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Georgia self-reports multiple Level III NCAA violations in football
By SDS Staff
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The bad news is that Georgia has alerted the NCAA that a few violations have occurred under Kirby Smart’s watch. The good news? They are minor in nature and won’t come with any severe punishment for the program.
On Thursday, Georgia announced that the school has self-reported five violations to the NCAA — only two of which involve the football program. Both violations occurred in the spring. The other violations all occurred in the women’s golf, basketball and gymnastics programs in Athens.
According to Georgia’s report, the first violation involved football recruiting, when a sophomore prospect had a nametag printed out against current NCAA rules.
The other football violation occurred when a staff member had his flight paid for during a trip to visit another coach. The unnamed coach had to pay back the cost of the flight and a shuttle to make amends.
As noted above, Georgia is not anticipating any punishment to be handed down following the self-reporting of these two minor rule violations.
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