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Writers’ takes on NCAA’s Notice of Allegations to Ole Miss; AD’s statement
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On Friday afternoon, Yahoo Sports’ Pat Forde reported that the NCAA had given a Notice of Allegations to Ole Miss regarding 30 NCAA violations stemming from football, women’s basketball and track.
It isn’t known how those 30 violations are divided among the three sports, and the NCAA won’t comment on current investigations.
In regards to football, we know that the NCAA’s investigation began before the Hugh Freeze era in Oxford, but the exact number or seriousness of the violations pre- or post-Freeze isn’t clear.
A couple sportswriters with knowledge of the situation, Fox Sports’ Bruce Feldman and ESPN’s Joe Schad, revealed what sources have told them.
SOURCES: Most of the NOI w/ #OleMiss case regarding Freeze regime involves the Laremy Tunsil case for which he was sidelined 7 games in 2015
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 29, 2016
Most of Ole Miss NCAA findings related to non-football and most football findings predate current staff, source says
— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) January 29, 2016
Feldman is also on record in this story saying the Notice of Allegations does not contain anything that surprises the program.
Other media members also gave their opinions.
Notice of Allegations is serious. Ole Miss may lose scholarships. But it doesn't mean lot of new stuff has popped up under @CoachHughFreeze
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) January 29, 2016
Lot of speculation re: Ole Miss football, but as Pat's report says, unclear # of allegations pertaining to football (vs women's hoops/track)
— Travis Haney (@travhaney) January 29, 2016
If anything, this demonstrates how much media (and others) waiting for shoe to drop in Oxford. Lot of pouncing going on.
— Travis Haney (@travhaney) January 29, 2016
The timing of the #OleMiss allegations is very interesting.
— Mike Farrell (@mfarrellsports) January 29, 2016
Shortly after, Ole Miss athletics director Ross Bjork released a statement regarding Forde’s report:
“As has been the case for the past three years, we are bound by confidentiality and cannot comment publicly on the matter. However, I can say that I’m confident in how our coaches and staff operate our program, and we take compliance, NCAA and SEC rules very seriously. We are working hard to seek a resolution to this matter.”
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
