Stephen F. Austin Multiple Sports hit with Penalties for Ineligible Players

[theboardref]

Way to crack down on this and let North Carolina skate for having paper classes.

 

[outofyourmind]

Way to crack down on this and let North Carolina skate for having paper classes.

I think it's clear which way the NCAA wants you to cheat.
The "North Carolina Model" seems to be their preferred method, over the SFA model.

 

[Justin Tyme]

Wow, dem Lumberjacks ain't fucking around. Jeez Louise.
Well, one less game for McNeese.

 

[theboardref]

Wow, dem Lumberjacks ain't fucking around. Jeez Louise.
Well, one less game for McNeese.

I think the writer grossly misused the term ‘death penalty’. There are post season bans to my knowledge, not a shut down of athletics.

 

[Justin Tyme]

I think the writer grossly misused the term ‘death penalty’. There are post season bans to my knowledge, not a shut down of athletics.

Okay. I ain't much on research but I'm going to try to find out.
When reading this, I thought that was a little fast on the "death penalty" thing. We'll see.

 

[78Cyclones]

Some P5 school got caught cheating, and they took it out on little ole SFA!

 

[Justin Tyme]

I think the writer grossly misused the term ‘death penalty’. There are post season bans to my knowledge, not a shut down of athletics.

No death penalty


The Level I (Mitigated) sanctions agreed upon by the NCAA and Stephen F. Austin include the following:

• Three years of probation;
• Public reprimand and censure;
• A fine of $5,000 plus one-half of one percent of the total budgets for football and men's basketball;
• The return of 50 percent of the University's financial share earned from participation in the 2016 NCAA Tournament;
• The forfeiture of all records and contests in which an ineligible SFA student-athlete competed, which includes 29 football victories from 2013-2019; 117 men's basketball victories from 2014 to 2019; 112 baseball victories from 2015 to 2019; 31 softball victories from the 2018 season; and adjusted conference championship scores from women's golf, women's track and field, men's cross country and men's track and field.
• Included in the vacation of wins are conference championships in men's basketball in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2017-18, as well as the program's First Round win in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The banners recognizing those achievements will be removed from William R. Johnson Coliseum.
• A 2.5% reduction in financial aid awards (scholarships) in football for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022; a 5% reduction in baseball in either 2020-21 or 2021-2022 and the loss of one scholarship in men's basketball in either 2020-2021 or 2021-22.
• Prior to the conclusion of the probationary period, the institution will submit to a data review with APP staff.

With the ineligible players off the books, it apparently messed up their APR scores. Post seasons bans are for the low APRs.


For the 82 SFA student-athletes discovered through the enforcement matter who were improperly certified as eligible, the information previously submitted for APR purposes required adjustment. After making changes to reflect the NCAA requirements for credits, the APR scores for three of our teams fell below the 930 threshold.

In conjunction with standard NCAA APR penalties, three of our teams that fell below the 930 threshold will serve their postseason penalties during the upcoming 2020-2021 or 2021-22 seasons, allowing our coaches and student-athletes to move forward as soon as possible. Therefore, the SFA football team is prohibited from participating in the 2020 postseason; the men's basketball team will not participate in the postseason in 2021-22; and the baseball program will also be prohibited from participating in the postseason in the spring of 2021. The University will file a request for a conditional waiver to the NCAA for suspension of future years of postseason restrictions, as the APR score for some of our teams may remain below 930 in subsequent years due to the four-year rolling score. In similar cases, waivers have been granted based on signs of academic and APR improvement by the involved

NCAA Negotiated Resolution Agreement: What It Means for SFA - Stephen F. Austin State University Athletics

 

[Stakesarehigh]

The NCAA is useless

 

[theboardref]

No death penalty


The Level I (Mitigated) sanctions agreed upon by the NCAA and Stephen F. Austin include the following:

• Three years of probation;
• Public reprimand and censure;
• A fine of $5,000 plus one-half of one percent of the total budgets for football and men's basketball;
• The return of 50 percent of the University's financial share earned from participation in the 2016 NCAA Tournament;
• The forfeiture of all records and contests in which an ineligible SFA student-athlete competed, which includes 29 football victories from 2013-2019; 117 men's basketball victories from 2014 to 2019; 112 baseball victories from 2015 to 2019; 31 softball victories from the 2018 season; and adjusted conference championship scores from women's golf, women's track and field, men's cross country and men's track and field.
• Included in the vacation of wins are conference championships in men's basketball in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2017-18, as well as the program's First Round win in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The banners recognizing those achievements will be removed from William R. Johnson Coliseum.
• A 2.5% reduction in financial aid awards (scholarships) in football for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022; a 5% reduction in baseball in either 2020-21 or 2021-2022 and the loss of one scholarship in men's basketball in either 2020-2021 or 2021-22.
• Prior to the conclusion of the probationary period, the institution will submit to a data review with APP staff.

With the ineligible players off the books, it apparently messed up their APR scores. Post seasons bans are for the low APRs.


For the 82 SFA student-athletes discovered through the enforcement matter who were improperly certified as eligible, the information previously submitted for APR purposes required adjustment. After making changes to reflect the NCAA requirements for credits, the APR scores for three of our teams fell below the 930 threshold.

In conjunction with standard NCAA APR penalties, three of our teams that fell below the 930 threshold will serve their postseason penalties during the upcoming 2020-2021 or 2021-22 seasons, allowing our coaches and student-athletes to move forward as soon as possible. Therefore, the SFA football team is prohibited from participating in the 2020 postseason; the men's basketball team will not participate in the postseason in 2021-22; and the baseball program will also be prohibited from participating in the postseason in the spring of 2021. The University will file a request for a conditional waiver to the NCAA for suspension of future years of postseason restrictions, as the APR score for some of our teams may remain below 930 in subsequent years due to the four-year rolling score. In similar cases, waivers have been granted based on signs of academic and APR improvement by the involved

NCAA Negotiated Resolution Agreement: What It Means for SFA - Stephen F. Austin State University Athletics

Basically the Death Penalty is a term that is casually thrown around by some without fully understanding it’s definition. This punishment however is damn severe.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Basically the Death Penalty is a term that is casually thrown around by some without fully understanding it’s definition. This punishment however is damn severe.

You'll get the Death Penalty for that kind of talk!

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

SFA had that Butler & Wichita State type of rise going on too. What a shame.

 

[Justin Tyme]

Basically the Death Penalty is a term that is casually thrown around by some without fully understanding it’s definition. This punishment however is damn severe.

It is rough but I wonder how close it came to be considered a death penalty.
Glad it didn't happen. It would have been the second Southland Conf. team to get the penalty in basketball.
USL Ragin' Cajuns got two years of death penalty sometime in the middle 70s, IIRC

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

NCAA is a fucking joke.

 

[theboardref]

SFA had that Butler & Wichita State type of rise going on too. What a shame.

Maybe this is why?

 

[Deep Creek]

I wish my school would cheat enough to get some wins. Then we could forfeit them.

 

[wazzu31]

I wish my school would cheat enough to get some wins. Then we could forfeit them.

Ive said this for years. I’d gladly have Washington State take the death penalty if I could enjoy a dominance like SMU did.

 

[osubuckeye89]

I think it's clear which way the NCAA wants you to cheat.
The "North Carolina Model" seems to be their preferred method, over the SFA model.

The NCAA will always hesitate to punish the big money making names in their respected sports (UNC Basketball being a prime example) but they are very quick and brutal when it comes to the Stephen F Austin types. A lot of the time its more about the name next to the "cheating".

 

[jjc2009]

Reminds me of the time the NCAA was so pissed at Kentucky’s cheating they threw the book at Cleveland State.

 

[socaljim242]

let me get this right . they played 82 ineligible players over a period of seven years? They got THREE years probation and lose a few scholarships for two years and some finger wagging?

USC fans

 

[trojanfan12]

let me get this right . they played 82 ineligible players over a period of seven years? They got THREE years probation and lose a few scholarships for two years and some finger wagging?

USC fans

Well, to be fair, USC...

Yeah, I got nothin'.