Just a simple list. All sports are included. Alabama - 4 Auburn - 7 Arkansas - 3 Florida - 4 Georgia - 6 Kentucky - 6 LSU - 2 Ole Miss - 3 MSU - 5 South Carolina - 4 Tennessee - 2 Vanderbilt - 1 Most recent infraction - South Carolina, 2005 Teams on Probation - Georgia (Until Aug 3, 2008), South Carolina (Until Nov 15, 2007), MSU (Until Oct 25, 2008) By contrast: Southern Cal - 5 Oklahoma - 6 Ohio State - 4
Here's an old read on some SEC history. Goes back to '53 and up to 2000. Kinda deceivng: http://espn.go.com/ncaa/news/2002/0209/1326105.html
This article is such BS. Let's look a the most important sentence buried deep in the article that should have been put in bold..... So let's do a little math.....SEC has 42 violations for 12 teams which equals 3.5 violations per team. The Pac-10 has 36 violations for 10 teams for an average of 3.6 violations per team. So who's the "rogue league" now? Remember there are lies, there are damn lies, and then there are statistics.
That doesn't matter. If we are looking at a school individually, the stats are still valid. Doesn't matter whether they were a member of the SEC or not, this is an interesting list of stats when considering the history of these schools.
Many Alabama fans like to quote this list in order to take the attention away from their own grotesque violations. In the last 20 years the most penalized school in Football for major infractions is Alabama and Mississippi State with the gumps having the worst infractions. They had 2 major cases and both involved post season bans and booster dissasociation. One case cited lack of institutional control and forfeit of an entire season. I've talked to many gumps about their infractions and they are always quick to point to arbarn but the fact remains, in recent modern history of NCAA enforcement they have been the biggest abuser in football wrong doing. Nice try though. :lol:
I am not saying AU was always innocent, but the troubles that AU started having with the NCAA right after Bryant's arrival always made me a little suspicious. Some of the early cases were completely bogus. That is why I chuckle so much at the bama\ut situation. Today I think schools are much more likely to get into trouble because of agents. Schools may push the limits of ethical behavior and break rules, but the agents bring substantially more money to the party.
I'm not sure I quite understand the infraction thingy....will the NCAA only get involved if the "Self-policing" "Institutional controls" report themselves?? If so, that would be like us reporting to the police when we speed, run red lights, etc. I guess I need to find/read up on the process but figured some of you would be more educated on it than I am. If that's the case, think of this......maybe the SEC, overall, is more honest in reporting themselves? Just a thought; however, I would think certain things would mandate the NCAA circumvent the "Self-reporting" and get directly involved. Some of the regs are lame. One example I read: If a potential recruit has an older brother who is in the NFL, it's o.k. for him to talk to his brother but not for an NFL player to talk to Joe Blow who doesn't have a brother in the NFL. Though I never found out what ended up being the truth about the story, this question came into play with Saban recruiting in La. too. I'm pretty sure the premise with recruiting regualations are to keep an level playing field between the big and small programs; however, it shouldn't punish the quality ones who are putting players in the NFL either. The thing about this thread is that it does show how rampant these violations are: Here a just a few more but the list, Nationwide is pretty lengthy. http://www2.ncaa.org/portal/media_and_events/press_room/2004/october/20041020_washington_infr.html https://www.cu.edu/sg/messages/310.html http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/121400/dog_1214000026.shtml
The NCAA will get involved any time they think they need to. Schools often self-report minor violations to demonstrate "institutional control" and attempt to get off with a wrist slap. The NCAA likes schools to be honest and they will often approve the self-enforced sanctions. LSU recently discovered a minor violation when a couple of football players received tutoring that they didn't pay for (less than $100 worth). LSU reported it and gave up 2 scholarships for one year in self-imposed penalties which the NCAA approved. However the NCAA will get involved if a third party reports infrations, too.
