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Ole Miss Self-Imposes One-Year Postseason Ban, Responds To NCAA’s New Notice Of Allegations
Ole Miss has self-imposed a one-year postseason ban and will contest some of the findings In response to the NCAA Notice of Allegiations.
February 22, 2017
Ole Miss has self-imposed a one-year postseason ban and will contest some of the findings in response to the NCAA’s new Notice of Allegations.
Ole Miss has self-imposed a one-year ban from the postseason and will forfeit its share of the SEC postseason football revenue for this upcoming year, which is expected to be somewhere in the range of $7.8 million.
The school responded to the second NCAA Notice of Allegations by releasing a video with both Chancellor Jeff Vitter and athletic director Ross Bjork. Several new violations were included by the NCAA, including:
• Prospective student-athlete went hunting near campus on private land owned by a booster during his official visit in 2013 and on two or three occasions after he enrolled, and that the access to this land was arranged by the football program.
• A former staff member impermissibly arranging lodging and transportation for a prospective student-athlete and his companions while providing impermissible transportation to another prospective student-athlete. The total value is alleged to be $2,272. The football program has also been alleged of giving $235 in free meals to a prospective student-athlete.
• Former staff member violated the NCAA principles of ethical conduct when committing violations and when providing false information to the institution and enforcement staff.
• Former staff member initiated and facilitated two boosters that gave impermissible cash payments to a prospective student-athlete of anywhere between $13,000 to $15,600.
• Former staff member arranged for a friend of a prospective student-athlete’s family to get impermissible merchandise, valued at approximately $2,800. The school will contest.
• Head coach Hugh Freeze had impermissible, in-person, off-campus contact with a prospective student-athlete.
• A booster provided money, food and drinks to a prospective student-athlete at a value between $200 and $600. The school will contest.
• Head coach Hugh Freeze violated head coach responsibility legislation. The school will contest.
• The school lacked institutional control and failed to monitor the conduct and administration of its athletics program. The school will contest.
Ole Miss published a full transcript of the video which you can read here.
