Mississippi State Slapped for Academic Misconduct

[bamawriter]

Apparently a tutor was completing online coursework for several football players and a men's b-ball player. The penalties are:

-A fine of $5,000, plus 1% each of the football and men’s basketball budgets.

-A reduction of two football scholarships during each of the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years.

-A reduction of one men’s basketball scholarship during the 2020-21 academic year.

-A reduction of four football official visits from the program’s four-year average of 40 visits during the 2019-20 academic year.

-A reduction of two men’s basketball official visits from the program’s four-year average of 10 visits during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 rolling two-year period.

-A prohibition of football unofficial visits during one home contest for the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years.

-A prohibition of men’s basketball unofficial visits during two home contests for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years.

-A reduction of football evaluation days by two in the fall 2019 and 10 in spring 2020.

-A reduction of men’s basketball recruiting-person days by six in the spring of 2020. Three years of probation.

-A vacation of records in which student-athletes competed while ineligible. The university must provide a written report containing the contests impacted to the NCAA media coordination and statistics staff within 45 days of the public decision release.

-A disassociation of the former tutor. All involved student-athletes must conduct one rules education session on the consequences of academic misconduct. Participation in the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals program review and Academic Integrity Assessment process.

-A 10-year show-cause order for the former tutor. During that period, any NCAA member school employing her must restrict her from any athletically related duties unless it shows cause why the restrictions should not apply.

Also, the football players will have to miss 8 games this season, though it appears that the 8 games will be at the discretion of the school.

 

[OleRockyTop]

Did they not list which football players are involved?

 

[OleRockyTop]

Also this is the exact same thing that got Missouri a postseason ban yet Mississippi State is not? Good job NCAA

 

[bamawriter]

Did they not list which football players are involved?

FERPA guidelines say they can't. But it won't take long to figure out who the 10 are.

 

[508mikey]

All should be declared academically ineligible -- what a joke

 

[eskimovol]

So the big question is are we a team they choose to keep those players out of?

 

[bamawriter]

So the big question is are we a team they choose to keep those players out of?

The only guarantees will be their non-conference patsies. I bet they hold different combinations out for everyone else.

 

[eskimovol]

The only guarantees will be their non-conference patsies. I bet they hold different combinations out for everyone else.

From reading around I got the impression that they all have to miss the same games,which is just speclation I guess. Will be interesting to see how this shakes out. I would assume Aub, Ole Miss, and LSU would be 3 they want all of them available for if they're impact players/quality depth. I would bet you're right though, if they can disperse the suspensions how they want.

 

[508mikey]

looking at the opening schedule ESPN U has these cheats on before the Vols game -- likely will run over into ours -- never freakin fails