South Carolina self-imposed sanctions following NCAA allegations of allowing a nearby hotel to provide reduced rent to student-athletes as well as not monitoring illegal booster benefits.
South Carolina Sanctions: NCAA Adds Probation To Self-Imposed Punishments
From a NCAA release, the total damage:
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Read Article >South Carolina NCAA Sanctions To Be Announced Friday
The Cocks already dinged themselves six scholarships for allegedly letting a nearby hotel give reduced rates to players and some other general agent-y activity. Don’t expect the punishments to be too severe or anywhere near as hard as the hammering UNC got, as the Heels had a whole heap of other stuff going on.
As far as PR goes, there’s really no time to find out about NCAA punishments quite like the middle of the NFL Draft, when your school was the only one in its division to make the first round, right?
Read Article >Steve Spurrier Meeting With NCAA Regarding Hotel Violation
Steve Spurrier and 10 other South Carolina coaches and officials will appear before the NCAA Committee on Infractions this weekend to discuss $47,000 in improper benefits for athletes who stayed at the nearby Whitney Hotel at a reduced rate. South Carolina has already self-imposed a six scholarship reduction over the next three seasons in response to the NCAA’s allegations.
Spurrier was candid earlier this month regarding the allegations.
Read Article >South Carolina Loses Six Scholarships In Self-Imposed Sanctions
In response to a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA, South Carolina has announced that it will give up at least six football scholarships over the next three seasons as part of self-imposed sanctions.
According to the notification, the nearby Whitney Hotel allegedly provided $47,000 worth of reduced rent to 12 student-athletes and made special arrangements with 9 of them to make deferred rent payments between 2009 and 2010. Most of the student-athletes lived in a two-bedroom suite for approximately $15/day. South Carolina has been accused of not properly-monitoring these agreements.
Read Article >NCAA Gives South Carolina Notice Of Allegations
According to the notification, the nearby Whitney Hotel allegedly provided $47,000 worth of reduced rent to 12 student-athletes and made special arrangements with 9 of them to make deferred rent payments between 2009 and 2010. Most of the student-athletes lived in a two-bedroom suite for approximately $15/day. South Carolina has been accused of not properly-monitoring these agreements.
The names of the student-athletes were omitted from the report.
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