Secondary Violations for Meyer and Gators
June 20, 2009 by Mat Houchens
Filed under Football
The Orlando Sentinel recently found that there were two secondary violations for Urban Meyer and the Florida Gators. Apparently this was due to improper contact to a recruit. Most schools file the violations themself to avoid any major troubles.
None of this was known until the Orlando Sentinel filed a request for any primary or secondary violations for the Gators. There were two incidents in the past 12 months: June 08 and January 09.
Meyer and a Gators assistant violated NCAA bylaw 13.1.3.1.1 after placing a call to the same prospect. Florida reported the violation on June 3, 2008. The NCAA rule states telephone contact is limited to once per week outside of a contact period. The identity of the recruit is unknown.
Meyer and an assistant later violated bylaw 13.1.7.2 when visiting a recruit at his high school the same day the recruit had a game.
No contact is permitted before competition. Florida reported the violation on Jan. 28.
Florida has accepted institutional action for the violations and both cases have been closed.
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Leave it to none other than those nosy hacks at the “Slantinel” to demand that more dirt be dug up on Coach Meyer and the Gator football program – much like that sleazeball Finebaum, it seems as though they too have some sort of a vendetta against Meyer.
Even so, they were minor screw-ups, and likely unintentional oversights, that need no more than a verbal reprimand from the NCAA.