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(Memphis 8/20/2009) The University of Memphis has been stripped of its 2008 Men's Basketball season after the NCAA found major rules were broken regarding a player thought to be Derrick Rose.
The University will be on a three-year probation and must also return all monies collected from its participation in the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Tournament.
From the NCAA:
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has penalized University of Memphis for major and secondary violations involving the women's golf and men's basketball programs.
The violations include a failure to monitor by the university, unethical conduct by the former head women's golf coach, impermissible benefits, ineligible competition and impermissible recruiting contact, among others.
Penalties in this case include three years probation, vacation of records, scholarship reductions, and forfeiture of championship revenue. The penalties also include a five-year show-cause order for the former head women's golf coach, which restricts her athletically related duties at any employing NCAA institution during that time.
From 2004 through 2008, the former head women's golf coach provided multiple extra benefits valued at $3,115.70 to four women's golf student-athletes. These extra benefits included several gifts, airfare, lodging, NFL game tickets and meals, among others. The former golf coach provided the majority of these impermissible benefits to one golf student-athlete, who received $2,764.45 in extra benefits and recruiting inducements.
In September 2004 and November 2007, the former head coach also provided several golf student-athletes impermissible restaurant meals during official paid visits of other prospective student-athletes.
The committee found that the former head coach failed to deport herself in accordance with the generally recognized high standards of honesty and sportsmanship normally associated with the conduct and administration of intercollegiate athletics. This finding was based on her knowing involvement in providing extra benefits to student-athletes and recruitment inducements to prospective student-athletes. In addition, the former head coach provided false and misleading information to the university regarding the violations and refused to furnish requested information to the NCAA enforcement staff. The former head coach did not submit a response to the Committee on Infractions regarding the allegations and refused to participate in an interview with the enforcement staff.
This case also involved extra benefits and ineligible competition violations in the men's basketball program. During the 2007-08 academic year, the university provided approximately $1,713.85 in impermissible benefits to the brother of a men's basketball student-athlete. These extra benefits were occasional free transportation on the team's charter plane for out-of-town contests, as well as occasional free lodging at the team hotel.
During the course of the investigation, the enforcement staff requested that the athletics department review travel records to confirm that the brother paid for his flights and lodging when traveling with the men's basketball team. When the university found this did not occur on every occasion, it cited "administrative error in the institution's athletic business office" and could not provide further explanation. The finding of these violations led the committee to determine that the university violated the principle of rules compliance: failing to monitor its athletics program.
The committee also found that this same men's basketball student-athlete competed while ineligible during the entire 2007-08 season, including the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, due to an invalidated SAT score.
The university was first contacted regarding potential academic issues involving the student-athlete in October 2007 by the Chicago Public Schools Internal Audit division. During this initial investigation by Chicago Public Schools officials, the Illinois Office of the Inspector General received an allegation that irregularities may have occurred with the SAT exam the student-athlete took during May 2007 in Detroit, Mich.
The university began an independent investigation related to these allegations, which included a November 2007 interview of the student-athlete. The university was unable to substantiate the allegations of academic improprieties and cleared the student-athlete to compete during the 2007-08 season.
ETS, the SAT security testing agency, conducted its own independent investigation. As a result, it notified the student-athlete, university and NCAA Eligibility Center on May 5, 2008 that it had cancelled the test score. The Committee on Infractions concluded that the student-athlete was academically ineligible to compete during the entire season due to this cancelled test score. The university asserted that it did not have enough information to conclude before the start of the season that the test score would be cancelled. The committee, however, found this argument was not relevant as the university was able to compete with an ineligible student-athlete for an entire season.
- NCAA strips U of M of 2008 season
- U of M will have to also forfeit some money
- U of M will appeal NCAA ruling
- See statements from NCAA and U of M below
(Memphis 8/20/2009) The University of Memphis has been stripped of its 2008 Men's Basketball season after the NCAA found major rules were broken regarding a player thought to be Derrick Rose.
The University will be on a three-year probation and must also return all monies collected from its participation in the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Tournament.
From the NCAA:
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has penalized University of Memphis for major and secondary violations involving the women's golf and men's basketball programs.
The violations include a failure to monitor by the university, unethical conduct by the former head women's golf coach, impermissible benefits, ineligible competition and impermissible recruiting contact, among others.
Penalties in this case include three years probation, vacation of records, scholarship reductions, and forfeiture of championship revenue. The penalties also include a five-year show-cause order for the former head women's golf coach, which restricts her athletically related duties at any employing NCAA institution during that time.
From 2004 through 2008, the former head women's golf coach provided multiple extra benefits valued at $3,115.70 to four women's golf student-athletes. These extra benefits included several gifts, airfare, lodging, NFL game tickets and meals, among others. The former golf coach provided the majority of these impermissible benefits to one golf student-athlete, who received $2,764.45 in extra benefits and recruiting inducements.
In September 2004 and November 2007, the former head coach also provided several golf student-athletes impermissible restaurant meals during official paid visits of other prospective student-athletes.
The committee found that the former head coach failed to deport herself in accordance with the generally recognized high standards of honesty and sportsmanship normally associated with the conduct and administration of intercollegiate athletics. This finding was based on her knowing involvement in providing extra benefits to student-athletes and recruitment inducements to prospective student-athletes. In addition, the former head coach provided false and misleading information to the university regarding the violations and refused to furnish requested information to the NCAA enforcement staff. The former head coach did not submit a response to the Committee on Infractions regarding the allegations and refused to participate in an interview with the enforcement staff.
This case also involved extra benefits and ineligible competition violations in the men's basketball program. During the 2007-08 academic year, the university provided approximately $1,713.85 in impermissible benefits to the brother of a men's basketball student-athlete. These extra benefits were occasional free transportation on the team's charter plane for out-of-town contests, as well as occasional free lodging at the team hotel.
During the course of the investigation, the enforcement staff requested that the athletics department review travel records to confirm that the brother paid for his flights and lodging when traveling with the men's basketball team. When the university found this did not occur on every occasion, it cited "administrative error in the institution's athletic business office" and could not provide further explanation. The finding of these violations led the committee to determine that the university violated the principle of rules compliance: failing to monitor its athletics program.
The committee also found that this same men's basketball student-athlete competed while ineligible during the entire 2007-08 season, including the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, due to an invalidated SAT score.
The university was first contacted regarding potential academic issues involving the student-athlete in October 2007 by the Chicago Public Schools Internal Audit division. During this initial investigation by Chicago Public Schools officials, the Illinois Office of the Inspector General received an allegation that irregularities may have occurred with the SAT exam the student-athlete took during May 2007 in Detroit, Mich.
The university began an independent investigation related to these allegations, which included a November 2007 interview of the student-athlete. The university was unable to substantiate the allegations of academic improprieties and cleared the student-athlete to compete during the 2007-08 season.
ETS, the SAT security testing agency, conducted its own independent investigation. As a result, it notified the student-athlete, university and NCAA Eligibility Center on May 5, 2008 that it had cancelled the test score. The Committee on Infractions concluded that the student-athlete was academically ineligible to compete during the entire season due to this cancelled test score. The university asserted that it did not have enough information to conclude before the start of the season that the test score would be cancelled. The committee, however, found this argument was not relevant as the university was able to compete with an ineligible student-athlete for an entire season.
