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ncaa football violations
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON IS PLACED ON PROBATION THROUGH SUMMARY DISPOSITION PROCESS FOR VIOLATIONS IN FOOTBALL The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has placed the University of Oregon on probation for two years for violations of bylaws governing recruiting and unethical conduct in the football program.
The case centered around the violations committed by one assistant coach regarding one prospect and a series of impermissible contacts and violations associated with the administration of a National Letter of Intent (NLI) over a two-day period in January 2003. Though the NLI is not administered by the NCAA, there are NCAA rules regarding the proper execution of the NLI. This case was resolved through the summary disposition process, a cooperative endeavor that may be used in place of a formal hearing when the NCAA enforcement staff, the member institution and involved individuals agree to the facts of an infractions case and also that those facts constitute major violations. In the summary disposition process, penalties are proposed by the involved institution. In this case, the committee reviewed the summary disposition report that was jointly submitted by the institution and the NCAA enforcement staff, accepting the findings in the report as well as the university's proposed penalties. The committee found that the institution issued the prospect an NLI (and a letter awarding athletics aid for the 2003 spring term) that was sent via overnight mail to the prospect's home January 14, 2003. On January 15, the assistant coach traveled to the prospect's hometown in a distant state to meet with the prospect and his parents in a final attempt to recruit him. |
Up to that point, the prospect was seriously considering either Oregon or the University of California, Berkeley. The home visit by the coach lasted approximately 60 to 90 minutes. By 9 p.m. that night, the assistant coach was returning to his hotel about an hour away from the prospect's home.
At about 11:30 p.m., the assistant coach telephoned the prospect to inquire if the NLI had been executed. By then, the prospect was staying at a nearby hotel since he had a flight the next morning departing from that city to return to his junior college. The prospect assured the assistant coach that the NLI would be signed. Less than an hour later, at 12:20 a.m. January 16, the assistant coach again called the prospect to inquire about the status of the NLI. During this call, the prospect evaded the question and informed the assistant coach that he wanted to attend California.
The assistant coach attempted to convince the prospect to go to Oregon instead, assuring him that if he changed his mind later, the assistant coach would destroy the NLI. Aware that it was then past the midnight deadline for a junior college transfer to sign an NLI, the assistant coach instructed the prospect that the NLI should reflect that it was executed prior to midnight. At the conclusion of the call, it was agreed that the assistant coach would drive over to the prospect's hotel to pick up what the assistant coach assumed was an executed NLI. When the assistant coach arrived at the prospect's hotel at 12:45 a.m. January 16, the prospect met him in the lobby, which was an additional violation of recruiting contact legislation.
When the assistant coach arrived at the prospect's hotel, he was surprised to find that the prospect had not signed the NLI. The assistant coach reminded the prospect that the document had to be dated before midnight January 15. The prospect signed the document, forged his father's signature and falsely indicated that both signatures were executed at 9:36 p.m. January 15. Once the NLI was completed, the prospect handed it to the assistant coach, who returned to his hotel and faxed it to Oregon. The time and date on the NLI indicates that it was faxed at 3:26 a.m. Eastern time January 16, 2003.
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