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Clemson self-reports several NCAA violations related to football program
By Paul Harvey
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It turns out Dabo Swinney’s squad has a number of violations to account for from the past year.
Clemson announced Wednesday that the football program has self-reported several violations to the NCAA. Some of these violations date back to July of 2018. According to Matt Connolly with The State, the Tigers have reported 13 secondary violations.
Here is a breakdown of the violations that have been self-reported by Clemson:
July 17, 2018: Student-athlete appeared in a (redacted) that was promoted by a (redacted) on social media.
Aug. 6, 2018: Student-athlete appeared in a social media promotion of a (redacted) after (redacted).
Aug. 30, 2018: Staff sent out a printed questionnaire mailer to 221 prospective student-athletes which included general correspondence related to life-skills programming prior to September 1 at the beginning of their junior year in high school.
Oct. 17, 2018: Confetti was utilized by institutional staff during a photo shoot that took place during a prospective student-athlete’s official visit.
Nov. 21, 2018: A prospective student-athlete received electronic correspondence that was sent by the sport staff prior to September 1 of their junior year of high school.
Jan. 3, 2019: On (redacted date) 2018 the institution publicized the signing of a prospective student-athlete who had not signed with the institution.
Feb. 5, 2019: Student-athlete received payment from an owner of a private residence to work on three occasions and was compensated above the going rate for the work that was completed.
April 14, 2019: Sport staff provided ground transportation cost that exceeded the institutions mileage rate.
May 23, 2019: Nonscholastic sport team took an unofficial visit to Clemson’s campus after they had reported on call for travel to a competition in another state.
May 30, 2019: Sport staff provided a meal and per diem for the same meal to student-athletes.
May 30, 2019: A prospective student-athlete and two of his high school coaches obtained special seating during an institutional intrasquad scrimmage.
May 31, 2019: Sport student worker allowed two high school coaches to stay at his home while on campus attending Clemson’s high school coaching clinic.
June 20, 2019: Staff posted a picture and live updates of student-athletes engaging in voluntary athletically-related activities on a social media account.
Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.