SELA Placed on NCAA Probation

[NDSUstudent]

HAMMOND, La. — The NCAA is penalizing Southeastern Louisiana, saying the university exhibited a lack of institutional control during a five-year period in which 137 student-athletes were allowed to compete in sports while academically ineligible.

The penalties, announced Tuesday by the NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions, include scholarship reductions in football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, men's and women's track and field, men's golf, softball, soccer and volleyball.

The athletic department will be on probation for four years, has been fined a $25,000, must submit to an external audit of its compliance system and vacate victories and records from the 2005-06 academic year through 2009-10, when ineligible athletes competed.

The ruling comes as the Lions' football team prepares to host a quarterfinal FCS playoff game on Saturday.

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/viewart/20131210/NEWS01/131210003/SE-Louisiana-hit-NCAA-probation

[onbison09]

Somebody's getting fired. 137 athletes?

[EndZoneQB]

Were they even good? Seems weird to violate and still suck lol

[bisonaudit]

Were they even good? Seems weird to violate and still suck lol

see also, Gophers, Minnesota; Hurricanes, Miami.

[EndZoneQB]

see also, Gophers, Minnesota; Hurricanes, Miami.

Yeah but the Gophers at least made it to the Final Four...

[Hammersmith]

Reading between the lines, this isn't as bad as it looks. Several years back, the NCAA tightened up its graduation progress rules. To remain eligible, there is a scale you have to follow. Without referring to the manual, it's something like 40% complete with your major by the start of your 3rd year, 60% by the start of your 4th, and 80% by the start of your 5th. It's a nice program in theory, but it has one gaping hole: What happens if you change your major? By the time you are midway through your second year, you are locked into your major. There is no way to achieve the 40% mark by the start of the third year unless the new major is only a slight change of emphasis. It sounds like the NCAA compliance guy didn't understand the implications and allowed student-athletes to change majors when they shouldn't have. And the guy is long gone.