Details of Notice of Allegations released for violations pertaining to LSU football
LSU has received a Notice of Allegations relating to violations related form the basketball and football programs.
That news spurred the firing of head basketball coach Will Wade Saturday afternoon. Wade has been fired with cause as a result of the details contained in the notice.
That Noice of Allegations also contained violations from the football program. According to Ross Dellenger with SI, the NCAA slapped the Tigers with “lack of institutional control in football and men’s basketball.” The lack of control spanned a period of 7 years.
Four a span of seven years, the NCAA says #LSU failed to exercise institutional control in football and men’s basketball. pic.twitter.com/oYGbjdd2W5
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) March 12, 2022
Some of the allegations against the Tigers include a booster issuing payments and providing impermissible benefits to the family of offensive lineman Vadal Alexander. Alexander played under Les Miles from 2012-15.
#LSU‘s football violations, tied to John Paul Funes’ payments of $180,000 to Vadal Alexander’s father. pic.twitter.com/o4Z58Y45QR
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) March 12, 2022
The notice also touches on Odell Beckham Jr. handing out money to players shortly after capturing the national championship in Jan. 2020 and a Level III violation for former head coach Ed Orgeron.
The football portion of NCAA’s investigation into #LSU was in the final stages of completion.. and then this happened: Odell Beckham handed out about $2,000 worth of Benjamins on the Superdome field after the team won the national title. NCAA reopened the football investigation pic.twitter.com/n5sEgHDI2e
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) March 12, 2022
The Level III violation by Ed Orgeron wraps up the football portion of the NCAA’s NOA. pic.twitter.com/ndfkfjDrPp
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) March 12, 2022