Rutgers under NCAA investigation...
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Right...Kyle Flood...the gift that keeps on giving.
So here comes the punishment for North Carolina!!!
Flood is really the gift that keeps on giving. He will go down as one of the worse Head Coaches of all time.
Rutgers response:
Dear Rutgers Community:
Today, I write to you about the release of a Notice of Allegations (NOA) issued by the NCAA enforcement staff stemming from an investigation that began more than a year and a half ago into allegations that some members of the Department of Athletics had not been operating in full compliance with NCAA and University standards.
These allegations by the NCAA enforcement staff are primarily focused on issues that have been well reported and discussed throughout our community. The allegations are the result of a lengthy joint investigation with the NCAA enforcement staff. As you know, we have already taken significant remedial actions concerning many of these matters.
In the Spring of 2015, the NCAA began an inquiry into our athletics program. During the course of the review process, potential NCAA rules violations came to light involving the former head football coach and his communication with a member of the faculty on behalf of one of his student-athletes. Other possible violations were also identified in the prospective student-athlete host/hostess program used in the Department of Athletics and inconsistencies in the administration of the Department of Athletics drug testing procedures and policies. The University retained outside counsel for the investigation and has cooperated fully with the NCAA enforcement staff as the investigative process continued.
After more than eighteen months of inquiry and cooperation, the NCAA issued the NOA to the University, alleging seven violations of NCAA and University rules by two former football staff members, the Department’s host/hostess program, and a staff member with oversight of the drug testing program, and a charge to the University of a “failure to monitor” for part of its athletics program. A summary of allegations is provided below and further details can be found in the Notice of Allegations. Per NCAA enforcement legislation, the University has ninety days to formally respond to the NOA.
In an effort to be as transparent as possible while the infractions process continues, I thought it important to share some basic details, as well as the proactive steps that the University has already undertaken.
NCAA violations are designated as Level I and Level II, major violations, or Level III and Level IV, secondary violations. Our case has been given an initial Level II designation by the NCAA enforcement staff.
The alleged violations of NCAA bylaws include:
· The former head football coach is alleged to have provided a former student-athlete with an impermissible extra benefit by directly contacting a professor seeking special consideration for the student-athlete in an academic course relating to the 2014-2015 academic year. In addition, he is charged with failing to promote an atmosphere of compliance in the football program, violating the principles of NCAA head coach responsibility legislation. Both allegations are deemed Level II by the NCAA.
· A former assistant football coach is alleged to have had improper off-campus recruiting contact with a prospective student athlete in 2014 (Level III) and the NCAA has also charged the coach with unethical conduct for providing false or misleading information to the NCAA and the institution during the investigation. (Level II)
· The NCAA has alleged that between the 2011-12 academic year and the Fall of 2015, the Rutgers football host/hostess program, staffed by student workers, was not properly operated and supervised as required by NCAA legislation; that two student hostesses had impermissible off-campus contact and electronic correspondence with prospective student athletes; and that the former football director of recruiting impermissibly publicized the recruitment of prospective student-athletes. (Level II)
· It is alleged that between September 2011 and the Fall of 2015, the University and the Director of Sports Medicine employed practices and procedures that violated the institution’s drug-testing policy by: failing to notify the Director of Athletics of positive drug tests; along with the former head football coach, failing to implement prescribed corrective and disciplinary actions and penalties; and failing to identify select drug tests as positive in accordance with University policy. (Level II)
· Because of the scope of these alleged violations, the NCAA has also alleged that between 2011 and 2016, the University failed to monitor its football program regarding its host/hostess program and drug-testing program. (Level II)
The University has begun the process of reviewing the allegations in the NOA as well as assessing the level of severity assigned to each allegation by the NCAA enforcement staff. The University will comply with the NCAA process and submit its full response within ninety days followed by a hearing before the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The Committee will determine whether violations occurred, will consider aggravating and mitigating factors, and will ultimately decide what penalties should be assessed. The entire process may not be concluded until well into 2017.
The University has cooperated fully with the investigation since the start, including both the discovery and self-reporting of several of these violations. The University has also taken action against employees who violated the basic principles on which Rutgers stands and enacted measures to prevent future violations of NCAA bylaws including, but not limited to:
· The former Head Football Coach and former Assistant Football Coach involved in these alleged violations are no longer with the University and the two student host assistants have been terminated from their positions;
· Prior to his termination, after an initial review in the Fall of 2015, the University suspended the former Head Football Coach for three games and imposed a $50,000 fine.
· In August 2016, Rutgers instituted a comprehensive new drug testing policy as well as overhauled oversight and reporting lines of the drug test program and, in October 2016, a new chief medical officer assumed oversight of the drug test program;
· In November 2015, Pat Hobbs was hired as the new Director of Athletics after serving for many years as Dean of the Seton Hall College of Law and after serving as Ombudsman to the Office of the Governor to oversee compliance and ethics training and as Chairman of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation;
· In 2016, the University hired an outstanding and highly qualified Senior Vice President for Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance (ERM) and the Department of Athletics has added a Chief Compliance Officer, two new Directors of Compliance, and a new Coordinator of Student-Athlete Services and has committed a designated compliance staff member to work with the football program;
· The Department of Athletics launched a strategic plan initiative with a focus on compliance and risk management;
· A robust rules education program has been implemented, including monthly NCAA rules education during the academic year for coaching staffs, and the Office of Athletic Compliance and ERM have constructed a program to educate specific groups on various NCAA policies, institutional policies, and federal/state regulations;
· Head coaching contracts have been revised to include specific language regarding responsibilities in academics and compliance;
· The duties of members of the football host/hostesses program have been revised and regular compliance meetings with all program student workers are held.
We will continue to identify areas in which we can improve and implement new policies or procedures, if warranted. In addition, as we review the NOA, we expect to follow NCAA practices and precedents with respect to addressing those findings.
Rutgers is a proud member of the NCAA and of the Big Ten Conference and we must act in good faith and with the utmost integrity in our Department of Athletics. The strong leadership of Pat Hobbs, new Head Football Coach Chris Ash, and new Head Men’s Basketball Coach Steve Pikiell has us headed in the right direction.
Despite my disappointment over these allegations, I believe we are a stronger University because of our immediate and transparent response to them, and you have my word that we will continue to strive for excellence with integrity. In order to keep you abreast of developments in this process, we have set up a website at ncaaupdate.rutgers.edu.
Sincerely,
Robert Barchi
President
Rutgers response:
Dear Rutgers Community:
Today, I write to you about the release of a Notice of Allegations (NOA) issued by the NCAA enforcement staff stemming from an investigation that began more than a year and a half ago into allegations that some members of the Department of Athletics had not been operating in full compliance with NCAA and University standards.
These allegations by the NCAA enforcement staff are primarily focused on issues that have been well reported and discussed throughout our community. The allegations are the result of a lengthy joint investigation with the NCAA enforcement staff. As you know, we have already taken significant remedial actions concerning many of these matters.
In the Spring of 2015, the NCAA began an inquiry into our athletics program. During the course of the review process, potential NCAA rules violations came to light involving the former head football coach and his communication with a member of the faculty on behalf of one of his student-athletes. Other possible violations were also identified in the prospective student-athlete host/hostess program used in the Department of Athletics and inconsistencies in the administration of the Department of Athletics drug testing procedures and policies. The University retained outside counsel for the investigation and has cooperated fully with the NCAA enforcement staff as the investigative process continued.
After more than eighteen months of inquiry and cooperation, the NCAA issued the NOA to the University, alleging seven violations of NCAA and University rules by two former football staff members, the Department’s host/hostess program, and a staff member with oversight of the drug testing program, and a charge to the University of a “failure to monitor” for part of its athletics program. A summary of allegations is provided below and further details can be found in the Notice of Allegations. Per NCAA enforcement legislation, the University has ninety days to formally respond to the NOA.
In an effort to be as transparent as possible while the infractions process continues, I thought it important to share some basic details, as well as the proactive steps that the University has already undertaken.
NCAA violations are designated as Level I and Level II, major violations, or Level III and Level IV, secondary violations. Our case has been given an initial Level II designation by the NCAA enforcement staff.
The alleged violations of NCAA bylaws include:
· The former head football coach is alleged to have provided a former student-athlete with an impermissible extra benefit by directly contacting a professor seeking special consideration for the student-athlete in an academic course relating to the 2014-2015 academic year. In addition, he is charged with failing to promote an atmosphere of compliance in the football program, violating the principles of NCAA head coach responsibility legislation. Both allegations are deemed Level II by the NCAA.
· A former assistant football coach is alleged to have had improper off-campus recruiting contact with a prospective student athlete in 2014 (Level III) and the NCAA has also charged the coach with unethical conduct for providing false or misleading information to the NCAA and the institution during the investigation. (Level II)
· The NCAA has alleged that between the 2011-12 academic year and the Fall of 2015, the Rutgers football host/hostess program, staffed by student workers, was not properly operated and supervised as required by NCAA legislation; that two student hostesses had impermissible off-campus contact and electronic correspondence with prospective student athletes; and that the former football director of recruiting impermissibly publicized the recruitment of prospective student-athletes. (Level II)
· It is alleged that between September 2011 and the Fall of 2015, the University and the Director of Sports Medicine employed practices and procedures that violated the institution’s drug-testing policy by: failing to notify the Director of Athletics of positive drug tests; along with the former head football coach, failing to implement prescribed corrective and disciplinary actions and penalties; and failing to identify select drug tests as positive in accordance with University policy. (Level II)
· Because of the scope of these alleged violations, the NCAA has also alleged that between 2011 and 2016, the University failed to monitor its football program regarding its host/hostess program and drug-testing program. (Level II)
The University has begun the process of reviewing the allegations in the NOA as well as assessing the level of severity assigned to each allegation by the NCAA enforcement staff. The University will comply with the NCAA process and submit its full response within ninety days followed by a hearing before the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The Committee will determine whether violations occurred, will consider aggravating and mitigating factors, and will ultimately decide what penalties should be assessed. The entire process may not be concluded until well into 2017.
The University has cooperated fully with the investigation since the start, including both the discovery and self-reporting of several of these violations. The University has also taken action against employees who violated the basic principles on which Rutgers stands and enacted measures to prevent future violations of NCAA bylaws including, but not limited to:
· The former Head Football Coach and former Assistant Football Coach involved in these alleged violations are no longer with the University and the two student host assistants have been terminated from their positions;
· Prior to his termination, after an initial review in the Fall of 2015, the University suspended the former Head Football Coach for three games and imposed a $50,000 fine.
· In August 2016, Rutgers instituted a comprehensive new drug testing policy as well as overhauled oversight and reporting lines of the drug test program and, in October 2016, a new chief medical officer assumed oversight of the drug test program;
· In November 2015, Pat Hobbs was hired as the new Director of Athletics after serving for many years as Dean of the Seton Hall College of Law and after serving as Ombudsman to the Office of the Governor to oversee compliance and ethics training and as Chairman of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation;
· In 2016, the University hired an outstanding and highly qualified Senior Vice President for Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance (ERM) and the Department of Athletics has added a Chief Compliance Officer, two new Directors of Compliance, and a new Coordinator of Student-Athlete Services and has committed a designated compliance staff member to work with the football program;
· The Department of Athletics launched a strategic plan initiative with a focus on compliance and risk management;
· A robust rules education program has been implemented, including monthly NCAA rules education during the academic year for coaching staffs, and the Office of Athletic Compliance and ERM have constructed a program to educate specific groups on various NCAA policies, institutional policies, and federal/state regulations;
· Head coaching contracts have been revised to include specific language regarding responsibilities in academics and compliance;
· The duties of members of the football host/hostesses program have been revised and regular compliance meetings with all program student workers are held.
We will continue to identify areas in which we can improve and implement new policies or procedures, if warranted. In addition, as we review the NOA, we expect to follow NCAA practices and precedents with respect to addressing those findings.
Rutgers is a proud member of the NCAA and of the Big Ten Conference and we must act in good faith and with the utmost integrity in our Department of Athletics. The strong leadership of Pat Hobbs, new Head Football Coach Chris Ash, and new Head Men’s Basketball Coach Steve Pikiell has us headed in the right direction.
Despite my disappointment over these allegations, I believe we are a stronger University because of our immediate and transparent response to them, and you have my word that we will continue to strive for excellence with integrity. In order to keep you abreast of developments in this process, we have set up a website at ncaaupdate.rutgers.edu.
Sincerely,
Robert Barchi
President
How is this news? The NCAA uncovers issues from a now fired Head Coach's program, and it hits the press. If we weren't dealing with the problem, fine, but it's been dealt with, a simple notice would seem to suffice.
Meanwhile, in Chapel Hill, fake classes have been going on for almost THREE decades, and they won't do a thing. What a joke of an organization.
Meanwhile, in Chapel Hill, fake classes have been going on for almost THREE decades, and they won't do a thing. What a joke of an organization.
It's because we are Rutgers. You know, the troublemakers of the nation
We better self impose a ban like no post season bowls next year.
Football can do a self impose bowl ban this year.[poop]
My hot take on this is that Flood was hot garbage, but most of us knew that already? :chairshot:
The school on on this and have done all of the rights things to fix and report this.I don't expect anything crazy to come out of this. :pray:
For all the former and current Floodies who said the Barnwell incident wasn't a big deal. This is more proof on just how stupid you were.
Notice how Rutgers handles situations like this as opposed to schools like UNC.
It is almost as if our braintrust tries to get the school in more trouble. I saw that with false allegations under the last AD and lax program.
It is almost as if our braintrust tries to get the school in more trouble. I saw that with false allegations under the last AD and lax program.
Really if anyone still defends him at this point they are clearly not a Rutgers fan at all. No other way to put it.
Unreal. Flood wasn't just over his skis, he was completely out of his bindings.
For those following closely, what are the possible and likelihood of sanctions?
For those following closely, what are the possible and likelihood of sanctions?
Well, when you do it this way the NCAA normally takes it easy on you as oppose to USC and SMU. I can't see this backfires, it is not like any of this helped us win any games.
Most important question right now is....
Will this affect recruiting?
My optimistic take says no. Ash and Hobbs are not involved and this will be noted by recruits. I think.
Let's just hope this story dies out on impact.
Will this affect recruiting?
My optimistic take says no. Ash and Hobbs are not involved and this will be noted by recruits. I think.
Let's just hope this story dies out on impact.
We also owe a debt of gratitude to Julie Hermann. This was on her watch. She left the cat KF running loose in the hen house. They are both culpable, but KF more so.
Already got a snarky e-mail from a friend from UNC of all places.
Lost wins? (take em) I would be happy to erase all traces of Flood here.
1 year bowl ban (does this year count?)
I can't see more than that.
Really? UNC? They are the LAST people that should be talking.
No we don't. The NCAA has zero credibility and should be disbanded. It should definitely not be out pretending to be an authority of any kind.
Seriously. Rutgers should send back whatever notice they received with a note saying "Get back to us when you're done punishing 30 years of UNC cheating."
Julie was totally qualified for that job. There was no agenda to her hiring. You'd have to be crazy enough to jump off a bridge to say otherwise. o_O
I really don't see much in there to get to shook up about except maybe the drug testing deal. If the tests that were "hidden" were for pot or something like that then it isn't a big deal. If the players involved it was their first failure then it probably wouldn't have been made public anyway. If was their 3rd, 5th, whatever number more than the NCAA may make you do the ole "vacate" some wins because I'm sure according to your policy the players would have been suspended for them games. So basically no penalty. You may also look at players who say out games where a phantom injury suddenly appeared or no real reason was given why they say out.
Now, if it was covering up that some players had tested positive for steroids or something like that then it's a whole different deal. That's an immediate 1 year suspension and the school has no say in it, so if the school isn't informed about the test then the NCAA can't be informed either. That is trouble. That is where them hated words about "lack of institutional control" enter into the picture.
I doubt much comes out of any of that stuff except maybe 2 scholarships for 2 years max and move on. Maybe loose some official visits because of hostess thing but don't think I would worry about any of it. It'll be 2018 before anything done anyway.
Now, if it was covering up that some players had tested positive for steroids or something like that then it's a whole different deal. That's an immediate 1 year suspension and the school has no say in it, so if the school isn't informed about the test then the NCAA can't be informed either. That is trouble. That is where them hated words about "lack of institutional control" enter into the picture.
I doubt much comes out of any of that stuff except maybe 2 scholarships for 2 years max and move on. Maybe loose some official visits because of hostess thing but don't think I would worry about any of it. It'll be 2018 before anything done anyway.
It would be amazing if a school actually did this. It would at least show the school as a yuge pair of big brass balls.
We can vacate our wins over the past 2 years. We only have 6 of them.
the drug testing failure comes from the arrested player who testified in court he had a drug problem,failed drug tests and Flood never did anything about it.then the NCAA took notice..
Flood and Hermann were two idiots..dont forget the posters who also full time backed Julie Hermann..here and on twitter..
this is bad for recruiting..doubt any ban or loss of ships happen..but more negative crap thanks to Flood and 'julie".
Flood and Hermann were two idiots..dont forget the posters who also full time backed Julie Hermann..here and on twitter..
this is bad for recruiting..doubt any ban or loss of ships happen..but more negative crap thanks to Flood and 'julie".
Wake me up after UNC, Miami, Ok St and most of the SEC gets their sentencing. NCAA is an absolute joke organization where Flood would do quite well.
GO RU
GO RU
uh-oh..this could be bad..
Steve Politi @StevePoliti 46s46 seconds ago
Reading the dreaded NOA now. 16 players were allowed to compete after flunking drug tests. 16!
Steve Politi @StevePoliti 46s46 seconds ago
Reading the dreaded NOA now. 16 players were allowed to compete after flunking drug tests. 16!
I remember when everybody made fun of other schools' recruiting hostess programs, and I said I guarantee every school (including us) use hostesses and probably inappropriately at that, and everyone said we were too holy for that and only "football factories" did that
