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Mo+o
October 27th, 2005, 03:34 PM
Just overheard this on the radio.

Illinois on one-year probation for football recruiting violation
The NCAA placed the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on probation for one year Thursday because a booster improperly provided payments and other benefits to a football prospect who eventually enrolled at the school, the organization said....

The violations... involved an athletic booster who provided lodging, transportation and use of a vehicle and paid the prospect for work he never performed...

The committee found that the university gained a substantial advantage as a result of the improper recruitment and extra benefits provided to the student-athlete, which totaled $2,348...

http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/13013013.htm
Dan
October 27th, 2005, 03:46 PM
Does that make us the only Big Ten football program current on probation?
deesgirl11
October 27th, 2005, 05:07 PM
this is just for football right, it's not for all sports?
illini4everjp
October 27th, 2005, 05:09 PM
The committee found that the university gained a substantial advantage as a result of the improper recruitment and extra benefits provided to the student-athlete, which totaled $2,348
Substantial advantage? Bull!!!!. I hate Ron Turner so much more right now.

To Deesgirl's question, it applies only to football.
Dan
October 27th, 2005, 07:39 PM
this is just for football right, it's not for all sports?For now, there are no major sanctions against football. But really, this affects all sports. Since this is a "major" infraction, Illinois is on 5-year watch with the NCAA, and if anything happens with any sports during that time (minor or otherwise), the NCAA can come down like a sledgehammer and do serious damage to the entire athletic program.
illini4everjp
October 27th, 2005, 08:54 PM
For now, there are no major sanctions against football. But really, this affects all sports. Since this is a "major" infraction, Illinois is on 5-year watch with the NCAA, and if anything happens with any sports during that time (minor or otherwise), the NCAA can come down like a sledgehammer and do serious damage to the entire athletic program.
Thats fantastic. Can I just go ahead and thank Ron Turner right now for ruining our hopes at a basketball national championship? I mean, he already killed it in football.
illini4everjp
November 2nd, 2005, 02:06 PM
Illinois escapes another week outside of the Bottom 10.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2211211