The UConn Athletics Department self-reported 15 violations to the NCAA in 2021. This can range from a female basketball player who received money from a fan on her birthday to a compliance office who did not put the player into the transfer portal within the allotted time.
The details of the 15 violations obtained through the Request of the Information Disclosure Act from Hurst Connecticut Media were limited and protected the player’s identity.
However, all were determined to be Level III in nature and were considered the least serious category of the NCAA survey.
4 of the violations Women’s basketball program, Includes those discovered on April 13th. The player received $ 40 from a fan via CashApp on his birthday. The penalty required that an unnamed student athlete be declared disqualified until he paid $ 40 to the charity of his choice.
The football program turned out to have committed three violations, one for each: Men’s soccer, baseball, softball, field hockey, and women’s tennis. The Athletes Training Department, Compliance Department, and Student Athletes Success Program were also cited in one violation each.
“UConn Athletics strives to promote an atmosphere of compliance, and it is important that everyone in the department feel comfortable reporting violations when mistakes are made while educational efforts continue.” UConn said in a statement. “These Level III breaches are the result of strong oversight efforts and shared responsibility within the department that governs compliance. We will continue to be vigilant in this area.”
Level III breaches are generally defined by the NCAA as “breach of conduct” and, more specifically, are “essentially isolated or restricted and offer minimal recruitment, competition, or other benefits. It is defined as a violation that is considered “not”.
Level II breaches are defined as “serious offenses” and Level I breaches are defined as “serious offenses”.
A female basketball player was ineligible for an unspecified period of time after she was found to “promote a commercial organization” for a breach discovered on April 21, eight days after the CashApp breach was discovered. Was considered. A law was passed that would allow student athletes to benefit from their names, images and portraits, and did not come into effect until July 1.
The other two women’s basketball breaches are due to players participating in the NCAA Certified Summer League, which was granted prior to obtaining written consent, and assistant coaches participating in off-campus recruitment prior to passing the required exams. It was a thing.
Women’s tennis coaches were also quoted as hired off campus before passing the exam. Field hockey turned out to be hosting new employees for an official visit. New employees are not listed in the IRL. This is a request list of institutions that track student athletes whose NCAA members are interested in recruiting.
Soccer was quoted twice in electronic communications with new employees prior to the first permit date, and both violations were discovered in May. It also publicly acknowledged “the intention of future student athletes to register by tweeting posts by PSA.”
Most of the penalties imposed included letter form or other rule education to the staff involved, and that the athlete was deemed ineligible until the situation was corrected.
For example, it was discovered in April that athletic training staff offered student athletes an additional benefit (necklace). The student athlete was declared ineligible until repaid to a charity nine days later. Education books were issued to staff, and all staff received further regular education.
In the example of football with unauthorized contact, staff were educated and prohibited from providing relevant newcomers with two weeks of recruitment material for a period otherwise permitted.
Baseball was quoted on social media snuffs and tagged new employees in posts. The Compliance Office itself was quoted because it did not enter the student athlete’s name in the forwarding portal within two business days. The Student Athletes Success Program was quoted for student athletes who practiced, competed and received financial assistance and expenses while enrolled less than full time. The student athlete was declared ineligible for an unspecified period of time and the program was subject to rule training.
Softball received the same education after publishing a photo of a new employee’s camp / clinic that has not yet signed up for participation in the program. The same education was required of the male soccer staff due to the penalty described as “an interview with a non-scholar coach of a future student athlete on a radio show”.
mike.anthony@hearstmediact.com; @ManthonyHearst
