Violations
The following are the violations both the NCAA and University of Oklahoma found during investigations into the men’s basketball program:
# Impermissible calls or attempted calls (calls that may not have reached the prospect) were made in four telephone call categories/time periods to a total of 17 men’s basketball prospects over a four-year period.
# The men’s basketball staff made three impermissible in-person contacts with prospects during this same period.
# The program provided a T-shirt to one prospect when on a visit to campus and to the parent of another prospect during an official visit.
Penalties imposed
The following are the penalties the University of Oklahoma already imposed on itself for the men’s basketball program:
# A two-year probationary period for men’s basketball from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007.
# A reduction of scholarships from 13 to 11 for the 2005-06 academic year and from 13 to 12 for the 2006-07 academic year.
# A reduction in the number of permissible phone calls from coaches to prospective student-athletes.
# A reduction in off-campus recruiting for the staff in July of 2005 and academic years of 2005-06 and 2006-07.
# A reduction from 12 to nine the number of paid visits for prospects for the 2005-06 academic year.
# A freeze on contract renegotiation, salary increases and postseason bonuses for the head coach during a two-year period, which began in 2005.
Gym teams cited for violations
Results of an NCAA investigation show that the Oklahoma men’s and women’s gymnastics teams committed violations in regards to exceeding allowable practice time mandated by the NCAA.
A document from the NCAA enforcement staff states that OU “had impermissible countable athletically related activities outside of the institution’s declared playing season and a failure to record countable hours.”
An OU release says an internal investigation revealed that OU “discovered and reported that there was some ambiguity concerning preseason practices in its men’s and women’s gymnastics programs. The university has taken steps to assure that what are intended as optional, individual, preseason practices are not treated as mandatory team practices.”