The NCAA put the University of Oregon’s football program on probation for three years and took away a scholarship through June 2016 for recruiting violations under Chip Kelly.
The NCAA put the University of Oregon’s football program on probation for three years and took away a scholarship through June 2016 for recruiting violations under Chip Kelly.
The NCAA has been looking into Oregon’s recruiting practices since questions arose over a 2010 payment of $25,000 to Willie Lyles and his Houston-based recruiting service, Complete Scouting Services. Lyles had a connection with an Oregon recruit.
It also placed an 18-month show-cause order for Kelly, which would require schools wishing to hire him to appear before the infractions committee to determine if the school should be subject to the show-cause procedures. Kelly left Oregon this year to become the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Read more at ESPN.
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