The NCAA placed LSU's football program on one year of probation and issued a three-year show cause against a former assistant coach, who it says admitted to meeting with a prospect and giving him team gear during a COVID-19 recruiting dead period.
According to the NCAA infractions report, a prospect's mother arranged for a group of 14 recruits to make an informal visit to the LSU campus in September 2020, which was allowed under NCAA rules at the time. The report said LSU officials met with the football coaches, including Cregg,"emphasizing that staff could not have any in-person contact with recruits."
The next weekend, according to the NCAA report, an assistant recruiting director picked up the prospect and his girlfriend from a hotel and drove them to Tiger Stadium for a tour. The NCAA report said the"prospect and his family again drove through the former assistant coach's neighborhood.
On March 8, the university received a notice of allegations that included eight alleged Level I rules violations. Seven are alleged to be tied to the men's basketball program. One of those pertains specifically to football, and the two sports share an allegation that the"institution failed to exercise institutional control and monitor the conduct and administration of its football and men's basketball programs.
According to documents obtained by ESPN in August 2020, the NCAA's enforcement staff received information that Wade"arranged for, offered and/or provided impermissible payments, including cash payments, to at least 11 men's basketball prospective student-athletes, their family members, individuals associated with the prospects and/or nonscholastic coaches in exchange for the prospects' enrollment at LSU.
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