NCAA violations 101
posted by LW, Monday, June 01, 2009
More than 100 cheering fans just happened to be on hand late Saturday night when two-dozen prospects -- including Marcus Lattimore -- partook in the revered tradition of rolling Toomer's Corner.
More on the story here.
At least two NCAA bylaws may have been breached during the weekend.
Although NCAA rules (Bylaw 13.10.6) bar the introduction of visiting student-athletes during any function, videos of the event posted on two Web sites show the crowd cheering as the players are introduced by name, position and hometown. The man yelling the introductions does not appear on the videos, but assistant head coach Trooper Taylor is shown leading the crowd in cheers immediately after the introductions.
Introduction of student-athletes would be a secondary violation and would not affect the athletes' eligibility.
NCAA Bylaw 13.10.5 prevents schools from publicizing an athlete's visit or allowing the visitor to "participate in team activities that would make the public or media aware of the prospective student-athlete's visit to the institution (e.g., running out of the tunnel with team, celebratory walks to or around the stadium/arena, on-field pregame celebrations)."
The rolling of Toomer's Corner was advertised on all three major Web sites that cover Auburn Saturday, with push-pinned message board posts urging fans to attend. The posts did not attribute the information to coaches or other Auburn staff members.
However, many fans did show up for what was clearly a planned event. Auburn police provided crowd and traffic control. Aubie, Auburn's mascot, helped lead cheers.
Who's the fastest player in college football?
This web site ranks Jacoby Ford third behind Jeff Demps and Trindon Holliday, but says Ford and C.J. Spiller are the fastest combination in the country.
Gene Sapakoff of The Post and Courier was on hand to witness Clemson's baseball dominance yesterday, and he says the program is in good shape under Jack Leggett.
Either way, Clemson looks good for next year.
Two freshmen (Brad Miller, Jason Stolz) were in the starting lineup of position players Sunday night and four are sophomores (Chris Epps, Jeff Schaus, John Nester, Addison Johnson). Sophomore outfielder/quarterback Kyle Parker appeared only as a pinch-hitter against Oklahoma State but has 55 starts this season. Weismann and Dwyer are freshmen but Dwyer is 21 and draft-eligible this month.
The space between groaning and glory is full of parity, much of it founded here on the shores of Lake Hartwell.
Probably not coincidentally, most Division I baseball program boats in the state went on to rise with Leggett's orange tide.
Also in the P&C, Travis Sawchik writes about the Tigers' regional on the brink.
Interesting anecdote from last night, by the way.
Leggett was asked which team has more pressure on its shoulders entering today's elimination game. He didn't answer, but the smirk on his face provided a pretty telling indication.
Leggett had good reason to feel smug after everything he touched turned to gold in yesterday's twin thrashings.
More on the baseball routs in the Independent-Mail.
Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com blogs about the Tigers' freshman pitchers.
Missed this a few days ago, but Mark Bradley of the AJC says Georgia Tech's football team will win the ACC this year.
Mike Huguenin of Rivals says a secret coaches' ballot is no way to go.
LW
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Surely Auburn's coaches -- not to mention the school's compliance department -- aren't this stupid.
More than 100 cheering fans just happened to be on hand late Saturday night when two-dozen prospects -- including Marcus Lattimore -- partook in the revered tradition of rolling Toomer's Corner.
More on the story here.
At least two NCAA bylaws may have been breached during the weekend.
Although NCAA rules (Bylaw 13.10.6) bar the introduction of visiting student-athletes during any function, videos of the event posted on two Web sites show the crowd cheering as the players are introduced by name, position and hometown. The man yelling the introductions does not appear on the videos, but assistant head coach Trooper Taylor is shown leading the crowd in cheers immediately after the introductions.
Introduction of student-athletes would be a secondary violation and would not affect the athletes' eligibility.
NCAA Bylaw 13.10.5 prevents schools from publicizing an athlete's visit or allowing the visitor to "participate in team activities that would make the public or media aware of the prospective student-athlete's visit to the institution (e.g., running out of the tunnel with team, celebratory walks to or around the stadium/arena, on-field pregame celebrations)."
The rolling of Toomer's Corner was advertised on all three major Web sites that cover Auburn Saturday, with push-pinned message board posts urging fans to attend. The posts did not attribute the information to coaches or other Auburn staff members.
However, many fans did show up for what was clearly a planned event. Auburn police provided crowd and traffic control. Aubie, Auburn's mascot, helped lead cheers.
Who's the fastest player in college football?
This web site ranks Jacoby Ford third behind Jeff Demps and Trindon Holliday, but says Ford and C.J. Spiller are the fastest combination in the country.
Gene Sapakoff of The Post and Courier was on hand to witness Clemson's baseball dominance yesterday, and he says the program is in good shape under Jack Leggett.
Either way, Clemson looks good for next year.
Two freshmen (Brad Miller, Jason Stolz) were in the starting lineup of position players Sunday night and four are sophomores (Chris Epps, Jeff Schaus, John Nester, Addison Johnson). Sophomore outfielder/quarterback Kyle Parker appeared only as a pinch-hitter against Oklahoma State but has 55 starts this season. Weismann and Dwyer are freshmen but Dwyer is 21 and draft-eligible this month.
The space between groaning and glory is full of parity, much of it founded here on the shores of Lake Hartwell.
Probably not coincidentally, most Division I baseball program boats in the state went on to rise with Leggett's orange tide.
Also in the P&C, Travis Sawchik writes about the Tigers' regional on the brink.
Interesting anecdote from last night, by the way.
Leggett was asked which team has more pressure on its shoulders entering today's elimination game. He didn't answer, but the smirk on his face provided a pretty telling indication.
Leggett had good reason to feel smug after everything he touched turned to gold in yesterday's twin thrashings.
More on the baseball routs in the Independent-Mail.
Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com blogs about the Tigers' freshman pitchers.
Missed this a few days ago, but Mark Bradley of the AJC says Georgia Tech's football team will win the ACC this year.
Mike Huguenin of Rivals says a secret coaches' ballot is no way to go.
LW
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