CU caught undercharging student-athletes, lose scholarships
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Ouch. That's exactly what they don't need. Still, I'm a little surprised that they only lost one scholarship, and not a few more than that.
Ouch. That's exactly what they don't need. Still, I'm a little surprised that they only lost one scholarship, and not a few more than that.
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Boy what a shock, and they've always run such a clean program.:rolleyes5cz:
Boy what a shock, and they've always run such a clean program.:rolleyes5cz:
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they lose one for the next 3 years, so they lose 3 TOTAL. I guess this helps us a little :biggrin9gp: as long as we stay outta trouble.
Another shady thing is goin on down in Oklahoma, apparently Bob Stopps is involved in some pyramid scheme that involved him getting free music downloads or something, I still don't understand all of it.
they lose one for the next 3 years, so they lose 3 TOTAL. I guess this helps us a little :biggrin9gp: as long as we stay outta trouble.
Another shady thing is goin on down in Oklahoma, apparently Bob Stopps is involved in some pyramid scheme that involved him getting free music downloads or something, I still don't understand all of it.
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On the ESPN bottom line it said CU will lose one football scholarship per year for the next 3 seasons.
On the ESPN bottom line it said CU will lose one football scholarship per year for the next 3 seasons.
Undercharging for training table meals? Pretty sure every school in the country is guilty of this... I know ISU doesn't charge any extra for training table meals although they don't differ much from the dining hall...
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Really, charging walk on athletes a lower meal rate? Does not seem like that big of a deal to me.
Really, charging walk on athletes a lower meal rate? Does not seem like that big of a deal to me.
Well, the NCAA disagrees that it's not a big deal. I wouldn't drop the shady comment if this were a school without a history of such things.
That's not the case and I'm sure it played a part in the NCAA's ruling. Colorado is developing a nice reputation for not following the rules.
That's not the case and I'm sure it played a part in the NCAA's ruling. Colorado is developing a nice reputation for not following the rules.
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This is a huge over reaction. How is this "major". These guys were "walk ons" and they paid normal dining hall rates to eat training table. BIG DEAL. If this was ISU in this story, how many on this board would be throwing a huge fit about how the NCAA is penalizing us over nothing. I don't disagree the CU has had a shady recent past, but this should have been a slap the hand, and CU should have been fine doing its self-imposed penalties. It isn't like the althetes were given low-cost housing or free cell-phones. Oh wait, those aren't major violations. Only eating at the training table for a reduced rate by a kid paying his own way. Jeez.
This is a huge over reaction. How is this "major". These guys were "walk ons" and they paid normal dining hall rates to eat training table. BIG DEAL. If this was ISU in this story, how many on this board would be throwing a huge fit about how the NCAA is penalizing us over nothing. I don't disagree the CU has had a shady recent past, but this should have been a slap the hand, and CU should have been fine doing its self-imposed penalties. It isn't like the althetes were given low-cost housing or free cell-phones. Oh wait, those aren't major violations. Only eating at the training table for a reduced rate by a kid paying his own way. Jeez.
Are you kidding me? I worked one year of food service at the Towers in the mid-80's; training table was in the Wallace-Wilson dining hall. The football players ate like kings, with big baskets of jumbo shrimp and the like in their segregated dining room. Come to think of it, I ate like a king too on certain nights when I pulled the right duty!
Back in my day, the walk-ons didn't get to eat training table; they were in the dining hall with the rest of us schmucks...
Well in MY day, 2000-2001, all the athletes from a 'full scholarship' sport were eating over there, some CHOSE not too because the scenery was better elsewhere....
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Again, I firmly believe CU's history had a good deal to do with the punishment.
Again, I firmly believe CU's history had a good deal to do with the punishment.
I was going to say the same thing. I worked food service same place in the late 80's and not only did they get better food, they got much more of it.
Colorado feeds the poor in all sports
May be old news, but they eat large in Colorado...
Colorado put on two-years probation for meals violations
June 21, 2007
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DENVER -- Colorado was placed on two-years probation and fined $100,000 by the NCAA on Thursday for inadvertently undercharging 133 athletes for meals totaling $61,700 over six academic years. The school also was ordered to cut one football scholarship for the next three seasons.
A The violations are considered "major," the infractions committee said. The fine is to be paid to a hunger- or homeless-relief charity.
The probation will not limit CU's television exposure or NCAA Tournament appearances, however.
The infractions weren't limited to the football program, said Paul Dee, infractions committee chairman. He did not list the other sports.
"We knew the number of student-athletes for each sport as it came forward. The team with the most student-athletes was football, so they probably had the most (infractions)," Dee said.
Two of the violations found that some walk-on student-athletes paid a dining hall meal-plan rate instead of the higher training-table rate.
"Training table meals are approximately $14, $15," athletic director Mike Bohn said. "Meals at the dining hall are about $7 or $8."
Bohn said the university compliance officers regulate and approve who gets what meals and when.
The nature of the infractions, because they were inadvertent and promptly reported, gave the NCAA reason to limit the penalty, Dee said.
The university proposed a self-imposed repayment of the undercharged amount to the NCAA, but Dee said because the infractions occurred over such a lengthy period of time -- from 2000-01 through the 2005-06 academic year -- and involved so many student-athletes, the NCAA decided to fine the university $100,000.
Dee said the an associate athletic director at the university discovered the discrepancy and promptly reported them.
"To their credit, the university finding the discrepancy and bringing it to the attention of the enforcement staff" lightened the penalty, Dee said.
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May be old news, but they eat large in Colorado...
Colorado put on two-years probation for meals violations
June 21, 2007
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]
DENVER -- Colorado was placed on two-years probation and fined $100,000 by the NCAA on Thursday for inadvertently undercharging 133 athletes for meals totaling $61,700 over six academic years. The school also was ordered to cut one football scholarship for the next three seasons.
A The violations are considered "major," the infractions committee said. The fine is to be paid to a hunger- or homeless-relief charity.
The probation will not limit CU's television exposure or NCAA Tournament appearances, however.
The infractions weren't limited to the football program, said Paul Dee, infractions committee chairman. He did not list the other sports.
"We knew the number of student-athletes for each sport as it came forward. The team with the most student-athletes was football, so they probably had the most (infractions)," Dee said.
Two of the violations found that some walk-on student-athletes paid a dining hall meal-plan rate instead of the higher training-table rate.
"Training table meals are approximately $14, $15," athletic director Mike Bohn said. "Meals at the dining hall are about $7 or $8."
Bohn said the university compliance officers regulate and approve who gets what meals and when.
The nature of the infractions, because they were inadvertent and promptly reported, gave the NCAA reason to limit the penalty, Dee said.
The university proposed a self-imposed repayment of the undercharged amount to the NCAA, but Dee said because the infractions occurred over such a lengthy period of time -- from 2000-01 through the 2005-06 academic year -- and involved so many student-athletes, the NCAA decided to fine the university $100,000.
Dee said the an associate athletic director at the university discovered the discrepancy and promptly reported them.
"To their credit, the university finding the discrepancy and bringing it to the attention of the enforcement staff" lightened the penalty, Dee said.
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