Spiders in Trouble with NCAA over Texting
Posted: November 6th, 2009, 3:13 pm
NCAA News Release wrote:Richmond penalized for text-messagingClick here for Full Story
Nov 5, 2009 3:01:06 PM
The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has placed Richmond on two years of probation and imposed recruiting restrictions in eight sports for impermissible recruiting text messages and telephone calls to prospective student-athletes.
The committee also found the university failed to monitor its athletics program, and that the head men’s and women’s basketball coaches did not promote “an atmosphere of compliance.”
The case involved 516 impermissible text messages and 83 impermissible phone calls to 17 prospects and parents.
It primarily aimed at the mens & womens hoops teams. The full penalties are listed in the release.