UNC Receives 2012 Bowl Ban, Loses 15 Scholarships For NCAA Violations

All, College Football Ty Duffy March 12th. 2012, 2:48pm

The NCAA verdict is in. UNC football will receive a one-year bowl ban next season, will lose 15 scholarships over three years and receive three years of probation for major violations. The sanctions, slightly worse than those received by Ohio State, were about what was expected. Former assistant John Blake will receive a show cause penalty for three years.

UNC did not receive a “lack of institutional control” charge, resulting in a penalty that hurts but should not be crippling for new coach Larry Fedora. North Carolina will also vacate wins from the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Those viewing record books will be scandalized.

Recapping North Carolina’s violations briefly…

Runner: Football assistant John Blake was a runner for deceased agent Gary Wichard. He received $31,000 in outside income and did not disclose a $45,000 payment from 2007.

Improper Benefits: Players accepted around $27,000 from multiple sources during 2009 and 2010.

Obstruction: One player misled investigators about who paid for trips he took in 2009 and 2010.

Academic Problems: A tutor named Jennifer Wiley provided 142 hours of free tutoring, a $150 plane ticket, $1,789 in parking fines, improperly wrote parts of and did research for papers and tried to evade the NCAA’s investigation.

Failure to Monitor: The university monitored neither the players nor the facilities adequately and should have noticed and investigated potential violations.

Previously: Butch Davis Has Been Fired by North Carolina

[Photo via Getty]

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32 Responses to “UNC Receives 2012 Bowl Ban, Loses 15 Scholarships For NCAA Violations”

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HuskerDawg Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Do they even care? This is like UGA getting slammed for basketball sanctions.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
OSU still got hosed. When’s Miami getting jail sexed?
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
hopefully the NCAA comes for Droopy Dog next.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
OSU still got hosed.
For the umpteenth time, when your head coach lies to the NCAA repeatedly and your AD does a sham investigation you get punished for hubris and stupidity.
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Nada Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Former assistant John Blake will receive a show cause penalty for three years
Perhaps The Vest has a job waiting for him at Akron.
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egustafs96 Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Oregon’s violations were probably similar, but they won’t get hit as hard. The NCAA doesn’t want to screw with Nike.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
The NCAA doesn’t want to screw with Nike.
Care to explain this?
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mmonast Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Osu came out of it pretty easy if you ask me. Sanctions had no impact on their ability to recruit or get a new coach
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Osu came out of it pretty easy if you ask me. Sanctions had no impact on their ability to recruit or get a new coach
good, reasonable and fair analysis.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
So long as they beat Duke in basketball, I don’t think Tar Heel Nation really cares too much about this. I wonder how many Tar Heel fans you could approach, mention the name Butch Davis and get a “Who?” response.
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rittyrich Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Basketball schools are silly.
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scripty Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
HUBRIS!!!
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Scalia Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
OSU still got hosed
No. No they didn’t.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
For the umpteenth time, when your head coach lies to the NCAA repeatedly and your AD does a sham investigation you get punished for hubris and stupidity.
Point 1- Yes.
Point 2- when notified by a person (responding to a public records request) that Tressel knew about the tats for merch, the AD self-reports to the NCAA and his investigation found that that was the extent of the problem. Dohrmann’s hachet job comes out and a new investigation reveals no wrongdoing. Then, Terrelle Pryor (Bust!) opens his yap about a summer job during NCAA questions about the first investigation. OSU investigates and suspends more players and self-reports to the NCAA.
In sum, Gene Smith is a moron who couldn’t get out of his own way who is lucky that Urab Meyer fell into his lap. Trying to keep Tressel was stupid, not getting in front of everything was stupid, but his investigation weren’t of the Keystone Cops variety.
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cleet Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:14 PM
When’s Miami getting jail sexed?
My guess is right before the season starts. Should be about the same as OSU and UNC got. Key thing for Miami is that they cooperated with NCAA from the start, no obstruction from its staff.
So long as they beat Duke in basketball, I don’t think Tar Heel Nation really cares too much about this.
They do care, this really tarnished their reputation, doesn’t matter if it didn’t happen in basketball.
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cleet Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Osu came out of it pretty easy if you ask me.
mmo gets it.
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heellacious Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:16 PM
<blockquoteBasketball schools are silly.
This coming from a football school guy.
Get informed and realize it’s more than basketball.
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cassino Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Oregon’s violations were probably similar, but they won’t get hit as hard. The NCAA doesn’t want to screw with Nike.
Except that if the NCAA finds a major violation in 2008 or 2009 (and Oregon has already admitted to violations in those years), the NCAA HAS NO CHOICE but to slap them with repeat offender status and hammer them.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Except that if the NCAA finds a major violation in 2008 or 2009 (and Oregon has already admitted to violations in those years), the NCAA HAS NO CHOICE but to slap them with repeat offender status and hammer them.
I love how giddy you are about Oregon potentially getting hammerfucked.
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spencer096 Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
agreed on OSU coming out on top, all things considered.
granted, it still sucks that it was all over some tattoos…nothing with any legitimate monetary value. and the stuff the players traded were their personal possessions.
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spencer096 Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
I love how giddy you are about Oregon potentially getting hammerfucked.
ball peen’d.
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goheels Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
As someone who watches every UNC football game as well as the basketball games, I’m not really bothered by this. Responsible parties have been dealt with and the punishment is not that big a deal. This program’s ceiling in my lifetime has been the Gator or Peach bowl, and they weren’t even getting close to those this year, so the bowl ban is not that big a deal. I won’t miss another trip to Charlotte or Shreveport, and I’ll still have fun at the home games. Moving right along.
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MP Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
This coming from a football school guy.
Get informed and realize it’s more than basketball.
If there’s one thing I know about college sports, it’s that coaches across the country love using the Capital One Cup as motivation for their teams.
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heellacious Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
If there’s one thing I know about college sports, it’s that coaches across the country love using the Capital One Cup as motivation for their teams.
It’s all I follow besides this blog.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
This coming from a football school guy.
Get informed and realize it’s more than basketball.
Great so we have sponsored comments now too.
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mmonast Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
granted, it still sucks that it was all over some tattoos…nothing with any legitimate monetary value. and the stuff the players traded were their personal possessions.
If tress just tells the NCAA (or the idiot lawer doesn’t email the senators school email account) none of this happens. But, you could argue osu is in a better position going forward
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rittyrich Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
This coming from a football school guy.
Get informed and realize it’s more than basketball.
The day I tout Auburn’s swimming program is the day I hang up my cleats.
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spencer096 Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:38 PM
But, you could argue osu is in a better position going forward
i would make that argument.
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Nada Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
I won’t miss another trip to Charlotte or Shreveport
Charlotte I can understand, but Shreveport? They got casinos in Bossier City that attract people from all across northeast Texas!
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A.P. (artist formerly TJ21) Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 4:34 PM
We have a football team?
/Roy sycophants blowing each other in the dean dome
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egustafs96 Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 5:48 PM
Except that if the NCAA finds a major violation in 2008 or 2009 (and Oregon has already admitted to violations in those years), the NCAA HAS NO CHOICE but to slap them with repeat offender status and hammer them.
NCAA won’t label them as MAJOR violations. They’ll get probation. NCAA works for the Universities –> Nike pays many of the Universities a TON of money –> Nike owns Oregon –> Oregon gets off with a warning.
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Nick Jett Says:
March 12th, 2012 at 5:50 PM
This is horseshit. UNC held all of these players out once these accusations came to light. Who else operates that way? Everyone else goes for it, then gets slapped around after the fact and “vacates” wins. Like anyone cares.
The fact of the matter is that UNC was good enough to be a NC contender with all those defensive players and with the way Yates progressed on offense. They should have beaten LSU on opening weekend, but lost because LSU killed them on specials, which was raided to try and find a serviceable defensive unit with all of the holdouts. College football is a joke, especially for the “real” schools…