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Two dozen Fresno State players implicated in welfare fraud

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The student athletes are accused of receiving benefits totaling $39,267, ABC-30 television has reported.

University officials said the NCAA and the Western Athletic Conference had been notified of the allegations and that, "There is no indication whatsoever that any NCAA violation has occurred." The NCAA did not return telephone calls or respond to email inquiries.

The compliance officer for the conference, Matt Burgemeister, said that violations occur if the student is given money because of their team membership. Burgemeister said that his understanding of the case was that the alleged scam involved "many members of the community" and that the players' alleged participation was not because of their team membership.

"From what we were told, it wasn't given to student athletes based on participation or ability," Burgemeister said. "This is something, at least from what I understand, that there were many more Fresno residents and even beyond Fresno involved in. It was because they were a member of the Fresno community, not the football team."
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Jake;1986002; said:
This sounds more like an issue for law enforcement than the NCAA.
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I disagree. Vehemently!!!1!1!!!!1


The NCAA should weigh in here and maintain the proportionality that they have showed with Ohio State.

Let me be clear. For a team other than Ohio State, and short of murder which is a two-game suspension, a consistent penalty would mean that all of these Fresno State guys--and I mean ALL of them (let's not go soft on crime)--should be held out for the opening play of their next game. I mean, that would really hurt them, right?

I know it seems tough by NCAA standards, but we need to make the point that the days of no penalties are a thing of the past.

But let's not go overboard. These are really good kids and they couldn't have possibly known that receiving a couple of thousand bucks through welfare fraud was wrong. And, hey, it's not like Fresno State is the center of corruption like Ohio State--don't believe me, ask ESPiN!
 
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I'm certain there is a detailed story about this on ESPiN. Let's see here.....main page----story about Pryor, but hmmmm no mention of widespread fraud at Fresno St. Alright, let's click on the NCAAFB link.......story about Ohio St. Players suspended...ummmm there it is, ten headlines down on the NCAAFB sub-page.
 
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C'mon. You mean to tell me they're all thinking at Fresno State that "Gee, these kids are implicated in a serious fraud charge, but because they didn't receive the money for being on the team...we can play them!" Like there haven't been serious violation of school/team rules here. :shake:
 
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