NCAA investigation update

[OUHoops]

From OU SID Kenny Mossman:

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.

 

[Tony]

Loss of one scholarship this year, vacate the four wins or whatever we had two seasons ago. Two years probation.

No failure to monitor, no lack of institutional control.

Looks like we are in the clear.

 

[SoonerNorm]

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-admits-2...article/3589585?custom_click=headlines_widget

 

[Boomer]

I'll take it!

 

[mattham4]

ESPN referring to them as major violations
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/6812558/oklahoma-sooners-admit-two-major-violations-seeks-two-more-years-probations

 

[seniorsooner]

0-31!!!

 

[Sooner23]

0-31!!!

And with that, and after further review, thebigabd wins the 2009-10 season win/loss prediction contest.

 

[seniorsooner]

I guess the wins don't actually turn into losses, they just go away. So I guess we were actually 0-18. My bad lol

 

[sdcloud9]

It's about as good as OU could hope.

 

[gracefor24]

I remember getting killed on this board for saying EVERY program and coach is dirty. Not CAPEL!!! Whatever, everyone. Vindication is nice every once in awhile.

Baylor is next. Just like OU going from recruiting JUCO's and good HS players to 4 McD's AA's in 3 years the rise of Baylor is on the back of a lot of shady stuff. I hope they get hammered and soon.

 

[jerry]

Thanks again Capel. You couldn't even win by cheating.

 

[p230]

So if I read it right the scholarship lost if for this year and since we have/had an open one we just loose it? Will the NCAA accept that? I hope this is all it amounts too.

 

[oSuJeff97]

Baylor is next. Just like OU going from recruiting JUCO's and good HS players to 4 McD's AA's in 3 years the rise of Baylor is on the back of a lot of shady stuff. I hope they get hammered and soon.

DFW to respond in 5....4.....3...2....1......

 

[Tony]

I remember getting killed on this board for saying EVERY program and coach is dirty. Not CAPEL!!!

I mean, I agree, but Capel was found of no wrongdoing.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

I remember getting killed on this board for saying EVERY program and coach is dirty. Not CAPEL!!! Whatever, everyone. Vindication is nice every once in awhile.

Baylor is next. Just like OU going from recruiting JUCO's and good HS players to 4 McD's AA's in 3 years the rise of Baylor is on the back of a lot of shady stuff. I hope they get hammered and soon.

:facepalm

 

[SoonerBounce13]

and grace, nice to pop back in after being gone for a month, just to take a jab at OU

 

[gracefor24]

I mean, I agree, but Capel was found of no wrongdoing.

He was smart enough to keep his distance. He knew everything that was going on. There is no such thing as pleading ignorance here. He knew when he hired OT what kind of person he was and what he was doing.

 

[Tony]

He was smart enough to keep his distance. He knew everything that was going on. There is no such thing as pleading ignorance here. He knew when he hired OT what kind of person he was and what he was doing.

Again, I agree with your basic premise that every program is dirty, but this is just mind-reading. He doesn't have to plead innocence because he was found innocent.

I really don't see how this report "vindicates" you at all.

 

[MVPx2]

Isn't Baylor already under investigation?

 

[poncalew]

It's not an ESPN story; it is an AP story.