Recruiting violations occur on almost a daily basis country wide as universities attempt to lure prospects to their institutions. The University of South Carolina has one of the more storied traditions in all of college football, and almost put that reputation in jeopardy with 22 self-reported minor NCAA infractions.
The school notified the NCAA with the specific issues highlighted by one that involved the decorative icing on the cookie cake given to recruits. It’s difficult to determine what exactly the school felt was wrong with this action, however, this incident reportedly falls under NCAA bylaw 13.6.7.9, which states that “an institution may not arrange miscellaneous, personalized recruiting aides” including – but not limited to – personalized jerseys or audio/video scoreboard presentations.
Ridiculous that a school would feel the need to report this, but that has been the general problem surrounding the system as a whole. The major errors regarding recruiting violations continue to pour in when the real problems (DUI; player arrests; etc) have yet to be addressed from a regulation standpoint. This is the proverbial icing on the cake (see what I did there) amid a firestorm of recruiting violations that demonstrate only that the NCAA needs to do a better job creating transparency with teams and regulating its rules.
