October 27, 2004

Mississippi State gets four years probation

The NCAA announced sanctions for the Mississippi State program, totaling four years on probation, a loss of eight scholarships for the next two years, and banned from post season play this year, all because of recruiting violations.

More on this from the Associated Press

The NCAA announced Wednesday that its infractions committee found two former assistants and several boosters broke recruiting rules between 1998 and 2002. However, allegations of unethical conduct against former coach Jackie Sherrill were dismissed.

Sherrill retired after the 2003 season and was replaced by Sylvester Croom. The Bulldogs (2-5) won their first Southeastern Conference game under Croom, the first black head football coach in SEC history, this past Saturday when they upset Florida.

The Bulldogs will lose four scholarships for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, and they are limited to 45 expense-paid recruiting visits in each of the 2004-05 and 2005-06 academic years -- 11 fewer per year than the maximum allowed by the NCAA.

Mississippi State in April admitted to secondary rules violations within the football program but denied more serious NCAA allegations of offering to provide cash and other perks to recruits.

Posted by Josh McClain

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1. NCVol says:

   posted on October 27, 2004 05:30 PM — link

   In its usually inane logic, the NCAA is spanking the wrong behind. No one presently on the MSU staff is guilty of infractions, yet they are the ones being punished. Find the cheaters, eherever they are now, and keep them from coaching, recruiting, etc. Until the NCAA begins punishing the actual criminals, they as an organization will continue to be irrelevant to the sporting world.

2. dave frey says:

   posted on October 27, 2004 05:33 PM — link

   What??? Mississippi State banned from post-season play this season??? It's a travesty! It's an outrage! It's...

   
   {/sorry, couldn't resist}

3. Aaron says:

   posted on October 27, 2004 08:42 PM — link

   Actually, the school is being punished for the violations of the people it hired. Just because the actual violaters are gone, it doesn't mean the school didn't receive the "benefits" of said violations.

   It's not like banning them from the post-season in football this year is a big deal, but if that ban includes the basketball team, poor Lawrence is gonna be mighty upset.

4. Jeff says:

   posted on October 28, 2004 12:48 PM — link

   I wanted to add something unique, but Aaron hit all of the relevant nails on the head.

   Mississippi State University chose to hire and employ the staff of employees that violated NCAA regulations.

   Mississippi State University received benefits (financial and intangible) that were generated by the previous staff.

   Mississippi State University can do things to help themselves (fire the previous staff, coorperate, self-report), but that does not absolve the University from its responsibility since they were the ones responsible for employing the violators.

5. Blackimp says:

   posted on October 28, 2004 05:56 PM — link

   Well said Jeff

6. gator man says:

   posted on October 29, 2004 12:38 AM — link

   mississippist. sucks on probation and off probation.

7. bulldog says:

   posted on October 29, 2004 12:41 AM — link

   dave frey is gay.

8. bulldog fan says:

   posted on November 1, 2004 04:54 PM — link

   their ia a parade all american quaterback in mississippi name ronald gooding and he is thinking about going to mississippi st instead of florida.

9. rebel fan says:

   posted on November 1, 2004 04:57 PM — link

   ole miss will win the egg bowl 70-0.they will never lose another egg bowl again.