Welcome to the world of the NCAA and why institutions like Ohio State have a ton of resources allocated to the compliance office. Why this is being picked up by many media members like it’s a big deal is beyond me, but here we are.
Ohio State University has self-reported 22 NCAA violations, 16 coming from football and 6 from basketball. Most were of the token variety. That’s it.
It’s unlikely any of the violations will amount to more than a slap on the wrist, in fact all but four had self-imposed minor sanctions for each were apparently accepted by the NCAA. But still, it just goes to show you how on top of things you have to be to stay in compliance and self-report when necessary when it comes to these sort of things.
Per normal, many of these issues involved the team’s media or coaches’ recruiting efforts.
Per Eleven Warriors, Ohio State’s violations span a two-year period from May 2017 to May 2019 and were fulfilled as recently as this past Monday.
The most notable violations per Eleven Warriors include:
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The football team went over its scholarship limit in the spring of 2017 due to the compliance department telling the football program it could have three players split two scholarships. As a result, the program had a one-scholarship reduction at the “next available opportunity.”
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The football team agreed to no longer recruit five-star Micah Parsons after he took pictures on the College GameDay set and met with the analysts.
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The Agonis Club restructured its organization to meet Ohio State’s booster policies.
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Due to the NCAA violations that stemmed from seven impermissible phone calls, Urban Meyer was barred from making recruiting calls from Dec. 20 to 26. Of course, by then, he had already announced his retirement and was no longer leading Ohio State’s recruiting efforts.
We’ll stay close to this if anything gets legs, but don’t be surprised if this is the last you hear of it, aside from the piling on from fans and others that don’t know what self-reporting is about.
