Report: NCAA to Charge Mississippi with Violations in Three Sports

By D.J. Byrnes on January 29, 2016 at 2:54 pm
Ole Miss fans feeling the heat.
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Remember the good vibes surrounding the Ole Miss football program after it toppled Alabama in Tuscaloosa early in the 2015 season? It's on its way out thanks to the NCAA and its Pinkertons.

From yahoo.com:

The NCAA has formally charged the University of Mississippi with dozens of rules violations in three sports, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports.

The school has received a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA enforcement staff alleging roughly 30 violations in football, women’s basketball and track and field, sources told Yahoo. It is unclear at present what the breakdown is in terms of violations by sport. The NCAA does not comment on current, pending or potential investigations.

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This is the latest step in a long, laborious NCAA investigation, part of which predates football coach Hugh Freeze’s arrival at Ole Miss in 2012. Yahoo Sports first reported about the investigation in October 2014.

Ole Miss would certainly be a big fish for the NCAA to fry, though it only involves surreptitious loaner cars and two-night hotel says. Don't get your hopes up for the Rebels to walk the Green Mile:


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