UGA self-reports six NCAA violations
June 3, 2009 by Staff reports
Filed under Sports
The University reported six secondary violations to the NCAA in the first six months of 2009, three involving the Georgia football team.
The women’s basketball team, women’s tennis and track and field team also reported violations.
One of the violations centered around football players receiving complimentary tickets to attend an NFL game. Eric Baumgartner, assistant athletics director for compliance, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the players had to repay the cost of the tickets to resolve the infraction. The other football violations involved a coaching staff member and a University booster calling recruits when they weren’t allowed to.
The others were:
- Women’s basketball coaches provided an additional hotel room for recruit’s mother while they were coming to the University for an official visit.
- A women’s tennis player received athletics grant-in-aid for less than a one-year period.
- A track and field recruit was provided an official visit without being added to the NCAA’s Eligibility Center’s Web site.
