The NCAA’s Division I Infractions Appeals Committee has rejected Florida State University’s appeal of a penalty that it deemed excessive in a case involving academic fraud by 61 athletes in football and several other sports during 2006 and 2007. The penalty, one of several imposed in March 2009, required the university to vacate wins in all contests in which those athletes competed. In its ruling, the appeals panel cited the “nature, number, scope, and seriousness of the violations.” In a separate ruling, the panel also upheld previous findings regarding an academic “learning specialist” who it said had acted unethically.
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One Response to NCAA Upholds Penalties Against Florida State U. in Academic Fraud Case
princeton67 - January 6, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Hooray: Finally, the NCAA has the guts to penalize a big-time Division I athletic program. Read the report linked above. Infractions go back to 2004 – 2005. FSU utilized ineligible athletes for years: why should it get to keep the victories those athletes secured? I wonder how many of thsoe 61 ever graduated? How close their high school SAT’s and GPA’s were to the average FSU student? Graduation rate for Football: 52% in 2007 (http://stanford.scout.com/2/618619.html)