The Auburn Tigers are looking to have a much better year in the world of sports and it all starts with the football season. However, it looks like they may have to deal with the NCAA getting involved at some point after they self-reported 33 secondary NCAA violations on Saturday.
It was reported that these violations ran from the last two athletic years with 16 violations occurring in 2014-15 and 17 in 2015-16. Seven of these violations happened under the realm of football, but all have been dealt with internally.
The most serious violation of them all was when a women’s basketball assistant coach gave $150 to a player after her family experienced “a financial hardship.” For football, most of their violations came from communication mistakes during recruiting.
A pair of the violations in 2014-15 stemmed from a coach sending a text to a recruit, which is illegal, rather than an email, which is legal. In 2015-16, the violations came from many different events during recruiting, including a former football player having an encounter with a recruit during an unofficial visit and a graduate assistant posting a message on Facebook encouraging people to wish a recruit a happy birthday.
Luckily for the Tigers, they have dealt with most of these incidents and the NCAA shouldn’t be too harsh in there punishment.
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