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Bill Lucas said:
Not looking good for LSU. Self-imposed 8 scholarship reduction. OBJ banned from LSU and I personally think the NCAA will go further than what LSU has self-imposed.
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It's kind of a good time to self-impose scholarships though, considering they can use free scholarships for the super seniors to help mask any pain from a normal years loss of scholarships.
 
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Bill Lucas said:
Not looking good for LSU. Self-imposed 8 scholarship reduction. OBJ banned from LSU and I personally think the NCAA will go further than what LSU has self-imposed.
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Source: LSU football losing eight scholarships and banning Odell Beckham Jr. for two years over improper payments

LSU has self-imposed penalties related to the NCAA's investigation into improper booster payments to its football players, a university spokesman confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.

Sports Illustrated reported that the Tigers will lose eight scholarships over two years, will reduce recruiting visits, evaluations and communication, and have banned Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. from its football facilities for two years.

LSU's football program is charged with a Level III violation involving Beckham, a former Tigers star, who gave $2,000 in cash to four Tigers football players on the field after the team's 42-25 victory over Clemson in the CFP National Championship game on Jan. 13.

"LSU has worked proactively and in cooperation with the NCAA to identify and self-report any violations that occurred within our football program," Robert Munson, LSU senior associate athletic director, said in the statement. "We believe these self-imposed penalties are appropriate and we will continue to coordinate and cooperate with the NCAA on this matter."

A source confirmed the details in the Sports Illustrated report regarding the specific self-imposed penalties.

The football allegations are part of a wider NCAA investigation into LSU, which has dragged on for three years.

In a document released to ESPN by the university in August, NCAA vice president of enforcement Jonathan Duncan wrote that LSU men's basketball coach Will Wade either arranged for or offered "impermissible payments" to at least 11 potential recruits or others around them.

Duncan wrote that the NCAA enforcement staff received information that Wade "arranged for, offered and/or provided impermissible payments, including cash payments, to at least 11 men's basketball prospective student-athletes, their family members, individuals associated with the prospects and/or nonscholastic coaches in exchange for the prospects' enrollment at LSU."

The allegations were included in the NCAA enforcement staff's request that its infractions case involving the LSU men's basketball and football programs be adjudicated through the independent accountability resolution process, which was created to handle complex cases. LSU was hoping to adjudicate the football case through the traditional NCAA infractions process.

The most serious allegation related to LSU's football program involves booster John Paul Funes, a former CEO of a hospital foundation whom the enforcement staff accused of "providing funds to the families of current and former student-athletes, arranging for members of the institution's football staff to use a private plane and offering internships to football student-athletes."

The NCAA enforcement staff confirmed that Funes "arranged employment beginning in 2012 for the parents of a then football student-athlete and paid the father $180,000 during 2012-17 for a no-show job."

The father, who was identified as "Individual C" in a federal indictment, is the father of former LSU offensive lineman Vadal Alexander, sources previously told ESPN.

Alexander was a four-year starter for the Tigers from 2012 to 2015. His father, James Alexander, is a self-employed entrepreneur in Atlanta.

In October, Funes pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $500,000 from the hospital foundation and giving some of the money to the parents of two former LSU players. He was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison.

LSU was notified of the allegations by the hospital in November 2018, and former university president F. King Alexander and former athletics director Joe Alleva informed the NCAA of the matter the same day, according to the school's attorneys.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...-odell-beckham-jr-two-years-improper-payments
 
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RCSooner1974 said:
Well you could argue LSU's defense wasn't always great like Miami's defense, whereas Miami could not keep up in a scoring match with Ken Dorsey at quarterback.
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Ken Dorsey threw the ball like a 11 year old with scoliosis and I still think the '01 running game and defense was talented enough to beat most great teams. But he was certainly the weak link on that team. Talk about lucking into an all-time record as a QB.

I bring this up because I rewatched the '02 game and can't believe I forgot how bad his throwing motion was. I was looking for his own thread or something. Seriously, have you guys watched it recently? He leans away and sidearms it every goddamn time. How do you make and NFL roster throwing like that?

Ok back to your regularly scheduled programming.
 
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Nutriaitch said:
well, we’re already not using the full 85 this year due to departures, transfers, opt outs, etc.
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New NCAA policy will allow athletes who ‘opt-out’ to keep scholarships
Aug 05, 2020
The NCAA Board of Governors on Wednesday released several new guidelines for fall sports related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Most notably, players who choose to “opt-out” of the 2020 fall season due to COVID-19 concerns will be able to keep their scholarships.

Entire article: https://www.al.com/sports/2020/08/n...thletes-who-opt-out-to-keep-scholarships.html

Just sayin': Any reputable university would let all athletes (i.e. players) that just "opt out" of the season due to COVID-19 keep his/her scholarship. Now if a scholarship football player actually drops out of school "to prepare for the NFL draft" that is another matter.
 
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ScriptOhio said:
New NCAA policy will allow athletes who ‘opt-out’ to keep scholarships
Aug 05, 2020
The NCAA Board of Governors on Wednesday released several new guidelines for fall sports related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Most notably, players who choose to “opt-out” of the 2020 fall season due to COVID-19 concerns will be able to keep their scholarships.

Entire article: https://www.al.com/sports/2020/08/n...thletes-who-opt-out-to-keep-scholarships.html

Just sayin': Any reputable university would let all athletes (i.e. players) that just "opt out" of the season due to COVID-19 keep his/her scholarship. Now if a scholarship football player actually drops out of school "to prepare for the NFL draft" that is another matter.
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well ours already have agents and are training for combine, so don’t think that rule applies to them
 
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