The NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions has penalized Abilene Christian University for major violations in its track and field and football programs.

This case includes a failure to monitor by the university and the head track and field coach, as well as violations involving impermissible inducements, extra benefits and paid visit violations.

Penalties for the violations, including those self-imposed by the university, include two years probation, vacation of records, recruiting restrictions, athletics scholarship reductions, and a financial penalty.

The majority of the violations occurred in the track and field program, with many committed by the head coach. Other violations in this case occurred when members of the football coaching staff provided academic assistance to two prospective student-athletes to assist them in attaining NCAA academic eligibility at the university. This assistance included allowing the young men to utilize the coaching staff’s office computers to complete the assignments and then mailing in the coursework to the outside institution to be graded.

Finally, the committee found the university did not monitor the living arrangements of prospective student-athletes living in on-campus housing and using the on-campus recreation facility free of charge. The committee also found the university failed to monitor the official paid visit process during one academic year.

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–Courtesy ReporterNews.com