If someone admits to a murder from 10 years ago but the police can't find the murder weapon, is the person just set free? The proof is in the recipient. AF said he took money and impermissible benefits. I read somewhere the NCAA has a 4 year statute of limitations, if true than that would be a saving grace. But I believe UT is still on probation, so perhaps that makes this worse?
Someone help me with this. I have read here and other places that there is a 4 year statute of limitations. Is this new? If not, how was the NCAA able to vacate Penn State wins from 1998 to 2011 (only wins back to 2008 were within 4 years)? And not only that, but the current Penn State penalty is from an event that happened a decade prior? Not trying to compare taco's with what Sandusky did, but trying to look for recent NCAA penalties.
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Foster and his legal team were full aware of the statue of limitations before the interview took place where he admitted taking money
Yes, there are only 2 notable exceptions to the 4 year statute of limitations clause.
1. Violating the ethics and integrity clause (penny state)
2. If a violation that has occurred in the last 4 years can be traced back further (Miami).
The first one is obviously of no concern to us, but the second one the more I think about it is a bit concerning. If whoever was giving Arian money has given money to a UT athlete in the last 4 years then the 2 can be considered an extension of each other and come back to hurt us. Which leads to my big question as to where he got the money from. While the article mentions the money it mainly focuses on the taco story and just mentions that he was receiving money on the side. If the money was from an agent I don't think there is that much to worry about. However, if it was from a booster I have a hard time believing he gave money to Arian and then just stopped giving money to players after that year. Of course if said booster was smart they would make it almost impossible to trace, so hopefully that shouldn't be a worry either. I never thought anybody would be dumb enough to leave a western union paper trail either though, and we have obviously seen that is not the case so who knows.
If Foster's legal team really opined that he was in the clear because of the statute of limitations, he needs new counsel.
As vol2013 points out, if another violation occurred in conjunction with others or as part of an obvious pattern of wrongdoing, that statute no longer applies... they can go back as far as violations occurred.
Considering UT is already on probation as a result of things that happened during the same time frame as Foster taking money, the NCAA could try to attach it.
Foster says he took money in 2008 and UT's other violations took place starting in 2009.
No clue if anything will ever ccome of it; but Foster definitely didn't do his alma mater any favors. Kid got a 6-figure education and free room, board, and food all that time... not to mention the publicity and forum to showcase his talents to the NFL and become a millionaire.
He says he needed money for food. Everybody who's followed cfb for even a year knows that's an outright lie. These guys are treated to the very best food on the campus for free; things the regular student body never sees even if they wanted to pay for it.
Also, not only do the football players get the full-ride scholarship that pays for everything, they also have the financial aid offices of their schools pushing through other various grant approvals that provide them with a lot of additional "spending" money, thousands of dollars.
These players are already getting paid; some of them as much as $50,000 a year if you added it all up. Raise your hand if you earned $50,000 a year as a working freshman while in college.
