ANOTHER School Not Named Auburn Guilty of Improper Benefits

[AUChizad]

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2011/september/south+carolinas+damiere+byrd+must+miss+four+games+repay+benefits

South Carolina's Damiere Byrd must miss four games, repay benefits

University of South Carolina football student-athlete Damiere Byrd must sit four games and repay benefits as a condition of becoming eligible to compete again, according to a decision today by the NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff.

According to the facts submitted by the university, Byrd and his family received approximately $2,700 in recruiting inducements and impermissible benefits. These were provided by a University of South Carolina booster during Byrd’s recruitment at the institution. The impermissible benefits included lodging, transportation and meals during multiple unofficial visits to the University of South Carolina. It also included several parties at the booster’s home and gift cards.

During the student-athlete reinstatement process, the staff considers a number of factors including guidelines established by the Division I NCAA Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement for the type of violations and value of benefits, if a significant competitive advantage was gained, the student-athlete’s responsibility for the violations and any mitigating circumstances presented by the school, among other factors.

“Our members have continually made it clear boosters and other third parties do not have a place in recruiting student-athletes,” said Kevin Lennon, vice president of academic and membership affairs. “The reinstatement process is in place to ensure accountability and in this case, multiple benefits were provided to the student-athlete and his family over a significant amount of time.”

When a school discovers an NCAA rules violation has occurred, it must declare the student-athlete ineligible and may request the student-athlete’s eligibility be reinstated. The NCAA staff reviews each student-athlete’s reinstatement request individually based on its own merits and set of specific facts, which are agreed upon by the university and the NCAA enforcement staff.

The university can appeal any student-athlete reinstatement decision to the Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement, an independent panel comprised of representatives from NCAA member colleges, university and athletic conferences who are not directly affiliated with the university. This committee can reduce or remove the condition, but it cannot increase the staff-imposed conditions. If appealed, the student-athlete remains ineligible until the conclusion of the appeals process.

The reinstatement process typically concludes prior to the close of the enforcement investigation, which must determine the university’s responsibility for violations. While it depends on the complexity of the case, most student-athlete reinstatement requests are resolved in about a week after the school has provided a complete request and the reinstatement staff has all the necessary information. In contrast an enforcement investigation, which also varies in length depending on the complexity, must look at the totality of issues and takes an average of 11 months. For this reason, student-athlete reinstatement decisions do not signal that an enforcement investigation is complete.

[Townhallsavoy]

Just one more item off the to do list before the NCAA gets to the nuclear strike on Auburn.

[Snaggletiger]

God I wish I could find that stupid ass SC Cocksucker I got into it with at the hotel bar SECCG weekend. 

[Saniflush]

God I wish I could find that stupid ass SC Cocksucker I got into it with at the hotel bar SECCG weekend.

The last time you should have seen him was with about 1 second left in the first half.

[Snaggletiger]

The last time you should have seen him was with about 1 second left in the first half.

Unless he was in the band.

[AUChizad]

God I wish I could find that stupid ass SC Cocksucker I got into it with at the hotel bar SECCG weekend.

I thought the same thing about some faggot that was in full $cam Newton regalia screaming at a girl outside our tailgate "Scam Newton baby! Buncha fuckin cheaters!" and trying to fight every Auburn fan that dared tell him to STFU.

[Snaggletiger]

No fan base I've ever been around defines "Act like you've been there before" more than SC.

[AUChizad]

Why am I not hearing SHIT about this?

I haven't heard one word on ESPN. Haven't seen one thing on any message board. Just a couple of blips on Twitter when the statement was released, and then nothing.

This is how actual improper benefits cases are treated? As opposed to damn near a year of obsession over false allegations?

[Townhallsavoy]

And another....

http://www.ncaa.com/content/boise-state-university-public-infractions-report

[AUTiger1]

And another....

http://www.ncaa.com/content/boise-state-university-public-infractions-report

Cliffs?

The only reason I knew about the kid from UF was b/c Muschamp was raising hell about it.

[Snaggletiger]

Brando apparently reported on the UF kid this past Friday.  Said he got paid under the table by a booster.  A Florida fan called him today to correct him and Brando got all pissy.  "I know what the real story is, I've read it".

Then he said Finebaum would be on so I turned it off.

[AUTiger1]

Brando apparently reported on the UF kid this past Friday.  Said he got paid under the table by a booster.  A Florida fan called him today to correct him and Brando got all pissy.  "I know what the real story is, I've read it".

Then he said Finebaum would be on so I turned it off.

I heard about it Friday evening on teh ESPNZ.  Not so much about the player, but about Muschamp's comments.

[Tiger Wench]

You know what one of the Boise things was?  One of the football players was hosting a recruit at his apartment and he bought a pizza, which was shared with the recruit.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!  HOLY SHIT!!  THEM CHEATERS!!!!!!!!!

 

The NCAA is as useless an organization as any I can think of. 

[AUTailgatingRules]

You know what one of the Boise things was?  One of the football players was hosting a recruit at his apartment and he bought a pizza, which was shared with the recruit.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!  HOLY SHIT!!  THEM CHEATERS!!!!!!!!!

 

The NCAA is as useless an organization as any I can think of.

You mean they actually have Pizza in Idaho? 

[Townhallsavoy]

You know what one of the Boise things was?  One of the football players was hosting a recruit at his apartment and he bought a pizza, which was shared with the recruit.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!  HOLY SHIT!!  THEM CHEATERS!!!!!!!!!

 

The NCAA is as useless an organization as any I can think of.

That pizza helped them get hit with lack of institutional control, a loss of three scholarship, a loss of practice time, and probation. 

The NCAA sucks.  Unless they don't.  (See Cam Newton purchase without repercussion)

[Kaos]

That pizza helped them get hit with lack of institutional control, a loss of three scholarship, a loss of practice time, and probation. 

The NCAA sucks.  Unless they don't.  (See Cam Newton purchase without repercussion)

Looked to me like it was mostly track and tennis coaches fucking around with international athletes. 

[Tiger Wench]

Looked to me like it was mostly track and tennis coaches fucking around with international athletes.

From a CBS article a few weeks ago...

The violations totaled $4,934 in impermissible benefits to 63 incoming players during the summers of 2005-2008.  That's just over $78 per student athlete for housing and transportation.  Those dollar amounts have been repaid, and the hope is that there will be no further punishment levied against the football program.

The Boise State women's tennis crime spree consisted of providing a recruit with impermissible transportation (rides to and from the airport), cash ($40 for groceries), lodging (with another athlete-student), educational expenses ($3,460 for English courses) and entertainment (a camping trip). And here you thought the Barrow Gang was despicable.

[AUChizad]

From a CBS article a few weeks ago...

Yeah, I mean, it looks relatively small potatoes, but...

Saying it's just a couple pizzas is like saying the Ramsey thing was about a couple of steaks.