Breakdown of Syracuse’s ‘lack of institutional control’ detailed by NCAA report
The NCAA released its findings Friday from an eight-year investigation into Syracuse University, which detailed the lack of institutional control exhibited by SU.
The involvement of a booster with the men’s basketball and football programs was part of that lack of institutional control that led to the NCAA sanctions. Here’s where SU went wrong with the booster:
The basketball staff encouraged student-athletes to develop a relationship with the booster, which is a violation of NCAA rules. Part of this relationship involved men’s basketball and football players volunteering at a local YMCA, for which three football and two men’s basketball players were paid more than $8,000 in cash.
Not only was cash given to players for appearance and assistance, but men’s basketball staff members were compensated in cash for working events. These staffers failed to report the payments they received as ones coming from “outside income or supplemental pay,” which was another violation of NCAA rules.
Per the NCAA’s report, the compensation also included a free membership for a year and a half to the Syracuse YMCA and the payment of one month’s rent for one of the staff members.
Published on March 6, 2015 at 2:43 pm
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