LSUDad Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Football, Men's Basketball Placed on NCAA Probation BySTEVE ROBERTSON 6 hours ago NCAA (Photo: NCAA) Mississippi State athletics has been the subject of hot rumors over the past several weeks. The cold hard reality of those rumors are now known. Genespage24/7 has learned that Mississippi State is being placed on NCAA probation for academic misconduct by student-athletes in two sports: football and men’s basketball. This penalty results from rules violations self-reported by Mississppi State, where a part-time student tutor completed some on-line coursework for student-athletes in those sports. This is labeled as a negotiated resolution between the NCAA’s committee on infractions and the University. The probation period will be three years, which is in force for all Mississippi State sports over this time frame. There are specific team penalties in the resolution. Mississippi State is vacating a number of wins from the 2018 football season and 2018-19 basketball season; a financial penalty; a number of recruiting restrictions; and scholarship losses in both those sports. Men’s basketball will be docked one scholarship for the signing class of 2021. Football will lose two initial grants from both the 2021 and 2022 signing classes. Within the two sports there are also penalties for the student-athletes responsible for the academic misconduct. Each will lose 70% of the complete playing season in their sport. For football this should work out to eight games during the 2019 season, and will be enforced on ten Bulldogs for their indiscretions. The names of these ten players will not be publicly disclosed in any NCAA or University release due to student privacy concerns associated with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Added this: Mississippi State QB reportedly enters name into NCAA transfer portal Andrew Olson | 2 hours ago On Thursday, Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead named Penn State transfer Tommy Stevens the Bulldogs starting quarterback for the 2019 season. Stevens beat out returning MSU backup QB Keytaon Thompson and now Thompson has reportedly entered his name into the NCAA’s transfer portal. ADVERTISEMENT The news comes via AL.com’s Matt Zenitz, who has been the leading news breaker when it comes to transfer portal stories. As many fans are well-aware, a player entering his name into the transfer portal does not mean he has to leave the school, but allows other teams to begin recruiting him (and host him on campus). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishhead Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Yeah bad day for the Bulldogs. May not seem like much with no bowl ban, but losing 2 scholarships two years straight and a bunch of official visits is gonna hurt em a good bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishhead Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 And it wouldn't shock me to see KT wind up with Mullen at FU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 12 hours ago, Fishhead said: And it wouldn't shock me to see KT wind up with Mullen at FU. One of my 1st thoughts, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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