BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! i love it! best news of the day On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Randy Lyons <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Kiffin charged with failure-to-monitor instead of Tennessee* > > *The released response to the NCAA details the compliance education for > Kiffin and his coaches. * > > By Patrick Brown <http://timesfreepress.com/staff/patrick-brown/>**** > > Tuesday, July 26, 2011**** > > **ยท **[image: Description: photo]**** > > File Photo Lane Kiffin **** > > enlarge photo <http://timesfreepress.com/photos/2008/dec/01/10616/> **** > > KNOXVILLE -- One of the most important developments in the University of > Tennessee's lengthy case with the NCAA was former coach Lane Kiffin > receiving a failure-to-monitor charge instead of the Volunteers' football > program.**** > > The university's response to the NCAA, which UT released to the Times Free > Press on Monday, explained the details of why Kiffin, who left UT for > Southern Cal after one season, was given the charge. After receiving the > NCAA's Notice of Allegations in February, UT formally responded in May and > went before the Committee on Infractions in June.**** > > Contained in the 190-page document is UT's reply to each of the alleged 10 > major infractions against the men's basketball and football programs, the > school's self-imposed two-year probation and the other punitive actions the > school imposed on former and current football and basketball coaching > staffs.**** > > While the document vividly describes the downfall of UT's former basketball > staff with transcripts of the conversations former head coach Bruce Pearl > and assistants Tony Jones, Steve Forbes and Jason Shay had with NCAA > investigators in which they admitted to the lies and attempted cover-up that > ultimately led to their firings in March, the football portion of the case > is still shrouded with some mystery.**** > > The NCAA lumped four separate recruiting infractions of a secondary nature > into one major infraction, though two of those violations involving former > assistant David Reaves are heavily redacted to protect the identity of > former or current UT students.**** > > Now the offensive coordinator at New Mexico, Reaves allegedly had UT > students contact football recruits illegally, which UT disputed in its > response, and his involvement in two members of UT's now-defunct Orange > Pride hostess group attending a high school game in South Carolina is the > biggest mystery in this case.**** > > "The university does not believe it is appropriate to cite Kiffin for > failing to monitor Reaves in that instance," the response states. "Rather, > the weight of the evidence is that Reaves acted on his own and without > notice to Kiffin. However, as the head coach, Kiffin was ultimately > responsible for all employees of the football program."**** > > As for the 16 impermissible phone calls during a Jan. 3-9, 2010, contact > period and the impermissible in-person off-campus contact of then UT > recruiting intern Steve Rubio with administrators at St. Thomas Aquinas High > School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., UT said it provided Kiffin with enough > information that he should have prevented the violations.**** > > From December 2008 to January 2010, UT's compliance staff "provided no > fewer than 135 rules-education items" to football coaches and > administrators.**** > > "When the university began hiring the former football staff ... the > compliance staff immediately began a campaign to fully educate the staff on > all aspects of NCAA rules," the response states. "The compliance staff was > particularly focused on rules education for the football staff at that time > because several of the football coaching staff members were returning to > college football from careers in the National Football League."**** > > Brad Bertani, UT's associate athletic director for compliance, said he > "vividly" remembered having conversations with the staff "about the > impermissibility of certain contacts" just a month before the illegal calls > were made.**** > > During the 2009 contact and evaluation period, UT's senior associate > athletic director David Blackburn said Bertani and coordinator of football > operations Kyle Strongin "were in frequent communication about the > permissibility of the coaches' activities," according to the response. > Though Strongin also confirmed he relayed Bertani's messages to the > coaches, Kiffin said he "did not recall" the compliance staff providing any > specific information on illegal calls.**** > > On their recruiting trip to Florida, Kiffin brought Rubio because he > attended St. Thomas Aquinas and his familiarity with the area would help > Kiffin more easily navigate the area. Rubio had no contact with any > prospects while in the school, speaking only with his former coaches and > teachers, according to the response.**** > > Blackburn said he specifically told Kiffin on the eve of the trip and Rubio > during the trip that Rubio wasn't allowed to enter any schools. Kiffin said > it was a "rare circumstance," so he allowed Rubio to enter "to see his old > buddies."**** > > "In both instances," the response said, "Kiffin was in a position to have > prevented the violations before they occurred."**** > > UT's ability to pin the failure-to-monitor charge and the illegal > recruiting on former coaches, along with corrective actions and cooperation > with the NCAA, should alleviate the NCAA's pending penalties, which could > come sometime next month.**** > > "The university is deeply disappointed that these violations have > occurred," the response states. "The depth of the disappointment is > matched only by its commitment to doing whatever is necessary to restore the > reputations of its men's basketball and football programs. That commitment > is perhaps most visibly evidenced by the hiring of Derek Dooley as head > football coach and Cuonzo Martin as head men's basketball coach. Both men > have impeccable reputations for integrity and compliance with governing > rules and regulations."**** > > Contact Patrick Brown at [email protected] or 901-581-7288. Follow > him on Twitter at twitter.com/patrickbrownTFP.**** > > ** ** > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
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