[Strikeout King]

The NCAA has placed Oregon's football program on probation for three years and taken away a scholarship during that span, through June 2016, for recruiting violations under previous coach Chip Kelly.

The NCAA's Division I Infractions Committee released a report on Wednesday that found Kelly and the university failed to monitor the program.

The NCAA has been looking into Oregon's recruiting practices since questions arose over a 2010 payment of $25,000 to Willie Lyles and his Houston-based recruiting service, Complete Scouting Services. Lyles had a connection with an Oregon recruit.

Oregon will lose one initial scholarship, from a maximum of 25, in each of the next two academic years and had its total number of scholarships reduced by one from a maximum of 85 each of the next three seasons.

The NCAA also reduced Oregon's official paid visits from 56 to 37 for the next three academic years, reduced its evaluation days for each of the next three seasons and banned the program from using recruiting services during the probation period.

It also placed an 18-month show-cause order for Kelly, which would require schools wishing to hire him to appear before the infractions committee to determine if the school should be subject to the show-cause procedures. Kelly left Oregon this year to become the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.



http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...cholarship

[Do-double-gg]

I believe it has got to the point where reports like this shock no one. I think that all the top schools have recruiting violations every year. They all bend and break the rules as much as they can get away with. If you think the school you cheer for don't then you are lying to yourself. I can't even imagine some of the stuff some school have done that they just never got caught doing.