How serious are allegations at S. Florida?
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:42 AM
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Big East, NCAA
Sign of the times: The South Florida will probe the “issues” raised by an AOL Fanhouse report of numerous violations at the school. Ignoring Internet stories like this used to be easy. No longer.
The lengthy report, written by former Tampa Tribune reporter Brett McMurphy, who covered the Bulls and the Big East for the paper, is fairly well documented and covers a litany of issues, including a basketball aide providing improper transportation to a current player and overseeing open-gym workouts.
I don’t know the history between McMurphy and Bulls coach Stan Heath, but it doesn’t sound like Heath is impressed.
"You want to keep nickel and diming him," Heath said. "All this little [crap] ... I don't know what this is all about. It's stupid."
Are they serious allegations that could result in NCAA sanctions? Hard to say. It depends on how often they occurred. After all, even little things like phone calls can pile up into one big mess.
If the school deems it didn’t gain a competitive advantage from the allegations, they’ll likely self-report everything to the NCAA and it won’t be a big deal. I mean, even squeaky clean coach can make mistakes.
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