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NCAA closes case on South Carolina football’s self-reported violation
By Andrew Olson
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South Carolina’s self-reported violation has been resolved with the NCAA. The Gamecock football program will deal with a few minor penalties for a Level III violation. The NCAA has 4 levels of violations, with Level I the most serious.
Per David Cloninger of The Post and Courier, South Carolina faces a 1-week ban on recruiting, a 4-day reduction in recruiting days in Spring 2025 and rules education to the football staff for the self-reported violation.
The penalties are for the actions of former football staffer Taylor Edwards. A director of player personnel, Edwards sent prospective recruiting documents to a player before they had entered the transfer portal.
“It was an isolated incident involving a player that isn’t even in the program anymore. And never was a contributor when he was here,” a source told The Post and Courier. “(Edwards) was immediately fired when they became aware.”
The Post and Courier notes that Edwards departed in July, “shortly after receiving a new contract and salary increase.” The paper obtained an email from late June in which Edwards was notified he had committed “serious violations of NCAA legislation.”
Edwards volunteered to resign by Aug. 1, but was out sooner. South Carolina self-reported a Level III NCAA violation on Sept. 17. The NCAA considered the matter closed as of Oct. 10.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
