From Deseret News archives:
BYU volleyball: Statement/release from former head coach Tom Peterson
"Essentially, the university and I were accused of failing to monitor the program for NCAA rules compliance. I deny that accusation," said Peterson.
In Peterson's view, the NCAA findings that certain technical violations occurred does not support the conclusion that the head coach was turning a blind eye. He points to his previously unblemished record of 27 years of NCAA coaching, and to what former assistants, players and administrators describe as the atmosphere of compliance he created.
"The fact that rules were violated in spite of our consistent efforts to foster compliance proves only that even the most conscientious efforts on the part of the head coach are not always enough to prevent players, boosters, and even coaches from technical mistakes," said Peterson.
Both the NCAA and BYU agreed early on that no unethical conduct was displayed by Peterson there were no violations of an intentional nature and nothing that gave BYU an unfair recruiting advantage. The violations were technical in nature.
"All of the allegations that the NCAA chose to pursue stemmed from humanitarian concern for others, and the actions were inadvertent. No one was trying to circumvent rules, and none of the violations gave BYU an unfair recruiting advantage," states Peterson.
For example, BYU and Peterson were accused of recruiting violations in connection with the decision of an individual who moved on his own from Puerto Rico to Provo to seek admittance to the university and membership on its men's volleyball team. (In the NCAA teleconference, Committee on Infractions Chair Jo Potuto misquoted Coach Peterson on the subject of recruiting this player, attributing to him salty language that the Coach did not and does not use.)
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