Flood suspended. 3 games
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If there is not more than the one e-mail
I am pissed. Who set the penalty?
Who made the announcement?
For you a$$holes who want Flood gone
what high profile coach is going to come to Rutgers
when the administration has no balls and
does not show any support for our coaches?
If Julie H supports the coach,
as she seemed to indicate this week,
does that mean this penalty was dictated from higher up?
And if that is the case she must regret coming here.
I am pissed. Who set the penalty?
Who made the announcement?
For you a$$holes who want Flood gone
what high profile coach is going to come to Rutgers
when the administration has no balls and
does not show any support for our coaches?
If Julie H supports the coach,
as she seemed to indicate this week,
does that mean this penalty was dictated from higher up?
And if that is the case she must regret coming here.
This guy can't get here fast enough:
Steve Politi @StevePoliti
The details are coming now. Flood not only emailed the professor, but had an in-person meeting -- and this was after he was told not to.
The details are coming now. Flood not only emailed the professor, but had an in-person meeting -- and this was after he was told not to.
This guy can't get here fast enough:
He recruited the "problem children." Also, remember the budget crisis?
Remeber those BCS bowls? Those victories over WVU? Those conference titles? The good old days.
Can someone please explain to me how again information is being provided by the press prior to being released by the university? I find this unacceptable.
This guy and those unis can't get here fast enough:
FIFY
Mal, the disturbing pattern of behavior displayed by not only many members of this team but the head man himself is unacceptable.
Much more so than Ws & Ls.
I was embarrassed to lose to WVU year after year, but this current situation brings far more shame to the program and school than any football game loss could..
I bit the bullet and went to you know where:
PISCATAWAY — Kyle Flood has been suspended for three games as Rutgers football coach and fined $50,000 following a university-led investigation into rules violations and amid a recent string of off-field transgressions involving players on his team, NJ Advance Media has learned from people with knowledge of the investigation.
PISCATAWAY — Kyle Flood has been suspended for three games as Rutgers football coach and fined $50,000 following a university-led investigation into rules violations and amid a recent string of off-field transgressions involving players on his team, NJ Advance Media has learned from people with knowledge of the investigation.
Here's Barchi's e-mail to the faculty:
Dear Members of the Rutgers Community:
Since our University was established almost 250 years ago, Rutgers has grown to become the State of New Jersey’s premier public institution of higher learning. With that designation, we have an obligation to provide outstanding educational opportunities, to ensure high quality and productive research, to serve the local, national and world communities, and to do so with integrity and a steadfast commitment to the central academic mission of our university. It is in this context that I provide you with the following report.
As some of you may be aware, the University has been reviewing an allegation that the Head Football Coach at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Kyle Flood, circumvented established policies and procedures in contacting a faculty member to discuss the academic standing of a student-athlete. This allegation was first reported to the University on August 12th and within 24 hours, after consultations with our Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, with our Interim Senior Vice President & General Counsel and with the Interim Senior Vice President for Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance, the University retained an outside investigator and counsel and undertook an investigation of the charge.
Yesterday, I received the final investigative report and I have decided to release the report, with limited redactions required by privacy laws, as I want the University community to understand both what we now know and the thorough nature of the investigation. The report is available at http://president.rutgers.edu/files/Final-Report.pdf.
Below is a brief summary of some of the major findings:
For his violations of University policy, I have suspended Coach Flood for three consecutive games of inter-collegiate competition effective immediately. I also have imposed a fine of $50,000.
I believe that the discipline is severe and justified for his failure to follow policy. I met with Coach Flood this afternoon and informed him of the suspension and the fine and he has accepted responsibility for his actions and my discipline. As a member of the faculty and as a former Provost myself, I know that Coach Flood’s actions in communicating with the faculty member crossed a line that all faculty hold dear. Our faculty must have complete independence in executing their duties and there is a reason why we prohibit athletics coaching staff from discussing the academic standing of students with faculty. We have policies in place to protect academic integrity and to ensure that any faculty member, whether tenured or untenured, whether full-time or part-time, is free of intimidation and interference by outside parties.
As a result of today’s findings, we are working with outside counsel to determine if any National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) bylaws have been violated. During the course of the investigation, we informed the NCAA Enforcement staff and we will be working with them on next steps. We will participate in the enforcement/infractions process per our conditions and obligations of membership in the NCAA.
I have also asked Director of Athletics Julie Hermann to ensure that our compliance training and oversight regarding the athletics staff prohibition on inappropriate contact with faculty regarding a student-athlete is among the best in the nation.
Over the past three years, we have taken significant steps in establishing a strong compliance and oversight culture and organization on campus, including the creation of the Office of Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance in 2013 that reports directly to me and to the Audit Committee of the Board of Governors. During the Summer and Fall of 2014, I expanded the mission of that office to include across-the-board institutional compliance. At my direction, the compliance program was structured further to ensure that resources would be available to address the emerging compliance risks of Athletics, Title IX and Research and to strengthen our programs in Ethics and Privacy. Earlier this summer, that office recruited new expert leadership in each of these areas as well as a new Director of Ethics who brings to the University in-depth experience with the New Jersey State Ethics Commission. I believe that we now have one of the strongest institutional risk management and compliance programs in higher education. But it is up to each of us to actualize the goals of this program.
We have high expectations of every member of our community and no one is free from responsibility. We must use this opportunity to grow, to do more and to do better. And we will.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Robert Barchi
President
Dear Members of the Rutgers Community:
Since our University was established almost 250 years ago, Rutgers has grown to become the State of New Jersey’s premier public institution of higher learning. With that designation, we have an obligation to provide outstanding educational opportunities, to ensure high quality and productive research, to serve the local, national and world communities, and to do so with integrity and a steadfast commitment to the central academic mission of our university. It is in this context that I provide you with the following report.
As some of you may be aware, the University has been reviewing an allegation that the Head Football Coach at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Kyle Flood, circumvented established policies and procedures in contacting a faculty member to discuss the academic standing of a student-athlete. This allegation was first reported to the University on August 12th and within 24 hours, after consultations with our Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, with our Interim Senior Vice President & General Counsel and with the Interim Senior Vice President for Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance, the University retained an outside investigator and counsel and undertook an investigation of the charge.
Yesterday, I received the final investigative report and I have decided to release the report, with limited redactions required by privacy laws, as I want the University community to understand both what we now know and the thorough nature of the investigation. The report is available at http://president.rutgers.edu/files/Final-Report.pdf.
Below is a brief summary of some of the major findings:
- Coach Flood knew or should have known of well-established University policies prohibiting coach-initiated contact between coaches and members of the faculty regarding a student-athlete’s academic standing. The responsibility for such contact strictly rests with our athletics academic advisors under the purview of the Office of the New Brunswick Chancellor. Coach Flood used his personal email to contact the faculty member and had an in-person meeting with the faculty member regarding the academic standing of a member of the football team. The multiple email contacts came both before and after the meeting, which occurred at an off-campus location.
- A member of the athletics academic advising staff reported that she reminded Coach Flood, after he sent the initial email but before he had the in-person meeting with the faculty member, that he is not to have contact with any faculty member regarding a student’s academic standing. Coach Flood nevertheless moved forward with the previously scheduled meeting with the faculty member.
- After meeting with Coach Flood, the faculty member agreed to review an additional paper as partial satisfaction for the requirements of a course the student had already completed. The paper was submitted to the faculty member but ultimately was not graded and the academic status of the student and his final course grade remained unchanged.
- Coach Flood and the student both have acknowledged that Coach Flood provided grammatical and minor editorial suggestions to the submitted paper. The Office of Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance consulted with senior campus academic officials, including the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Chancellor, Rutgers-New Brunswick, who both agreed, after reviewing the paper before and after the edits, that the assistance provided by Coach Flood was in line with standard student support offered on campus by student learning centers and did not constitute academic misconduct.
For his violations of University policy, I have suspended Coach Flood for three consecutive games of inter-collegiate competition effective immediately. I also have imposed a fine of $50,000.
I believe that the discipline is severe and justified for his failure to follow policy. I met with Coach Flood this afternoon and informed him of the suspension and the fine and he has accepted responsibility for his actions and my discipline. As a member of the faculty and as a former Provost myself, I know that Coach Flood’s actions in communicating with the faculty member crossed a line that all faculty hold dear. Our faculty must have complete independence in executing their duties and there is a reason why we prohibit athletics coaching staff from discussing the academic standing of students with faculty. We have policies in place to protect academic integrity and to ensure that any faculty member, whether tenured or untenured, whether full-time or part-time, is free of intimidation and interference by outside parties.
As a result of today’s findings, we are working with outside counsel to determine if any National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) bylaws have been violated. During the course of the investigation, we informed the NCAA Enforcement staff and we will be working with them on next steps. We will participate in the enforcement/infractions process per our conditions and obligations of membership in the NCAA.
I have also asked Director of Athletics Julie Hermann to ensure that our compliance training and oversight regarding the athletics staff prohibition on inappropriate contact with faculty regarding a student-athlete is among the best in the nation.
Over the past three years, we have taken significant steps in establishing a strong compliance and oversight culture and organization on campus, including the creation of the Office of Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance in 2013 that reports directly to me and to the Audit Committee of the Board of Governors. During the Summer and Fall of 2014, I expanded the mission of that office to include across-the-board institutional compliance. At my direction, the compliance program was structured further to ensure that resources would be available to address the emerging compliance risks of Athletics, Title IX and Research and to strengthen our programs in Ethics and Privacy. Earlier this summer, that office recruited new expert leadership in each of these areas as well as a new Director of Ethics who brings to the University in-depth experience with the New Jersey State Ethics Commission. I believe that we now have one of the strongest institutional risk management and compliance programs in higher education. But it is up to each of us to actualize the goals of this program.
We have high expectations of every member of our community and no one is free from responsibility. We must use this opportunity to grow, to do more and to do better. And we will.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Robert Barchi
President
I get it. Flood was in the wrong, and he knew better, or does now. The university acted by self-imposing an appropriate punishment, quickly.
But how and when will the NCAA weigh in on this?
I cannot help but compare the RU "scandal" to UNC and its two-decades plus of cheating via fake classes, forged signatures on grade changes, etc.
That "Blue Blood" "Public Ivy" institution never came forward with any self-imposed sanctions.
To date, UNC is awaiting the NCAA's COI ruling, which may not occur until next spring, after the NCAA BB Tourney, of course.
How is this for contrast?
But how and when will the NCAA weigh in on this?
I cannot help but compare the RU "scandal" to UNC and its two-decades plus of cheating via fake classes, forged signatures on grade changes, etc.
That "Blue Blood" "Public Ivy" institution never came forward with any self-imposed sanctions.
To date, UNC is awaiting the NCAA's COI ruling, which may not occur until next spring, after the NCAA BB Tourney, of course.
How is this for contrast?
Honestly, after reading Barchi's letter, Flood probably should consider himself lucky that he still is employed.
I can't wait to have one semi-decent season with the most expensive coach in the conference.
You can read the report here: http://president.rutgers.edu/sites/president/files/Final Report.pdf
In reading the brief summary of the report it seems he went a bit beyond just sending an email to the point of meeting with the faculty member so the punishment seems in line with that. That being said it was noted in the media that it was an MGSA faculty member....I wonder if he criticized the band or something and that was the straw that broke the camel's back?
That is an NCAA investigation, not an internal investigation.
This reaction is like crying about getting a speeding ticket while your neighbor's murder trial is ongoing.
No UNC coaches were dumb enough to write emails, they were able to deny knowledge of wrongdoing.
Is Floor allowed to be on site during suspension? Or just not coach the games? Can he still run practice?
If I were Flood, I would use the time off to network and get ready for next season. Perhaps an Assistant Head coach in the MAC or AAC conference program. Yes, what he did was wrong. No, he does not deserve 3 games, 1 game max IMO.
He is also not responsible for behavior of his staff during non-working hours. Period.
If I were Flood, I would use the time off to network and get ready for next season. Perhaps an Assistant Head coach in the MAC or AAC conference program. Yes, what he did was wrong. No, he does not deserve 3 games, 1 game max IMO.
He is also not responsible for behavior of his staff during non-working hours. Period.
True. And I hope my expectations about what happens at UNC are wrong.
"after reviewing the paper before and after the edits, that the assistance provided by Coach Flood was in line with standard student support offered on campus by student learning centers and did not constitute academic misconduct."
I don't see how he is our coach next season.
if Barchi felt obligated to make a show a reprimand or even a fine would seem to be sufficient, now you create a situation that that tosses a Molotov cocktail onto an already difficult situation, and why, to further damage the program? To flush the season down the toilet (not to mention the impact on the RU brand and recruiting). What BS I have season tickets and since I am not getting what I paid for I'd like a three game refund! (obviously the Kids are not getting what was promised either ; people who care about them.
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