Tim Beckman will not apologize for following the rules
July 26, 2012 2:37 PM
Tim Beckman:
I want to address the situation because I know it's going to be asked, so I'm going to attack it because I'm a proactive guy. I just want everybody to understand -- and you can ask questions from there -- about the Penn State situation. We as a staff and me, myself, as the head football coach, talked about this. It was brought to our attention by two individuals prior to even any sanctions being granted by the NCAA that an opportunity might present itself for a transfer.
We did not go onto their campus. We only talked to individuals that would be willing to meet with us. We did not go after them. They had the opportunity to come to us if they would like to come to us and speak to us. And that's how we handled the situation.
Q. The NCAA is allowing Penn State players to transfer. You addressed it in your opening statement. Do you feel like there's anything that you would have to apologize for or be defensive about if you are looking at Penn State players and if they end up coming to your school?
COACH BECKMAN: Not at all. We're just following the rules of the NCAA. We provided Penn State with the names of the people that -- prior to us even going there. Our compliance coordinator, Ryan Squire, and Mike Thomas, our athletic director gave him a list of people that -- so that they were aware of, before we got there, of who those individuals might be.
I want to address the situation because I know it's going to be asked, so I'm going to attack it because I'm a proactive guy. I just want everybody to understand -- and you can ask questions from there -- about the Penn State situation. We as a staff and me, myself, as the head football coach, talked about this. It was brought to our attention by two individuals prior to even any sanctions being granted by the NCAA that an opportunity might present itself for a transfer.
We did not go onto their campus. We only talked to individuals that would be willing to meet with us. We did not go after them. They had the opportunity to come to us if they would like to come to us and speak to us. And that's how we handled the situation.
Q. The NCAA is allowing Penn State players to transfer. You addressed it in your opening statement. Do you feel like there's anything that you would have to apologize for or be defensive about if you are looking at Penn State players and if they end up coming to your school?
COACH BECKMAN: Not at all. We're just following the rules of the NCAA. We provided Penn State with the names of the people that -- prior to us even going there. Our compliance coordinator, Ryan Squire, and Mike Thomas, our athletic director gave him a list of people that -- so that they were aware of, before we got there, of who those individuals might be.
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