UCF recruiting violations fallout

[South_Florida_Flip]

UCF fans is everything a conspiracy?

Just read the comments to that article and that shoudl give you your answer.

The clown who says he can "guarantee" 90% of what was written is false. Classic!!

[crambone]

lol

[abababa]

From UCF's athletics website (bold added for emphasis):

A representative of UCF's athletics interests (i.e., a booster) is an individual or a business that:

•Is or ever has been a contributor to the Golden Knight Club (GKC) or any of the sport specific support groups under this umbrella; is or ever has been an employee of UCF; has ever made a donation of any kind to the UCF men's or women's athletic programs.

•Has ever purchased season tickets for any of UCF's athletics programs; is the spouse of an employee of UCF; has ever helped to arrange or to provide summer employment for enrolled student-athletes or for prospects who have signed a NLI.

•Has ever contacted (by letter, telephone or in person) a high school student, grades 9-12, for the purpose of encouraging the student to participate in any of UCF's athletics programs; has ever assisted in providing any benefit to enrolled student-athletes or their families; has ever been involved in any way with any of UCF's athletics programs.

My understanding of this guy and the other guys who do this is they are hold events and whatever and "mentor" players. The players are coming to them in that scenario so it skates by the infraction. Who knows really? College basketball is so dirty if the NCAA really decided to care and enforce things strictly we'd see almost the entire country on probation.

Link: http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/compliance/booster-faq.html

I think that pretty much proves that Caldwell is indeed a booster and UCF has some pretty serious recruting violations.  Whether or not he was paid is a moot point by now.  It would only hurt them more to discover that was the case.

[ChapelhillBULL]

...and here comes the NCAA...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6472416

[Bullpride08]

Caldwell defends UCF and himself. His son attends UCF and he's been friends with AJ Rompza since 6th grade. 2 things both smear pieces conveniently left out when questioning the 'mysterious connection of Caldwell to UCF'. They don't like the new kid on the block recruiting against the big boys

Caldwell said UCF has become a target within the college basketball and football establishment because the Knights have won recruiting battles against higher profile programs for top recruits. He said he is nothing more than a mentor to young athletes and a fan of UCF sports programs that sells themselves once high school athletes visit the campus.

"Why are they personally attacking me when this whole thing is about the big schools saying the smaller schools shouldn't be getting players," Caldwell asked. "… There's no money involved. I challenge anyone to say if Ken Caldwell gave a player money or the university gave Caldwell money to give to a player. That doesn't exist."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/knights/os-ucf-recruiting-tactics-questioned-20110430,0,5335838.story

tisk, tisk.  813 you need to do more research.  In fact the fact that Caldwell's son is attending UCF, reportedly, is MORE DAMNING for UCF and not less.  You ignorant fools are spinning this and not realizing your spins are only making matters worse.  Caldwell's son attending UCF officially makes him a booster of UCF, and thus ANY, emphasize ANY, contact with recruits to influence them to attend a school would be a MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR violation particularly since it is very clear that UCF was aware of it.  This is bad, real bad for UCF.  If Caldwell's son does go to UCF and he's running around using his street contacts, he's clearly not a person that UCF gives to the NCAA as approved recruiters, so if he's running around contacting UCF recruits-- big no-no my friend.  And it would be even worse if UCF in some way paid for the service.

Please go look up the NCAA rules...actually if Caldwell did not have a son a UCF it would be BETTER for you because he could simply pass things off as casual interactions and comments...now by NCAA rules he's construed as a booster and thus any intentional contact with potential recruits would be deemed by the NCAA as impermissible.

Furthermore there are rumors swirling that two schools may have blown the whistle on UCF, to include UL, because reportedly Bender and Caldwell had reached out to both about financial pay-offs to direct players their way by those schools and were rebuffed.  When UCF suddenly had these big name kids go their way, after what these bigger schools knew Bender and Caldwell wanted, it was clear what UCF did/was doing.  And this is for football and basketball.  it was like MSU when they turned in Auburn for the Newton stuff...same stuff they're saying these runners were asking for money.

Lastly, if UCF fans would read a little, NCAA rules state that if a school commits violations while on NCAA probation for major violations (as UCF is on right now) then the NCAA will consider them tied together, even if different sports, and the additional punishment will tie all the offenses together and the school will be labeled a 2 time major offender.  TO put simply they'll throw the book at you if ANY of this is substantiated.

Playing Devil's Advocate, here is the NCAA By-Laws:

13.02.14 R epresentative of Athletics Interests. A “representative of the institution’s athletics interestsâ€

is an individual, independent agency, corporate entity (e.g., apparel or equipment manufacturer) or other organization

who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the institution’s executive or athletics

administration to: (Revised: 2/16/00)

(a) Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization promoting the institution’s intercollegiate

athletics program;

( Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that

institution;

© Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospective

student-athletes;

(d) Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or

(e) Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution’s athletics program.

I can see where the son/student may be construed as a repesentative, depending on any organizations he belongs to, but I don't see where the father could be, unless he was also was card carrying member of one of UCF's booster organizatons ... Hopefully, I'm missing something ...   

isn't 'e' pretty much a catch all? also, by buying a ticket to any sporting event, wouldn't that include you in 'b'? 

"E" is indeed a catch-all mostly from the standpoint that Caldwell can't promote on his own accord.  The father of a student, who pays athletic fees (remember boys dada pays tuition, and part of the tuition is athletic fees- in fact UCF has some of the highest in the nation, ahhhhhhh-- ergo he is a booster).  I have no idea if Mr. Caldwell has season tixx, which would make the situation imminently worse, but if he's paid University tuition, AND been involved with self promoting of the institution's athletic program....ahem...that's all the NCAA needs baby.  Particularly after the first major violations you can expect post-season punishment, all three recruits released, and scholarship losses...maybe for football and basketball.

[CPR]

I went on their Rivals site to check out how they were handling these accusations and it's quite comical. Here's one of the many funny quotes from one of the fanatic message board fans. 

"South florida is the most corrupt program in the state. The accusations against UCF are nothing compared to what's going on across the state. From non-qualifying student athletes to "the jim" to stacking rosters, they're the definition of corrupt." 

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[South_Florida_Flip]

The "non qualifying student athletes" tag always give me a good laugh.

I am assuming they are not aware that USF cannot accept partial qualifiers, but I am probably assuming too much.

[BullFan98]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6472416

More recruiting woes from UCF. 

[ZeroBullChip]

Said it once, and will say it again.  Couldn't happen to a nicer group of guys... 

[crambone]

The "non qualifying student athletes" tag always give me a good laugh.

I am assuming they are not aware that USF cannot accept partial qualifiers, but I am probably assuming too much.

Yes you are.  And you know what happens when you assume...