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The NCAA announced on Tuesday that Oklahoma Sooners running backs coach [autotag]DeMarco Murray[/autotag] will be suspended for one game related to recruiting violations self-reported by the University of Oklahoma Compliance Department.
According to the NCAA’s release, “The school, Murray and the enforcement staff agreed that the violations in the football program occurred when Murray impermissibly contacted 17 prospects over 16 months, including 65 impermissible phone calls and 36 impermissible text messages. Murray indicated that he was not aware that a COVID-19 waiver of recruiting contact rules had expired. During the investigation, the enforcement staff determined that the school had properly educated football coaches on the applicable recruiting rules and the timing of changes to them.”
Brent Venables was able to rebut some of the violations under previous rules that removed the full weight of responsibility from the head coach. In January of 2023, any rules violations became the automatic responsibility of the head coach.
According to the NCAA release, “As a result of the violations in their respective programs, the parties agreed that football head coach Brent Venables violated head coach responsibility rules.” However, with some of those violations taking place prior to rule changes in January of 2023, Venables was able to rebut some of the responsibility for Murray’s actions. “Because Venables was not personally involved in the violations and demonstrated that he promoted an atmosphere of compliance and monitored his staff, Venables rebutted his presumed responsibility for some of the earlier violations,” the release stated.
The NCAA revealed that the…
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Author : Sooners Wire
Publish date : 2024-08-27 17:23:59
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