Oklahoma originally reported that it had broken NCAA rules when it hung jerseys with three prospects' high school numbers in the locker room when the recruits came to visit.
The university's executive director of compliance subsequently sent a letter to the NCAA asking to have that violation removed, according to documents obtained Friday through an open records request by The Associated Press.
The compliance official, Jason Leonard, wrote that Oklahoma heard from compliance staff at Missouri seeking clarification after they'd read an AP story published June 12 detailing secondary violations that had been self-reported by Oklahoma.
Leonard wrote that he was informed that Missouri — in a similar situation — had been told by a former NCAA official in 2005 that no secondary violation had occurred in that instance.
Citing that interpretation, Leonard wrote to NCAA associate director of secondary enforcement Renee Gomila on June 27 that "the University asserts that the display with prospects' high school numbers on them is not ‘personalization' as defined” in NCAA bylaws and "requests that its reported secondary violation regarding this matter be removed from the record.”
Thank you for joining our conversations on newsok. We encourage your discussions but ask that you stay within the bounds of our terms and conditions. Please help us by reporting comments that violate these guidelines. To review our rules of engagement, go to Commenting and posting policy.
It's not cheating. Putting a jersey up with a players number is just common sense. I took trips to Princeton and Harvard and they also went to the trouble of hanging up my number in their locker room. It's just a nice gesture for the recruits. Pretty soon the NCAA will have coach's recruiting in confesion boxes so that the players and coches can't see each other.
Jonathan, Oklahoma City - Aug 13, 2007 at 10:09 am
Danny, the last two articles I've read on OU, you have some dumb***ed remark. Maybe you need to keep to your car watching in smyrna and stop your obsession with OU. GET A LIFE!!!!!
Most Sooners I've talked to use the excuse, "Well, everyone else is doing it!" to accept Sooner cheating, so why should we expect them to not challenge any kind of minor penalty.
Fitness and Nutrition
Visit NewsOK's latest Know it and find out why proper diet and exercise are key.
Related to this story
Articles
QB battle could be pared to 2 08/11/2007 NORMAN — This preseason, Sam Bradford, Joey Halzle and Keith Nichol have split reps in practice. After today's 11 a.m. scrimmage, could the three-player...
3
Prev
Something to say about this topic? Submit a Letter to the Editor online
Thank you for joining our conversations on newsok. We encourage your discussions but ask that you stay within the bounds of our terms and conditions. Please help us by reporting comments that violate these guidelines. To review our rules of engagement, go to Commenting and posting policy.
Log in below or sign up (it's free).