{"321611":{"#nid":"321611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NCAA accepts self-imposed sanctions and corrective measures  at Georgia Tech for violations in 2011 and 2012","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe NCAA Committee on Infractions \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/press-releases\/georgia-tech-failed-monitor-its-sport-programs\u0022\u003Etoday announced\u003C\/a\u003E that it has accepted penalties and corrective measures proposed by the Georgia Institute of Technology for recruiting violations in 2011 and 2012. The decision follows a two-year investigation by the Institute and the NCAA into impermissible telephone calls and text messages initiated by the football and men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball programs to prospective student-athletes.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech discovered the violations during an internal investigation. The Institute then collaborated with the NCAA to develop a summary disposition report that detailed the infractions, self-imposed penalties, and Georgia Tech\u2019s new measures to ensure full compliance in the future. The Committee accepted the report and imposed two additional years of probation and standard administrative penalties. This extends the Institute\u2019s current probationary period with the NCAA to June 13, 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is committed to NCAA rules compliance and has established a culture and philosophy of embracing compliance among its coaches, administrators and student-athletes,\u201d said Director of Athletics Mike Bobinski. \u201cIntegrity and ethics are essential pillars of the Institute and the athletics program. While we regret that these violations occurred, we are pleased that the NCAA has recognized our efforts to monitor our program and the great lengths the Athletic Association has taken to improve our compliance systems since the violations in this case.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a resolution with the NCAA of telephone violations in September 2010, Georgia Tech committed to additional monitoring measures. In January 2012, while reviewing the telephone records of the football coaching staff, the Institute discovered the violations addressed in the report. An ensuing self-investigation uncovered additional text and telephone call violations by men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball coaches in 2011 and 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe three-sport investigation revealed a total of 256 improper text messages and 461 impermissible calls. Of the impermissible texts, nearly 80 percent were sent by a single assistant football coach, who resigned from the Institute shortly after the communications were discovered. Many of the telephone violations were technical in nature and resulted from a failure to properly document calls.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech then self-imposed penalties for each program for the 2012-13 seasons. They included recruiting restrictions, suspending three men\u2019s basketball assistant coaches for one conference game and suspending two women\u2019s assistant coaches for three conference games (one of the women\u2019s coaches resigned prior to the season).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the internal investigation, Georgia Tech also conducted spot checks of telephone records of other sports programs. They revealed a small number of lower-level violations, all of which were resolved and resulted in no further penalties from the NCAA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the penalties, the Institute took numerous corrective measures. They included the expansion of its compliance staff from the previous level of two individuals to four permanent staff members and an additional paid intern.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have also implemented a more robust monitoring system for calls and texts and established a more frequent and meaningful rules education program for all sports,\u201d said Bobinski. \u0022Georgia Tech is one of the nation\u2019s premier academic and research institutions. Athletics plays a key role on our campus and throughout the entire Yellow Jacket community. Our coaches, staff and student-athletes consistently strive to exhibit the same ideals in recruiting and competition as we do in the Institute\u2019s academic endeavors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe NCAA Committee on Infractions today announced that it has accepted penalties and corrective measures proposed by the Georgia Institute of Technology for recruiting violations in 2011 and 2012. The decision follows a two-year investigation by the Institute and the NCAA into impermissible telephone calls and text messages initiated by the football and men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball programs to prospective student-athletes.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The NCAA has accepted penalties and corrective measures proposed by the Institute for violations in 2011 and 2012."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2014-09-04 12:12:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"321581":{"id":"321581","type":"image","title":"NCAA logo","body":null,"created":"1449245011","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:03:31","changed":"1475895032","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:32","alt":"NCAA logo","file":{"fid":"200119","name":"ncaa_logo.svg_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ncaa_logo.svg__0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ncaa_logo.svg__0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61026,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ncaa_logo.svg__0.jpg?itok=imEmm_Ou"}}},"media_ids":["321581"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/press-releases\/georgia-tech-failed-monitor-its-sport-programs","title":"NCAA announcement"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1155","name":"NCAA"},{"id":"70761","name":"Probation"},{"id":"13673","name":"violations"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChris Yandle\u003Cbr \/\u003EAssitant Athletic Director\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Public Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cyandle@gtaa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecyandle@gtaa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6283\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["cyandle@gtaa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}