COLOMBIA – A nearly four-year process ended with the same statement that South Carolina had at the beginning.
He was unaware of the activities of former male basketball coach Lamont Evans who were enmeshed on a FBI-launched web about recruiting college basketball, and should not be punished.
The NCAA agreed.
The USC avoided the post-season ban and any reduction in the case’s scholarship after athletics director Ray Tanner took a committee to Indianapolis to appeal a year ago allegation of allegations. The organization agreed and accepted the punishment proposed by the USC without adding anything extra, such as a post-season ban or reduced scholarships.
USC will have:
- Two years of probation.
- $ 5,000 fine (self imposed by the university).
- A reduction in the official visits of men’s basketball to 25 during the two consecutive years of 2020-21 / 2021-22 (self-imposed by the university).
- The ban on unofficial visits to men’s basketball for a total of four weeks during the fall of 2021 and / or 2022 (self-imposed by the university).
- Prohibition of recruitment for men’s basketball by telephone for a period of six weeks during the years 2020-21 and / or 2021-22 academic years (self-imposed by the university).
- A reduction in the number of person-days of recruiting male basketball by 17 during the years 2020-21 and / or 2021-22 academic years (self-imposed by the university).
- A 10-year justification request for the former technical assistant. During that time, any NCAA member school that employs you must restrict you from any sport-related functions, unless it shows the reason why the restrictions should not be applied.
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