Former Texas A&M LB alleges multiple NCAA violations by Aggies staff

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Former Texas A&M linebacker Santino Marchiol is alleging that Texas A&M violated multiple NCAA rules under new coach Jimbo Fisher, according to a report from USA Today.

Marchiol, a rising redshirt freshman who followed former Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin to Arizona, claims that he was given cash by staff members to host prospects on unofficial visits, the new staff organized summer practices that are not permitted by NCAA rules and the staff pushed him to work through an ankle injury in an attempt to change the culture of the program. The cash was allegedly given to Marchiol by linebackers coach Bradley Dale Peveto on two separate occasions. He alleges that he received $300 in a bathroom from Peveto after the spring game, and $400 in June to host another prospect.
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Former Texas A&M LB seeking transfer waiver alleges multiple NCAA violations by Aggies staff
 
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That's s weird one. Leaving a school requesting immediate eligibility due to violations committed by the staff of the head coach of the school he's transferring to.
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The one about his ankle injury would of been Sumlins staff. Such a crybaby way to get what you want.

This whole transfer thing is getting out of hand. That's what happens when you make rules grey. You will have kids like this who will stab a school in the back just for their own personal gain. I hope the NCAA doesn't grant his appeal or this will become a reoccurring theme...
 
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VOLuptuousBOOMS said:
The one about his ankle injury would of been Sumlins staff. Such a crybaby way to get what you want.

This whole transfer thing is getting out of hand. That's what happens when you make rules grey. You will have kids like this who will stab a school in the back just for their own personal gain. I hope the NCAA doesn't grant his appeal or this will become a reoccurring theme...
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If he's telling the truth, then more power to him. Whistleblowing is an integral part of maintaining a fair system. The last thing we need is another Maryland situation.
 
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It’s mighty convenient that he wanted until he needed a NCAA waiver to “blow the whistle”.

I call bull sh*t on the whole whistle blower bit. It’s obvious the kid is using this for his own personal gain, while crapping on his former school and teammates.
 
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Didn’t take us long to get to THE test case under brand new NCAA bylaws on transfers. His lawyer's complaint touches on all aspects of how to get a waiver.


“Players can gain a waiver to play immediately if “the transfer is due to documented mitigating circumstances that are outside the student-athlete’s control and directly impact the health, safety, and well-being of the student-athlete.”

Again, documented mitigating circumstances, aspects of the new criteria, imagine that?


The real question now is can players strong-arm themselves out of their present school to wherever they consider the next promise land? Stay tuned.
 
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VOLuptuousBOOMS said:
It’s mighty convenient that he wanted until he needed a NCAA waiver to “blow the whistle”.

I call bull sh*t on the whole whistle blower bit. It’s obvious the kid is using this for his own personal gain, while crapping on his former school and teammates.
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I think he didn't want to blow the whistle, but because of new transfer policy, he had to give a reason to be allowed to transfer. I think he wanted to go quietly and not start anything, but was forced to bring this news to light so that he could play right away.

Obviously, he could be making all this up, but we know this kind of stuff happens all the time in college football programs. I typically believe the story that says coaches are cheating.
 
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I think he didn't want to blow the whistle, but because of new transfer policy, he had to give a reason to be allowed to transfer. I think he wanted to go quietly and not start anything, but was forced to bring this news to light so that he could play right away.

Obviously, he could be making all this up, but we know this kind of stuff happens all the time in college football programs. I typically believe the story that says coaches are cheating.
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And I assume it is probably because he was not given a full release from A&M.
 
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ALock4UT said:
I think he didn't want to blow the whistle, but because of new transfer policy, he had to give a reason to be allowed to transfer. I think he wanted to go quietly and not start anything, but was forced to bring this news to light so that he could play right away.

Obviously, he could be making all this up, but we know this kind of stuff happens all the time in college football programs. I typically believe the story that says coaches are cheating.
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Sounds like he followed through on a blackmail threat. I believe what you are describing would be considered attempted extortion and when he didn't get what he wanted he released his "info". The reported cheating does nothing for him. That was only to punish the school. His only real case to get a waiver is with the reported "mandatory" volunteer workouts and the handling of the ankle injury.

Under new transfer legislation passed in June by the NCAA, a player may get a waiver for immediate eligibility if "the transfer is due to documented mitigating circumstances that are outside the student-athlete's control and directly impact the health, safety and well-being of the student-athlete."
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It would be very difficult to spin getting a couple hundred extra dollars to host a recruit as "directly impacting his health, safety and well being."

And even the workout and ankle stories are shaky at best.

Marchiol said that defensive coordinator Mike Elko told players they had to be at voluntary summer workouts.

"We're going to have a lot of meetings and practices that aren't technically required, but you guys have to be here because you're way behind. We need to win," Marchiol told USA Today, referencing what Elko allegedly said.
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That could be construed as the coach imploring his players to show up voluntarily so they could catch up. He didn't mention there would be any consequences of missing other than the implication that they would still be behind. And the exceeding summer workout accusation amounted to starting workouts 30 minutes earlier than what NCAA allows at 5:30am instead of 6. And going over 8 hours a week. He said sometimes the scheduled 2 hour workout would last up to 3 hours. And here is why he says the ankle injury was mishandled.

In June, Marchiol said he suffered an ankle injury and that he was told by trainer Dan Jacobi to take four ibuprofen and continue practicing. Marchiol said he did and ran 100-yard sprints until he could no longer feel his ankle. He continued to practice the rest of the week and his leg continued to swell and began bruising.

Marchiol also alleged that the staff used vulgar and demeaning language when criticizing players.
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Maybe that was handled wrong and maybe not. This is the only real accusation he has a "leg" to stand on. And the only one that would matter in his waiver request. But he could have stopped and let the trainer know it wasn't responding well. These all seem like very minor things. Oh no, you got a couple hundred dollars twice to host a recruit. Whoa you had to wake up 30 minutes earlier and work out sometimes an hour longer. You hurt yer ankle and tried to keep going. My point is his motivation seems to completely revolve around getting the waiver and has nothing to do with his well being or safety. Just that he wants to play for the coach that recruited him. I understand that desire. But this seems way more like extortion than whistleblowing and could be detrimental to whistleblower protections due to the optics of it.

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Sleegro said:
Sounds like he followed through on a blackmail threat. I believe what you are describing would be considered attempted extortion and when he didn't get what he wanted he released his "info". The reported cheating does nothing for him. That was only to punish the school. His only real case to get a waiver is with the reported "mandatory" volunteer workouts and the handling of the ankle injury.



It would be very difficult to spin getting a couple hundred extra dollars to host a recruit as "directly impacting his health, safety and well being."

And even the workout and ankle stories are shaky at best.



That could be construed as the coach imploring his players to show up voluntarily so they could catch up. He didn't mention there would be any consequences of missing other than the implication that they would still be behind. And the exceeding summer workout accusation amounted to starting workouts 30 minutes earlier than what NCAA allows at 5:30am instead of 6. And going over 8 hours a week. He said sometimes the scheduled 2 hour workout would last up to 3 hours. And here is why he says the ankle injury was mishandled.



Maybe that was handled wrong and maybe not. This is the only real accusation he has a "leg" to stand on. And the only one that would matter in his waiver request. But he could have stopped and let the trainer know it wasn't responding well. These all seem like very minor things. Oh know you got a couple hundred dollars twice to host a recruit. Whoa you had to wake up 30 minutes earlier and work out sometimes an hour longer. You hurt yer ankle and tried to keep going. My point is his motivation seems to completely revolve around getting the waiver and has nothing to do with his well being or safety. Just that he wants to play for the coach that recruited him. I understand that desire. But this seems way more like extortion than whistleblowing and could be detrimental to whistleblower protections due to the optics of it.

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Ding ding ding!
 
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TUSKtimes said:
Didn’t take us long to get to THE test case under brand new NCAA bylaws on transfers. His lawyer's complaint touches on all aspects of how to get a waiver.


“Players can gain a waiver to play immediately if “the transfer is due to documented mitigating circumstances that are outside the student-athlete’s control and directly impact the health, safety, and well-being of the student-athlete.”

Again, documented mitigating circumstances, aspects of the new criteria, imagine that?


The real question now is can players strong-arm themselves out of their present school to wherever they consider the next promise land? Stay tuned.
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Makes it even more important now to make sure your NCAA violations can't be documented (as if it wasn't important before).

I'm surprised that the NCAA went ahead with this transfer rule with the language that vague and open-ended. You're just begging Pandora's Box to be opened with it written like that. Something that directly impacts the "well-being" of a student-athlete can be a multitude of things, and asking a student-athlete to do something that compromises his eligibility certainly falls into that category.
 
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I don't mind this kid kicking a conference rival on the way out of the conference. If these allegations were lodged against Florida, Georgia or Alabama I think we'd all want to throw this kid a parade. I don't hate Texas A&M but don't want them to grow into a powerhouse in the West.
 
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Ashevolle said:
I don't mind this kid kicking a conference rival on the way out of the conference. If these allegations were lodged against Florida, Georgia or Alabama I think we'd all want to throw this kid a parade. I don't hate Texas A&M but don't want them to grow into a powerhouse in the West.
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Why not? Somebody needs to challenge Alabama
 
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VOLuptuousBOOMS said:
It’s mighty convenient that he wanted until he needed a NCAA waiver to “blow the whistle”.

I call bull sh*t on the whole whistle blower bit. It’s obvious the kid is using this for his own personal gain, while crapping on his former school and teammates.
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You mean using it to do what he wants in life? How dare he.
 
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allvol123 said:
You mean using it to do what he wants in life? How dare he.
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His point still stands. It is pretty easy to see how a disgruntled player (of which there are some on every team) could fabricate or wildly exaggerate supposed NCAA violations, claim that is harming their well-being, and ask the NCAA for a transfer where they could play immediately.
 
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