re: Unnamed LSU football assistant banned from texting for 6 months

Fact. Our compliance department is ridiculous. They actually take their job seriously. They need to just realize they are there for show and not to actually do anything.

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LSU needs to grow a pair. When was the last time any school that consistently recruits in the top bunch of schools turned themselves in for such a thing?

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All the damn time....


Alabama self-reports 13 secondary NCAA violations

Alabama self-reported 13 secondary NCAA violations from July 1, 2014 through June 30, including five committed by the football team, according to a document posted by Alabama this week on the compliance page of its athletics website.

None were significant.

Here is a rundown of the violations:

Football: A player promoted/endorsed a commercial product through social media. The player was declared ineligible before being reinstated by the NCAA. Rules education was provided to the entire staff and team.

Football: A player received an over-award of scholarship money due to a computer entry error, which was discovered after a routine audit following the semester. The player was declared ineligible before being reinstated by the NCAA. A real-time audit process was implemented. The player was required to repay the over-award amount. A letter of admonishment was sent to the responsible staff member.

Football: A player's friend sold complimentary tickets to a game after asking the player to include her friends on his pass list. The player was declared ineligible before being reinstated by the NCAA. The friend and her friends were banned from receiving complimentary admission to any future games.

Football: A player received aid and practiced with the team before later being deemed to have been a non-qualifier. The player's scholarship was revoked, he was ruled ineligible and must seek reinstatement. Freshman running back DeSherrius Flowers was ruled ineligible in June after participating in the Tide's spring practice due to a "recently discovered eligibility issue."

Football: An assistant coach inadvertently responded to a text message from a recruit. Rules education was provided to the entire coaching staff concerning permissible electronic communications. The coach at fault was prohibited from calling any recruits for two weeks. Alabama was not allowed to make contact with the recruit for 30 days.