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Arizona State University is in hot water and a Pac-12 coach isn’t happy about it.
ASU Head Coach Herm Edwards
ASU has been reportedly accused of violating several rules set by the NCAA during the mandated “dead period” during the COVID-19 pandemic. The time-out banned in-person recruiting activities and ordered all communications to be driven solely by electronics.
[READ: ASU in Hot Water?]
Athletic’s Doug Haller first reported these violations, citing, “The school’s athletic compliance office recently received a package with detailed information on high school prospects who visited during the COVID dead period. -19. Shortly thereafter, compliance officers began interviewing staff members. A former sports department employee said some people in football offices feared losing their jobs. “
According to Yahoo! Sports, “several sources said at least 30 players visited the campus over a period of several months, a practice so common that coaches referred to” official visit weekends “at staff meetings, coaches met recruits and families in a back stairwell and a developed routine of facilities visits are given around 9 or 10 p.m. in the evening. “
While head coach Herm Edwards’ full involvement in the scandal is unknown, as is the consequences of breaking the dead period rules, many people are upset by these potential violations.
Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports, reported that Stanford coach David Shaw finds the whole situation “disrespectful.”
“It’s a disrespectful thing to do,” Shaw said. “It doesn’t sound too hard. But for me being a life sentence in this profession and a child of a coach, I believe in respecting our profession and respecting others in the profession.
Arizona state vice president of media relations Katie Paquet confirmed the NCAA investigation to Yahoo Sports. However, she declined to comment further on specific allegations.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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