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BYU volleyball: NCAA puts Cougars on 3-year probation

I had a BYU coach tell me once that the NCAA sets its standards by whatever BYU does, that BYU was the NCAA's model school, and that BYU could do wrong. Well, I guess that coach was wrong.

Well, you got the headline right.

However, Brigham Young was not placed on probation. The University was. The article isn't worded well.

Does this affect post-season eligibility at all?

Are YOU fully invested?

Not anymore. What a shameful embarassment for BYU: The Lord's University!?

Opppssss. Someone is not living right on and off the field. Luckily they have not found anything yet about Football and we dont really care about volleyball anyway.

BYU tries to separate itself as different and better than every other school. BYU fans will no doubt justify this in their minds and still think BYU holds itself to a higher standard. The truth is that BYU's fans, boosters, and administration are as corruptible as those they look down upon.

This isn't the first time something like this has happened. Multiple violations were discovered in Men's Soccer in the late 80's and, rather than face sanctions, BYU pulled the NCAA program, essentially giving itself the death penalty.

BYU fan here. Thanks for the negative attention Boosters! You crack me up! Who would give extra benefits to volleyball players! What a joke!

Why do you think that the coach got canned?

The article is confusing. I think you need a good tax attorney to understand the IRS tax code and you need a good compliance attorney to understand the NCAA violations. I believe there are many. I do not excuse BYU for this but I also believe that it would be fairly easy to violate if you weren't vigilant. The University needs to scrutinize the process carefully and then disclose exactly what happened. I think the Deseret Morning News makes this sound like a felony when it may not be. Sad for BYU Volleyball fans but deserved if the code was violated.

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The University is frequently refered to as Brigham Young. Just as we refer to Utah, San Diego State, Gonzaga, George Washington, etc. without always attaching the University to it in our speech. It happens so often it is ubiquitous.

Secondly, the volleyball program was placed on probation if you want to split hairs. Not the entire athletic dept and certainly not the entire university.

Actually, the dropping of the soccer program had more to do with title 9, than it did for infractions.

The details of the violations are on the NCAA.org website. Take a read through them to get a sense of what amounts to NCAA violations. This isn't a situation where coaches were taking tests for the students or where someone was given a new Mercedes. These were more technical violations--rides to the airport, loaner bicycles, and booster behavior towards defecting cubans.

In the report, the coach and University were blamed for not having good oversight of all this--which has been an issue since 1998 (long before the fired coach was even hired). BYU tries to place the blame on the fied Coach based on a statement in the report. That�s probably why he was fired, IMO. BYU was trying to preserve their reputation knowing that the NCAA would probably want some blood given the history of the problem.

everyone makes mistakes, my heck. BYU and its people aren't perfect. The fact that you people try so hard to find something wrong with a quality university is rather pitiful.

I'm a Utah alum and a BYU fan. I've seen both sides and the majority of BYU fans don't look down on other people. That's a broad stereotype and your own insecurity if you feel that way. It's just the same as saying that all Utah fans are drunken, crude, and obnoxious. Oh wait, that's pretty much true. Bad example.

heck, anon..I will watch for the post the next time your school makes headlines. I don't think it will be long.

Anonymous said: "everyone makes mistakes, my heck."

Why didn't BYU have this same attitutede towards the fired coach?

What goes around comes around, maybe?

Yeah, everyone makes mistakes, like taking out one of your players for a burger to help him through a difficult period following the death of his father...But we're all understanding of those situations, right?

My whole time at BYU I felt as though the University was investing too much in sports and not enough in the actual students. I was told repeatedly that the sports program is a great PR tool for the church. Unfortnately, at least to me, 90% of the PR tends to be negative. I for one think the true Lord's University wouldn't even bother with sports. But what do I know?

Hey folks, the rest of the story. The name Ted Leland a name that is known on the west coast and affiliated with Stanford and pacific, two of those tough competitors of the school named and who have been trying to get something on the said school is on the commitee for violations. Yes byu, you got caught, but now I see why there were more penalties added on.