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Posted on: September 19, 2017 at 13:57:50 CT
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In December 2013, the NCAA received a tip from a confidential source alleging potential violations involving Jakeenan Gant's recruitment. The basis for this was complications on getting him qualified academically.
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MU helped find JaKeenan's mother an apartment in Columbia after filling out countless forms for the NCAA and doing everything properly. She lived at the Lake of the Ozarks in a slum that summer. She missed a payment in November in Columbia, was immediately evicted, and moved back to Georgia. Alden refused to allow any slightest change from protocol, some of which is even allowed by the NCAA for hardship reasons. She was looking for a meaningful job, and was not allowed to work for any booster, or anyone associated with Mizzou.
That summer Gant was enrolled in an approved "internship program" and earned roughly $1,000. There is an out-take form to fill out on-line and you are asked to report what tasks you completed. Jakeenan wrote "I did basically nothing." You are not allowed to have a University representative help you with the process and obviously we didn't. Thus Jakeenan was suspended as the NCAA looked into the matter before finally regaining his eligibility and becoming cleared.
While the initial investigation into Gant's recruitment based on the unanimous tip didn't uncover any violations, it did thereafter uncover the internship that Gant participated in did not have proper academic and curriculum vetting. Jordan Clarkson, Tony Criswell and Cam Biedscheid also participated in the internship over the course of 2 summers, as well as other non-scholarship athletes from MU. All were compensated the same amount. For some reason, this was deemed a Level 1 violation.
From July 2011 to July 2014, booster Fred Dehner was found to have provided impermissible benefits to 11 players and three members of a players’ family. The benefits included reduced rates at his hotel, plus meals and a free two-hour ride on his recreational boat. Also, a student manager provided transportation to three players from Columbia to the resort at the Lake of the Ozarks. The value of the extra benefits amounted to $966. This was considered a Level II violation.
The same booster who set up the internships also was found to have multiple impermissible recruiting contacts with Ahmed Hill from Augusta, Ga. Tuley and Tim Fuller attended a private workout at Hill's high school and Tuley later talked to Hill three times. Hill ended up signing with Virginia Tech. This was deemed a level 3 violation.
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So a two year internship was uncovered in which players participated and completed the curriculum that was approved by our compliance department, but the compliance department dropped the ball on their vetting. Also a level II and a level III violation were uncovered.
Here were the self-sanctions Missouri announced that the NCAA approved:
• Jakeenan Gant was suspended for the first nine games of the 2014-15 season. The other players who received impermissible benefits were no longer with the program.
• MU vacated all wins from the 2013-14 season, Haith's final year at MU.
• MU paid the NCAA a $5,000 fine.
• The basketball team self-imposed the loss of one scholarship in 2015-16 and an additional scholarship to be incurred no later than the 2017-18 season.
• MU placed restrictions on the recruiting activities of the basketball staff during the years of 2014-15 through 2016-17. Anderson’s staff is prohibited from talking to recruits on the phone for six weeks during the 2016-17 academic year.
• Former associate head coach Tim Fuller was prohibited from off-campus recruiting for three months.
• MU imposed a one-year postseason ban for the 2015-16 men’s basketball season, which included the SEC Tournament. MU will not receive league revenues from the 2016 tournament.
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So we vacated the wins from the record of a coach we were trying to throw under the bus, elected to not assume the 14th seed in the postseason SEC tourney and gave up the infinitely small opportunity at postseason play that year, took away 2 scholarships from a staff who couldn't get anyone to sign with them that were going unused anyway, and smeared the reputation of the assistant we had recently fired.
Edited by FIJItiger at 15:54:49 on 09/20/17
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MU helped find JaKeenan's mother an apartment in Columbia after filling out countless forms for the NCAA and doing everything properly. She lived at the Lake of the Ozarks in a slum that summer. She missed a payment in November in Columbia, was immediately evicted, and moved back to Georgia. Alden refused to allow any slightest change from protocol, some of which is even allowed by the NCAA for hardship reasons. She was looking for a meaningful job, and was not allowed to work for any booster, or anyone associated with Mizzou.
That summer Gant was enrolled in an approved "internship program" and earned roughly $1,000. There is an out-take form to fill out on-line and you are asked to report what tasks you completed. Jakeenan wrote "I did basically nothing." You are not allowed to have a University representative help you with the process and obviously we didn't. Thus Jakeenan was suspended as the NCAA looked into the matter before finally regaining his eligibility and becoming cleared.
While the initial investigation into Gant's recruitment based on the unanimous tip didn't uncover any violations, it did thereafter uncover the internship that Gant participated in did not have proper academic and curriculum vetting. Jordan Clarkson, Tony Criswell and Cam Biedscheid also participated in the internship over the course of 2 summers, as well as other non-scholarship athletes from MU. All were compensated the same amount. For some reason, this was deemed a Level 1 violation.
From July 2011 to July 2014, booster Fred Dehner was found to have provided impermissible benefits to 11 players and three members of a players’ family. The benefits included reduced rates at his hotel, plus meals and a free two-hour ride on his recreational boat. Also, a student manager provided transportation to three players from Columbia to the resort at the Lake of the Ozarks. The value of the extra benefits amounted to $966. This was considered a Level II violation.
The same booster who set up the internships also was found to have multiple impermissible recruiting contacts with Ahmed Hill from Augusta, Ga. Tuley and Tim Fuller attended a private workout at Hill's high school and Tuley later talked to Hill three times. Hill ended up signing with Virginia Tech. This was deemed a level 3 violation.
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So a two year internship was uncovered in which players participated and completed the curriculum that was approved by our compliance department, but the compliance department dropped the ball on their vetting. Also a level II and a level III violation were uncovered.
Here were the self-sanctions Missouri announced that the NCAA approved:
• Jakeenan Gant was suspended for the first nine games of the 2014-15 season. The other players who received impermissible benefits were no longer with the program.
• MU vacated all wins from the 2013-14 season, Haith's final year at MU.
• MU paid the NCAA a $5,000 fine.
• The basketball team self-imposed the loss of one scholarship in 2015-16 and an additional scholarship to be incurred no later than the 2017-18 season.
• MU placed restrictions on the recruiting activities of the basketball staff during the years of 2014-15 through 2016-17. Anderson’s staff is prohibited from talking to recruits on the phone for six weeks during the 2016-17 academic year.
• Former associate head coach Tim Fuller was prohibited from off-campus recruiting for three months.
• MU imposed a one-year postseason ban for the 2015-16 men’s basketball season, which included the SEC Tournament. MU will not receive league revenues from the 2016 tournament.
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So we vacated the wins from the record of a coach we were trying to throw under the bus, elected to not assume the 14th seed in the postseason SEC tourney and gave up the infinitely small opportunity at postseason play that year, took away 2 scholarships from a staff who couldn't get anyone to sign with them that were going unused anyway, and smeared the reputation of the assistant we had recently fired.
Edited by FIJItiger at 15:54:49 on 09/20/17
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There is no excuse for him not to make the tourney this year - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 9/19 12:48:52If you are actually interested - FIJItiger MU - 9/19 13:57:50