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From OU SID Kenny Mossman:
This "summary disposition" is also apparently being released to the media (per BBJ) so I would guess we'll start seeing some articles about it's contents later this afternoon.
More details emerging from the Associated Press:
OU and NCAA investigators have submitted joint summary disposition to comm on infrac re: mbb. Response will come in several weeks.
This "summary disposition" is also apparently being released to the media (per BBJ) so I would guess we'll start seeing some articles about it's contents later this afternoon.
More details emerging from the Associated Press:
In a partially redacted statement provided by Taliaferro for the report, he said he did wrong and calls it a "lapse in judgment'' that he made out of compassion. He describes how the case is similar to how his father was murdered in Detroit when he was 6 years old.
"I know all too well about running into walls and watching my own mother fight to help get me to a better place. It is hard to not have compassion for other's struggles,'' Taliaferro wrote. "Sometimes good people make a poor decision, and that's what happened with everyone involved in this particular matter. That does not excuse anything at all.''
Taliaferro resigned last year when it became clear he'd be implicated in the NCAA investigation.
Former head coach Jeff Capel is not implicated in the violations. He was fired in March and replaced by Lon Kruger.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...st.ld.writethru.0694/index.html#ixzz1TQbDVnBp
In a summary disposition report put together jointly with NCAA investigators, the school conceded that it does qualify under the description of repeat violator - having two major infractions cases within five years in the same sport - but said previous cases show those penalties "are not appropriate in this case.''
"This is an isolated incident involving a single member of the coaching staff, who clearly knew his lack of action to prevent or report the violation was not acceptable,'' the university said.