FSU Places Themselves On Probation If I read this right the are putting all their sports on probation. I don't see any reference to forfeits or bowl games. The NCAA could accept or increase, but this would be the minimum. FSU places itself on probation Andrew Carter | Tallahassee Bureau 10:47 AM EST, February 14, 2008 TALLAHASSEE - As a result of an academic fraud scandal that affected approximately 50 athletes, Florida State has placed itself on two years probation and will reduce the number of scholarships in several sports. Those are two of the penalties FSU has imposed on itself in the wake of an academic misconduct case the university had investigated since spring 2007. The university today released the findings of that internal investigation, which it has submitted to the NCAA. FSU's probe resulted in several self-imposed penalties. In addition to the scholarship reductions and the probation, which began Wednesday, FSU listed four other "punitive actions:" 1) The firing of the learning specialist and tutor at the center of the scandal. 2) The requirement of all athletics department administrative and non-administrative staff to attend a four-hour training program instructed by an outside consultant on "decision-making in the NCAA compliance environment. 3) Personnel changes at five senior level positions within the athletic department and within the university's Athletic Academic Support Services (AASS) department. 4) And the review and enhancement of the working relationship between learning specialist positions within the AASS and the university-wide Student Disability Resource Center. FSU's internal investigation began in late March 2007, when one athlete came forward and said that a "Learning Specialist" – since identified as Dr. Brenda Monk – instructed him to take an online quiz for another athlete. Monk provided the quiz answers to the unidentified athlete, who was not enrolled in the course in which the quiz had been assigned. The university then commissioned its Office of Audit Services to conduct an investigation, which found that Monk and a tutor had enabled 23 athletes to cheat in various forms. FSU had hoped to submit its report to the NCAA in October but, with the help of outside consultant Chuck Smrt, the university's probe widened significantly to include approximately 50 athletes in various sports.
Interesting that they released the details of the changes to be made on the admistrative side of things. But no mention of specifics with regards to the specific sports. Of course we've all seen that FSU schedule two of the worst Div 1AA teams they could find to soften the effects of probation and suspensions on their football team.
There are a lot of people who think the NCAA will add to what FSU has submitted. Probably a lot of them are Gators. :roll: :roll: :roll: There will have to be numbers put to the lost scholarships if nothing else.
So what is the over and under that the NCAA accepts these recommendations or that they increase them?
oh hell <t>with the NCAA there is no telling. They probably should have dropped the hammer on this school a long time ago, but they've continued to ignore the stench.<br/> <br/> Now we have system-wide cheating... I bet they bump it up, but probably not a lot. They will wait for some case where they actually don't have all the evidence or some golden goose, and then they will bend over backwards to nail that school. It seems to be SNAFU for the NCAA.<br/> <br/> This can't be hurting you Gators though.<br/> <br/> Oh, and BTW, I checked with the girl who was suppose to be doing the book for you. I got some sob story about a boyfriend and some other drama. Long story short, she will be getting it done in short time for you.</t>