than $90 every 3 months. $30 per month. They charged this girl $20 for water for 1 car wash? That's messed up.

 
knapplc said:
A thread dedicated to the stupidity of the NCAA's violations arm. You've probably heard about the Eric Crouch sandwich incident, and you may or may not know the NCAA has rules on how much schmear you can put on your bagel before it's a violation, but did you know you could get in trouble by washing your car on campus? You can...

Portland basketball coach Eric Reveno tweeted about the violation Wednesday after he learned of it during conference meetings, punctuating his message with the hashtag #stopinsanity. A spokesman for the WCC did not know any further details, but a source familiar with the circumstances revealed what happened.
A WCC school self-reported an extra benefits violation to the NCAA when university officials caught one of their women's golfers washing her car on campus, according to the source. The NCAA ruled a secondary violation had occurred because the water and hose were not available to regular students and requested the golfer pay back $20, which was deemed to be the value of the water and use of the hose.
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I remember when I gave Eric Crouch the extra Pepsi the machine spit out when we were studying Chemistry in Hamilton Hall. He didn't want to take it from me and I was like, this guy's weird. I totally forgot about the sandwich incident.

And for what it's worth, $20 for water and use of a hose is about 4x too high.

 
Straight from SI:

1,083: The Great Nebraska Book Imbroglio

That time the NCAA fined Nebraska $38,000 and gave it two years’ probation for providing student-athletes books on the “recommended” reading list instead of just the ones on the “required” list.

1,084: Hosewatergate in the West Coast Conference

That time the NCAA took an Andy Jackson from a collegiate golfer for washing her car with the sacred hose.

1,085: Tu Crime: Xavier’s Tu Holloway Plays Basketball

That time Tu Holloway was suspended from Xavier’s first game because he had the audacity to play in two summer leagues.



http://extramustard.si.com/2013/05/30/collegiate-golfer-dares-to-wash-car-using-campus-hose-ncaa-enacts-swift-justice/?sct=hp_bf1_a5&eref=sihp

 
I remember not to long ago on Mike and Mike. Mike Golic going off on the NCAA and some of their ridiculous and seemingly unenforceable rules. Technically, Golic is a Notre Dame booster, and his son was playing for them. He was discussing instances where if his son brought along a friend from the football team to dinner with their family, not only could he not pay for his meal, but technically, not even be allowed to sit at the same table. Just ridiculous, no common-sense issues.

 
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