What should the NCAA do about Ed Orgeron, if last night he really did tell some incoming freshmen at Tennessee to not attend classes at UT today (the first day of classes), in order to be able to transfer to USC?
Note - per Tennessee AD Mike Hamilton, Orgeron's alleged comments indicate a lack of knowledge about the rules. Hamilton said this morning that "after 12:01 on the first day of class, if the student athletes are here on campus and they are enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours of classes, they have matriculated to the University of Tennessee."
Personally, assuming the reports are true, I am disgusted and outraged by Orgeron's saying those things to students who are on campus and only hours away from starting classes. It's a serious embarrassment to college football and I think the NCAA should take the harshest action possible toward Orgeron for his unethical bahavior.
I'm suggesting that they ban him from having contact with any potential football recruits for a 5-year period. No phone calls, no text messages, no e-mails, no Tweets, no electronic communication of any kind. Also, no contact with any recruits, either on or off-campus.
If USC wants to have him as an D-line coach, that's fine, but the NCAA should ban him from all recruiting activities for several years, assuming the reported conversations with incoming UT student-athletes did take place.
It may sound harsh, but I'm serious.
Note - per Tennessee AD Mike Hamilton, Orgeron's alleged comments indicate a lack of knowledge about the rules. Hamilton said this morning that "after 12:01 on the first day of class, if the student athletes are here on campus and they are enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours of classes, they have matriculated to the University of Tennessee."
Personally, assuming the reports are true, I am disgusted and outraged by Orgeron's saying those things to students who are on campus and only hours away from starting classes. It's a serious embarrassment to college football and I think the NCAA should take the harshest action possible toward Orgeron for his unethical bahavior.
I'm suggesting that they ban him from having contact with any potential football recruits for a 5-year period. No phone calls, no text messages, no e-mails, no Tweets, no electronic communication of any kind. Also, no contact with any recruits, either on or off-campus.
If USC wants to have him as an D-line coach, that's fine, but the NCAA should ban him from all recruiting activities for several years, assuming the reported conversations with incoming UT student-athletes did take place.
It may sound harsh, but I'm serious.
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