Buzz: NCAA Sticks It to SEMO
Southeast Missouri State was hit hard today by the NCAA with a three-year probation based on impermissible benefits for players, illegal observation of players during a dead period, and unethical conduct by their previous head coach, Scott Edgar. Normally we wouldn’t do a separate post about this, but listen to what the ‘impermissible benefits’ on the men’s side amounted to: a one-time institutional fee paid on a player’s behalf for $239, and a one-time car ride by an assistant coach for 171 miles. Um, yeah, good work there, NCAA. SEMO will take a one-scholarship penalty for the 2009-10 season and will have to vacate all of its 2006-07 and 2007-08 wins from its record. It’s good to see that the NCAA gumshoes are completely on top of these scofflaws! So… um… what’s the latest on Reggie Bush and OJ Mayo, Mr. Brand?
Sorry SEMO — someone had to pay and it wasn’t going to be me.
The NCAA was so mad at Calipari that they decided to give SEMO three years probation (paraphrasing a long-long quote, haha)… thanks for that, JC…
Am I in trouble if I gave Coach Pitino a ride to that Dennys?
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