🏈 LSU Hit With One Year Probation......

[mrchase]

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The NCAA has placed LSU's football program on probation for one year and handed it recruiting and scholarship reductions after the Committee on Infractions cited the program with major violations stemming from the recruitment of a prospective player.




The school escaped harsher penalties because it self-reported the recruiting violations and cooperated with investigators, the NCAA said.

 

[TerryP]

Anyone recall how many phone calls they documented Sampson making at IU when he was caught for the second time?

 

[psychojoe]

As coach at Indiana in October 2007, Sampson again came under scrutiny for making impermissible phone calls. Despite being restricted from making any outbound recruiting phone calls, Sampson participated in approximately 10 conference calls with recruits that violate the terms of the sanctions levied against him by the NCAA. IU assistant Rob Senderoff (who has since announced his resignation) also made some 35 impermissible phone calls to recruits from his home. On February 8, 2008, the NCAA informed Indiana that Sampson and Indiana had committed five "major" rules violations. The NCAA alleged that Sampson knowingly violated telephone recruiting restrictions imposed on him. More seriously, the NCAA also alleged that Sampson lied to IU and NCAA officials regarding his involvement in the impermissible calls.[SUP][7]

[/SUP]

Wikipedia says 10.

 

[mrchase]

thats a lot less than 3,000

 

[TerryP]

thats a lot less than 3,000

I'm no math major, but I think you are right.

Here's a line that Howard pulled that makes me laugh a bit...

NCAA alleged that Sampson knowingly violated telephone recruiting restrictions imposed on him. More seriously, the NCAA also alleged that Sampson lied to IU and NCAA officials regarding his involvement in the impermissible calls

Uh, yeah! You would think that little escape at OU would have told him there were restrictions in place on phone calls, wouldn't you? Or, am I assuming too much? :lance: