Another Potential College Football Scandal

[MattUM2]

More of the story in the link


SPN's Chicago radio program Waddle & Silvy had Yahoo! Sports' Charles Robinson on the show Wednesday morning, and after some talk of the Jim Tressel investigation, an accidental bombshell was dropped: The hosts asked what else Robinson was working on, and he hinted at two more stories coming down the pike, one of which he characterized as an even bigger scandal than the Ohio State story. Teams, institutions, and even conferences go unnamed, but read our hasty transcript and decide for yourselves: Should your team be worried?

http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/3/9/2040523/yahoo-sports-investigation-charles-robinson-college-football

[JBHuskers]

Yup --- looks like LSU is one of them (not as big as tOSU though).

http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/2011-07-19/lsu-given-one-year-probation

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The NCAA says LSU committed major violations in its football program while recruiting a junior college player and cited a former assistant coach for unethical conduct.

The probe found that ex-assistant coach D.J. McCarthy improperly arranged for transportation and housing for former defensive lineman Akiem Hicks, then later tried to cover up those actions.

In a ruling issued Tuesday, the NCAA publicly reprimanded LSU and placed it on probation for one year. The NCAA also accepted LSU's self-imposed reduction of two scholarships, as well as reductions in official visits and recruiting calls.

McCarthy resigned in December 2009. Hicks never played for the Tigers before he left LSU.

The investigation began after the university self-reported the violations to the enforcement staff. The committee lauded the university’s compliance staff for its efforts to investigate and uncover the violations.

The committee noted in its report, “The compliance office was proactive, fully investigated and cooperated with the enforcement staff to uncover the full range of the violations.”

[JerzeyReign]

We all knew what conference those stories would come out of... SMH, they should just put that whole conference on restrictions and save some time