Tsk tsk Georgia Southern men's basketball
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:43 pm
http://www.statesboroherald.com/news/article/20607/NCAA penalizes GSU men's basketball for major violations
Penalties include two years probation, scholarship reductions, recruiting restrictions
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has penalized Georgia Southern University for major violations involving the men's basketball program.
The case centers on unethical conduct by members of the men's basketball staff stemming from academic fraud and the provision of false and misleading information. The committee also found that the university failed to monitor its men's basketball program.
Penalties in this case include two years probation, scholarship reductions, recruiting restrictions and vacation of records. A former assistant coach received a five-year show-cause order and a former director of basketball operations received a two-year show-cause for his involvement.
These show-cause penalties outline how these two individuals' recruiting and other duties must be limited at their present and any future employing institutions. The public report further details these limitations.
During 2007-08 academic year and 2008 summer and fall academic terms, the former assistant coach provided substantial portions of course work, and in some instances completed course work, for two men's basketball student-athletes. This assistance included providing short-answers, participating in required online chats for one of the student-athletes, and providing papers, essays, and tests for both student-athletes.
In addition, the former assistant coach directed the former director of men's basketball operations to be responsible for one of these student-athletes' required course work. This impermissible assistance included submitting substantial portions of course work, including writing papers, essays and short-answers and completing tests. The former director of operations recalled writing two or three papers, eight to 10 pages in length, and spending many hours in the library researching topics.
The committee also found the former assistant coach knowingly furnished the NCAA with false and misleading information about his involvement in and knowledge of the academic fraud allegations when questioned by the university and NCAA enforcement staff on two separate occasions.
