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Notre Dame football program placed on probation for NCAA violations
Notre Dame football program placed on probation for NCAA violations
The NCAA also found that Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly (pictured) had impermissible off-campus contact with a recruit in October 2019. File Photo by Mark Wallheiser/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The NCAA placed the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's football program on probation for one year due to multiple recruiting violations, it was announced Thursday.
According to an official statement from the NCAA, Notre Dame's punishment also includes a $5,000 fine and a six-month show-cause order for a former assistant coach who had impermissible off-campus contact with a high school recruit in January 2019.
The individuals involved were former cornerbacks coach Todd Lyght and linebacker Sav'ell Smalls of Garfield High School in Seattle, according to ESPN. Lyght, who was an All-American cornerback at Notre Dame in 1989, was fired in January 2020.
Smalls, one of the top prospects in the 2020 class, signed with Washington. He was mixed up in similar infraction cases involving Florida's Dan Mullen and Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher, which led to the pair of head coaches receiving show causes last year for improper recruiting contact.
The NCAA also found that Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly had impermissible off-campus contact with a recruit in October 2019. The player recognized Kelly as he walked through a high school cafeteria in Pickerington, Ohio, and requested a photo with him. The NCAA said Kelly initially declined before allowing the picture.
The infractions case was adjudicated through the NCAA's negotiated resolution process. Notre Dame and the NCAA agreed that the case involved Level II and III violations.
SOURCE: UPI Staff. "Notre Dame football program placed on probation for NCAA violations." UPI, 21 January 2021,
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Re: Notre Dame football program placed on probation for NCAA violations
So, Brian Kelly just happened to be at the kid's highschool and the kid approached him - making it incidental contact? LOL
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Re: Notre Dame football program placed on probation for NCAA violations
Guys, this HS coach set up every coach in the country. Jimbo Fisher got in trouble, Dan Mullen.
The coach set up a meeting with the player and HC and asst coach from al these schools and videoed it. He wanted the kid to go to Wash ( he was getting kick backs from Wash) and then turned all these people. A writer for the Atlantic wrote a story about it.
This is done at every school in America and every college recruiters. You are only supposed to say high in a casual setting to a recruit. But all coaches talk to the kid for a little while. I have had them talk from 15 min to a hour.
This HS coach is a POS.
I am no fan of ND of Kelly, but this was pathetic. The coach then left and took a job with a college as a analyst.
No way would the snitch be on my staff.
The rule is BS and usually very subjective, that is why nobody has ever been penalized before for this. And you see the very, very minor penalty in this case.
But this scumbag HS coach set up a private room for all these coaches to meet with the kid, so he could video it.
I hate to use the word enticed, but that is exactly what the HS coach did.
Either have a rule you cant see or talk to a recruit, or let them visit. Just stupid.
Yes, for the few that say, well the coaches know the rule, no doubt. But this practice has gone on my entire life.
If I were to call it on a school, I would have to call it on EVERY school that has ever recruited one of my kids. From D2-D1.
There is no recruiting advantage, it actually helps the kid get to know the coaches he might play for better so it helps them make a more informed decision. That is what the NCAA is all about, right, the kids..
If you have a sub and want to read a little more, here is the link. Maybe copy and paste. I dont have a sub, just read it on another board a few weeks back.