KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The NCAA has sanctioned Missouri’s football, baseball
and softball programs after an investigation revealed academic misconduct
involving a tutor who completed coursework for athletes.
Among the penalties handed down Thursday were three years of probation and
one-year postseason bans for all three programs. That means the baseball and
softball teams will be ineligible for the NCAA Tournament this season and the
football team will be ineligible for a bowl game this fall.
The school must also vacate all games in which the 12 students whose work was
completed by the tutor participated. Each program will also have 5 percent fewer
scholarships for the upcoming year, and a series of recruiting restrictions that
include fewer visits.
The NCAA has also fined the school $5,000 plus 1 percent of each program’s
budgets.
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