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Elements of their fan base are brain-dead.
I just doubt there's anything to this.. Especially if OM decided to self-report it..
Well.... lets wait and see... Where oh where is the twitter page... seems to be missing today..
Bjork said they self-reported it and that it would be considered a level 3 violation.. But ya know, he hasn't exactly been honest in the past.
From the clarion-ledger..
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/...ies/806787002/
"Bjork confirmed to the Clarion Ledger that Ole Miss recently submitted a self-report to the SEC that exposed a group of fans improperly contacting recruits through Twitter. The NCAA has rules against fans and boosters promoting their school to recruits in any way through social media. In addition, this particular violation involved “direct” and “deliberate” contact, Bjork said. According to Bjork, the incident occurred this winter. He described Ole Miss' response as “standard reporting” of a level 3 violation (the lowest on the scale)."
"Group of fans" sounds like something that was more of a network than individual rogues.
"groups of fans" setting up private chat rooms. ok.
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1. Is OM not on probation?
2. What is the definition of probation?
I bet every SEC message board is going to light up over this. They are some stupid. But on the other hand they only got thump on the wrist last time so why not?
There is no such designation as major or minor anymore. You have Levels. Level 1 being the most egregious of violations down to Level 4 which is the least. A Level 3 is handled by the enforcement staff and does not go before the COI. To trigger the repeat offender clause it would have to be classified as a Level 2 or higher. Now just because they self reported it as a Level 3 doesn’t mean the enforcement staff doesn’t reclassify it later during the investigation but if you want to look at Level 3 & 4’s as minor and Level 1 & 2’s as major that would be apportiate for discussions just not official classifications
somebody correct me if I'm wrong but is this an instance where OM is self reporting it as a level 3 but the NCAA could very well come back and say no, dumbasses, try level 1 under current probation? don't get me wrong, I fully expect the NCAA to shit the bed and do nothing, just a thought.